Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato
Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is an omnivorous generalist predator which is augmentatively released and conserved for control of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in tomato crops. Eggs of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidop...
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| author | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Mollá-Hernández, Óscar Alonso, M. Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro |
| author_browse | Alonso, M. Bolckmans, Karel Mollá-Hernández, Óscar Tena, Alejandro Urbaneja, Alberto Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo |
| author_facet | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Mollá-Hernández, Óscar Alonso, M. Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro |
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| description | Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is an omnivorous generalist predator which is augmentatively released and conserved for control of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in tomato crops. Eggs of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) are often provided as factitious prey to improve the establishment of N.tenuis after its release. We first tested different amounts of E.kuehniella eggs per plant to optimize N.tenuis establishment and then investigated whether the amount of eggs that optimized N.tenuis establishment might be reduced by adding sugars (hydrocapsules filled with 0.5m sucrose) under walk-in cage and commercial greenhouse conditions. These experiments demonstrated that the addition of sugar to the diet of N.tenuis could half the amount of E.kuehniella eggs required to establish N.tenuis. Under greenhouse conditions, the progeny of N.tenuis per plant did not differ significantly between E.kuehniella alone or the half amount of E.kuehniella plus hydrocapsules. These results demonstrated that the sugar could partially substitute for E.kuehniella eggs improve establishment of N.tenuis and suggest that natural sugars such as nectar and honeydew might also beneficial. |
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| spelling | ReDivia46562025-04-25T14:44:05Z Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Mollá-Hernández, Óscar Alonso, M. Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is an omnivorous generalist predator which is augmentatively released and conserved for control of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in tomato crops. Eggs of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) are often provided as factitious prey to improve the establishment of N.tenuis after its release. We first tested different amounts of E.kuehniella eggs per plant to optimize N.tenuis establishment and then investigated whether the amount of eggs that optimized N.tenuis establishment might be reduced by adding sugars (hydrocapsules filled with 0.5m sucrose) under walk-in cage and commercial greenhouse conditions. These experiments demonstrated that the addition of sugar to the diet of N.tenuis could half the amount of E.kuehniella eggs required to establish N.tenuis. Under greenhouse conditions, the progeny of N.tenuis per plant did not differ significantly between E.kuehniella alone or the half amount of E.kuehniella plus hydrocapsules. These results demonstrated that the sugar could partially substitute for E.kuehniella eggs improve establishment of N.tenuis and suggest that natural sugars such as nectar and honeydew might also beneficial. 2017-06-01T10:10:40Z 2017-06-01T10:10:40Z 2015 APR 2015 article Urbaneja-Bernat, P., Molla, O., Alonso, M., Bolkcmans, K., Urbaneja, A., Tena, A. (2015). Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato. Journal of Applied Entomology, 139(3), 161-167. 0931-2048 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4656 10.1111/jen.12151 en openAccess Impreso |
| spellingShingle | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Mollá-Hernández, Óscar Alonso, M. Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| title | Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| title_full | Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| title_fullStr | Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| title_short | Sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| title_sort | sugars as complementary alternative food for the establishment of nesidiocoris tenuis in greenhouse tomato |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4656 |
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