Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Ecological engineering for pest management involves the identification of optimal forms of botanical diversity to incorporate into a farming system to suppress pests, by promoting their natural enemies. Whilst this approach has been extensively researched in many temperate crop systems, much less ha...
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| author | Zhu, Pingyang Lu, Zhongxian Heong, Kong Luen Chen, Guihua Zheng, Xusong Xu, Hongxing Yang, Yajun Nicol, Helen I. Gurr, Geoff M. |
| author_browse | Chen, Guihua Gurr, Geoff M. Heong, Kong Luen Lu, Zhongxian Nicol, Helen I. Xu, Hongxing Yang, Yajun Zheng, Xusong Zhu, Pingyang |
| author_facet | Zhu, Pingyang Lu, Zhongxian Heong, Kong Luen Chen, Guihua Zheng, Xusong Xu, Hongxing Yang, Yajun Nicol, Helen I. Gurr, Geoff M. |
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| description | Ecological engineering for pest management involves the identification of optimal forms of botanical diversity to incorporate into a farming system to suppress pests, by promoting their natural enemies. Whilst this approach has been extensively researched in many temperate crop systems, much less has been done for rice. This paper reports the influence of various plant species on the performance of a key natural enemy of rice planthopper pests, the predatory mirid bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis. Survival of adult males and females was increased by the presence of flowering Tagetes erecta, Trida procumbens, Emilia sonchifolia (Compositae), and Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae) compared with water or nil controls. All flower treatments resulted in increased consumption of brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens, and for female C. lividipennis, S. indicum was the most favorable. A separate study with a wider range of plant species and varying densities of prey eggs showed that S. indicum most strongly promoted predation by C. lividipennis. Reflecting this, S. indicum gave a relatively high rate of prey search and low prey handling time. On this basis, S. indicum was selected for more detailed studies to check if its potential incorporation into the farming system would not inadvertently benefit Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and Marasmia patnalis, serious Lepidoptera pests of rice. Adult longevity and fecundity of both pests was comparable for S. indicum and water treatments and significantly lower than the honey solution treatment. Findings indicate that S. indicumis well suited for use as an ecological engineering plant in the margins of rice crops. Sesame indicum can be a valuable crop as well as providing benefits to C. lividipennis whilst denying benefit to key pests. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1654782025-05-14T10:24:11Z Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) Zhu, Pingyang Lu, Zhongxian Heong, Kong Luen Chen, Guihua Zheng, Xusong Xu, Hongxing Yang, Yajun Nicol, Helen I. Gurr, Geoff M. cyrtorhinus lividipennis ecological engineering insect control insect pests nilaparvata lugens pest control pesticides predators Ecological engineering for pest management involves the identification of optimal forms of botanical diversity to incorporate into a farming system to suppress pests, by promoting their natural enemies. Whilst this approach has been extensively researched in many temperate crop systems, much less has been done for rice. This paper reports the influence of various plant species on the performance of a key natural enemy of rice planthopper pests, the predatory mirid bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis. Survival of adult males and females was increased by the presence of flowering Tagetes erecta, Trida procumbens, Emilia sonchifolia (Compositae), and Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae) compared with water or nil controls. All flower treatments resulted in increased consumption of brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens, and for female C. lividipennis, S. indicum was the most favorable. A separate study with a wider range of plant species and varying densities of prey eggs showed that S. indicum most strongly promoted predation by C. lividipennis. Reflecting this, S. indicum gave a relatively high rate of prey search and low prey handling time. On this basis, S. indicum was selected for more detailed studies to check if its potential incorporation into the farming system would not inadvertently benefit Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and Marasmia patnalis, serious Lepidoptera pests of rice. Adult longevity and fecundity of both pests was comparable for S. indicum and water treatments and significantly lower than the honey solution treatment. Findings indicate that S. indicumis well suited for use as an ecological engineering plant in the margins of rice crops. Sesame indicum can be a valuable crop as well as providing benefits to C. lividipennis whilst denying benefit to key pests. 2014-09-25 2024-12-19T12:55:08Z 2024-12-19T12:55:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165478 en Open Access Public Library of Science Zhu, Pingyang; Lu, Zhongxian; Heong, Kongluen; Chen, Guihua; Zheng, Xusong; Xu, Hongxing; Yang, Yajun; Nicol, Helen I. and Gurr, Geoff M. 2014. Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae). PLoS ONE, Volume 9 no. 9 p. e108669 |
| spellingShingle | cyrtorhinus lividipennis ecological engineering insect control insect pests nilaparvata lugens pest control pesticides predators Zhu, Pingyang Lu, Zhongxian Heong, Kong Luen Chen, Guihua Zheng, Xusong Xu, Hongxing Yang, Yajun Nicol, Helen I. Gurr, Geoff M. Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| title | Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| title_full | Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| title_fullStr | Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| title_short | Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) |
| title_sort | selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug cyrtorhinus lividipennis heteroptera miridae |
| topic | cyrtorhinus lividipennis ecological engineering insect control insect pests nilaparvata lugens pest control pesticides predators |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165478 |
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