Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents

Seed coating (‘seed treatment’) is the leading delivery method of neonicotinoid insecticides in major crops such as soybean, wheat, cotton and maize. However, this prophylactic use of neonicotinoids is widely discussed from the standpoint of environmental costs. Growing soybean plants from neonicoti...

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Autores principales: Calvo-Agudo, Miguel, Dregni, Jonathan, González-Cabrera, Joel, Dicke, Marcel, Heimpel, George E., Tena, Alejandro
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7689
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749121013956?via%3Dihub
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author Calvo-Agudo, Miguel
Dregni, Jonathan
González-Cabrera, Joel
Dicke, Marcel
Heimpel, George E.
Tena, Alejandro
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Dicke, Marcel
Dregni, Jonathan
González-Cabrera, Joel
Heimpel, George E.
Tena, Alejandro
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Dregni, Jonathan
González-Cabrera, Joel
Dicke, Marcel
Heimpel, George E.
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description Seed coating (‘seed treatment’) is the leading delivery method of neonicotinoid insecticides in major crops such as soybean, wheat, cotton and maize. However, this prophylactic use of neonicotinoids is widely discussed from the standpoint of environmental costs. Growing soybean plants from neonicotinoid-coated seeds in field, we demonstrate that soybean aphids (Aphis glycines) survived the treatment, and excreted honeydew containing neonicotinoids. Biochemical analyses demonstrated that honeydew excreted by the soybean aphid contained substantial concentrations of neonicotinoids even one month after sowing of the crop. Consuming this honeydew reduced the longevity of two biological control agents of the soybean aphid, the predatory midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza and the parasitic wasp Aphelinus certus. These results have important environmental and economic implications because honeydew is the main carbohydrate source for many beneficial insects in agricultural landscapes.
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spelling ReDivia76892025-04-25T14:48:28Z Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents Calvo-Agudo, Miguel Dregni, Jonathan González-Cabrera, Joel Dicke, Marcel Heimpel, George E. Tena, Alejandro Thiamethoxam Parasitic wasps Predatory midges Soybean Aphids H10 Pests of plants T01 Pollution Seed coating Aphis glycines Seed coating (‘seed treatment’) is the leading delivery method of neonicotinoid insecticides in major crops such as soybean, wheat, cotton and maize. However, this prophylactic use of neonicotinoids is widely discussed from the standpoint of environmental costs. Growing soybean plants from neonicotinoid-coated seeds in field, we demonstrate that soybean aphids (Aphis glycines) survived the treatment, and excreted honeydew containing neonicotinoids. Biochemical analyses demonstrated that honeydew excreted by the soybean aphid contained substantial concentrations of neonicotinoids even one month after sowing of the crop. Consuming this honeydew reduced the longevity of two biological control agents of the soybean aphid, the predatory midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza and the parasitic wasp Aphelinus certus. These results have important environmental and economic implications because honeydew is the main carbohydrate source for many beneficial insects in agricultural landscapes. 2021-10-26T11:00:12Z 2021-10-26T11:00:12Z 2021 article publishedVersion Calvo-Agudo, M., Dregni, J., Gonzalez-Cabrera, J., Dicke, M., Heimpel, G. E. & Tena, A. (2021). Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents Environmental Pollution, 289, 117813. 0269-7491 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7689 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117813 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749121013956?via%3Dihub en info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Programa estatal de i+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad/RTA2017-00095-00-00//Mejora de la gestión integrada de pseudocóccidos en cítricos y caqui This research was partially funded by an INIA project (Project No. RTA2017-00095), an “Europa Excelencia” project (EUR2020-112293), the Conselleria d’Agricultura, Pesca i Alimentaci´o de la Generalitat Valenciana, a grant from the University of Minnesota Rapid Agricultural Response Program, and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, United States. Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Elsevier electronico
spellingShingle Thiamethoxam
Parasitic wasps
Predatory midges
Soybean Aphids
H10 Pests of plants
T01 Pollution
Seed coating
Aphis glycines
Calvo-Agudo, Miguel
Dregni, Jonathan
González-Cabrera, Joel
Dicke, Marcel
Heimpel, George E.
Tena, Alejandro
Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents
title Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents
title_full Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents
title_fullStr Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents
title_full_unstemmed Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents
title_short Neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew-feeding biological control agents
title_sort neonicotinoids from coated seeds toxic for honeydew feeding biological control agents
topic Thiamethoxam
Parasitic wasps
Predatory midges
Soybean Aphids
H10 Pests of plants
T01 Pollution
Seed coating
Aphis glycines
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7689
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749121013956?via%3Dihub
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