The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta

Ecologists study how populations are regulated, while scientists studying biological pest control apply population regulation processes to reduce numbers of harmful organisms: an organism (a natural enemy) is used to reduce the population density of another organism (a pest). Finding an effective bi...

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Autores principales: van Lenteren, Joop C., Lanzoni, Alberto, Hemerik, Lia, Bueno, Vanda H. P., Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G., Biondi, Antonio, Burgio, Giovanni, Calvo, Javier, de Jong, Peter W., López, Silvia N., Luna, Maria G., Montes, Flavio C., Nieves, Eliana, Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa, Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B., Sánchez, Norma E., Urbaneja, Alberto
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7390
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90034-8
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author van Lenteren, Joop C.
Lanzoni, Alberto
Hemerik, Lia
Bueno, Vanda H. P.
Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G.
Biondi, Antonio
Burgio, Giovanni
Calvo, Javier
de Jong, Peter W.
López, Silvia N.
Luna, Maria G.
Montes, Flavio C.
Nieves, Eliana
Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa
Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B.
Sánchez, Norma E.
Urbaneja, Alberto
author_browse Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa
Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G.
Biondi, Antonio
Bueno, Vanda H. P.
Burgio, Giovanni
Calvo, Javier
Hemerik, Lia
Lanzoni, Alberto
Luna, Maria G.
López, Silvia N.
Montes, Flavio C.
Nieves, Eliana
Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B.
Sánchez, Norma E.
Urbaneja, Alberto
de Jong, Peter W.
van Lenteren, Joop C.
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Lanzoni, Alberto
Hemerik, Lia
Bueno, Vanda H. P.
Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G.
Biondi, Antonio
Burgio, Giovanni
Calvo, Javier
de Jong, Peter W.
López, Silvia N.
Luna, Maria G.
Montes, Flavio C.
Nieves, Eliana
Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa
Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B.
Sánchez, Norma E.
Urbaneja, Alberto
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description Ecologists study how populations are regulated, while scientists studying biological pest control apply population regulation processes to reduce numbers of harmful organisms: an organism (a natural enemy) is used to reduce the population density of another organism (a pest). Finding an effective biological control agent among the tens to hundreds of natural enemies of a pest is a daunting task. Evaluation criteria help in a first selection to remove clearly ineffective or risky species from the list of candidates. Next, we propose to use an aggregate evaluation criterion, the pest kill rate, to compare the pest population reduction capacity of species not eliminated during the first selection. The pest kill rate is the average daily lifetime killing of the pest by the natural enemy under consideration. Pest kill rates of six species of predators and seven species of parasitoids of Tuta absoluta were calculated and compared. Several natural enemies had pest kill rates that were too low to be able to theoretically reduce the pest population below crop damaging densities. Other species showed a high pest reduction capacity and their potential for practical application can now be tested under commercial crop production conditions.
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spelling ReDivia73902025-04-25T14:48:18Z The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta van Lenteren, Joop C. Lanzoni, Alberto Hemerik, Lia Bueno, Vanda H. P. Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G. Biondi, Antonio Burgio, Giovanni Calvo, Javier de Jong, Peter W. López, Silvia N. Luna, Maria G. Montes, Flavio C. Nieves, Eliana Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B. Sánchez, Norma E. Urbaneja, Alberto Behavioural ecology H10 Pests of plants Population dynamics Ecologists study how populations are regulated, while scientists studying biological pest control apply population regulation processes to reduce numbers of harmful organisms: an organism (a natural enemy) is used to reduce the population density of another organism (a pest). Finding an effective biological control agent among the tens to hundreds of natural enemies of a pest is a daunting task. Evaluation criteria help in a first selection to remove clearly ineffective or risky species from the list of candidates. Next, we propose to use an aggregate evaluation criterion, the pest kill rate, to compare the pest population reduction capacity of species not eliminated during the first selection. The pest kill rate is the average daily lifetime killing of the pest by the natural enemy under consideration. Pest kill rates of six species of predators and seven species of parasitoids of Tuta absoluta were calculated and compared. Several natural enemies had pest kill rates that were too low to be able to theoretically reduce the pest population below crop damaging densities. Other species showed a high pest reduction capacity and their potential for practical application can now be tested under commercial crop production conditions. 2021-06-01T12:48:30Z 2021-06-01T12:48:30Z 2021 article publishedVersion van Lenteren, J.C., Lanzoni, A., Hemerik, L., Bueno, V. H. P., Bajonero-Cuervo, J., Biondi, A. … & Urbaneja, A. (2021). The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta. Sci Rep 11, 10756. 2045-2322 (online) http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7390 10.1038/s41598-021-90034-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90034-8 en This research was funded by research grants of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific Research (CNPQ) (V.H.P.B., F.C.M.), by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (S.N.L.), and by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) through the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) (P.O.A.A.). Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Springer Nature electronico
spellingShingle Behavioural ecology
H10 Pests of plants
Population dynamics
van Lenteren, Joop C.
Lanzoni, Alberto
Hemerik, Lia
Bueno, Vanda H. P.
Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G.
Biondi, Antonio
Burgio, Giovanni
Calvo, Javier
de Jong, Peter W.
López, Silvia N.
Luna, Maria G.
Montes, Flavio C.
Nieves, Eliana
Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa
Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B.
Sánchez, Norma E.
Urbaneja, Alberto
The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
title The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
title_full The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
title_fullStr The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
title_full_unstemmed The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
title_short The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
title_sort pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of tuta absoluta
topic Behavioural ecology
H10 Pests of plants
Population dynamics
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7390
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90034-8
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