Fitness of Encarsia sophia （Hymenoptera： Aphelinidae） parasitizing Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci （Hemiptera： Aleyrodidae）  

作　　者：Chen Luo Tong-Xian Liu 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing [2]Key Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China

出　　处：《Insect Science》2011年第1期84-91,共8页昆虫科学（英文版）

摘　　要：Fitness and efficacy of Encarsia sophia （Girault ＆ Dodd） （Hymenoptera： Aphelinidae） as a biological control agent was compared on two species of whitefly （Hemiptera： Aleyrodidae） hosts, the relatively smaller sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci （Gennadius） biotype ＇B＇, and the larger greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum （Westwood）. Significant differences were observed on green bean （Phaseolus vulgaris L.） in the laboratory at 27 ± 2℃, 55% 4- 5% RH, and a photoperiod of 14 ： 10 h （L ： D）. Adult parasitoids emerging from T. vaporariorum were larger than those emerging from B. tabaci, and almost all biological parameters of E. sophia parasitizing the larger host species were superior except for the developmental times of the parasitoids that were similar when para- sitizing the two host species. Furthermore, parasitoids emerging from T. vaporariorum parasitized more of these hosts than did parasitoids emerging from B. tabaci. We conclude that E. sophia reared from larger hosts had better fitness than from smaller hosts. Those from either host also preferred the larger host for oviposition but were just as effective on smaller hosts. Therefore, larger hosts tended to produce better parasitoids than smaller hosts.Fitness and efficacy of Encarsia sophia （Girault ＆ Dodd） （Hymenoptera： Aphelinidae） as a biological control agent was compared on two species of whitefly （Hemiptera： Aleyrodidae） hosts, the relatively smaller sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci （Gennadius） biotype ＇B＇, and the larger greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum （Westwood）. Significant differences were observed on green bean （Phaseolus vulgaris L.） in the laboratory at 27 ± 2℃, 55% 4- 5% RH, and a photoperiod of 14 ： 10 h （L ： D）. Adult parasitoids emerging from T. vaporariorum were larger than those emerging from B. tabaci, and almost all biological parameters of E. sophia parasitizing the larger host species were superior except for the developmental times of the parasitoids that were similar when para- sitizing the two host species. Furthermore, parasitoids emerging from T. vaporariorum parasitized more of these hosts than did parasitoids emerging from B. tabaci. We conclude that E. sophia reared from larger hosts had better fitness than from smaller hosts. Those from either host also preferred the larger host for oviposition but were just as effective on smaller hosts. Therefore, larger hosts tended to produce better parasitoids than smaller hosts.

关 键 词：biological control body size host size OVIPOSITION sweetpotato whitefly 

分 类 号：S433.3[农业科学—农业昆虫与害虫防治] S943.117[农业科学—植物保护]