INVESTIGADORES
VIRLA eduardo gabriel
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Título:
Egg parasitoids from Argentina, potential candidates for the biological control of glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca coagulata (Cicadellidae) in the United States
Autor/es:
LOGARZO, GUILLERMO; VIRLA, EDUARDO G.; JONES, WALKER
Lugar:
Davos, Switzerland
Reunión:
Simposio; II International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods; 2005
Institución organizadora:
USDA
Resumen:
Preliminary results of the host range studies indicated that the genus Gonatocerus is restricted to the tribe Proconiini, where GWSS belongs. The females of G. tuberculifemur, G. annulicornis and Gonatocerus sp. oviposited and the larvae developed to adults only in sharpshooters of that tribe. None of the other 14 species tested were attacked during the study. Since March 2001, these parasitoids have been successfully cultured using eggs of the factitious host, H. coagulata, at the quarantine facilities in USDA-APHIS Mission, TX, and Riverside, CA. Complementary studies on the biology and host range are being carried out. Gonatocerus is restricted to the tribe Proconiini, where GWSS belongs. The females of G. tuberculifemur, G. annulicornis and Gonatocerus sp. oviposited and the larvae developed to adults only in sharpshooters of that tribe. None of the other 14 species tested were attacked during the study. Since March 2001, these parasitoids have been successfully cultured using eggs of the factitious host, H. coagulata, at the quarantine facilities in USDA-APHIS Mission, TX, and Riverside, CA. Complementary studies on the biology and host range are being carried out. Gonatocerus is restricted to the tribe Proconiini, where GWSS belongs. The females of G. tuberculifemur, G. annulicornis and Gonatocerus sp. oviposited and the larvae developed to adults only in sharpshooters of that tribe. None of the other 14 species tested were attacked during the study. Since March 2001, these parasitoids have been successfully cultured using eggs of the factitious host, H. coagulata, at the quarantine facilities in USDA-APHIS Mission, TX, and Riverside, CA. Complementary studies on the biology and host range are being carried out.
