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Parasitisme de Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) en cultures maraîchères en tropique sec nicaraguayen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Claudio Nunes ,
Éric Lucas  and
Daniel Coderre
Claudio Nunes
Affiliation:
Escuela de Agricultura y Ganadería de Estelí, Km 166.5 Carretera Panamericana Norte, Estelí, Nicaragua Département des Sciences Biologiques, Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Comportementale et Animale, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8
Éric Lucas*
Affiliation:
Département des Sciences Biologiques, Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Comportementale et Animale, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8
Daniel Coderre
Affiliation:
Département des Sciences Biologiques, Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Comportementale et Animale, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8
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*E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The parasitism of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) was evaluated on three horticultural crops in the Nicaraguan dry tropic: tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill; squash, Cucurbita argyrosperma (Huber); and sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum L. Parasitoid species were identified and their abundance recorded on the three crops. The study was carried out during both the rainy and dry seasons between 2001 and 2002. The nymphs of B. tabaci were counted weekly and parasitism rates evaluated. During the rainy season, the predominant parasitoids in squash and tomato crops were Encarsia pergandiella Howard and E. nigricephala Dozier. Parasitism rates of 17 and 10% were recorded for squash and tomato, respectively. In sweet pepper, the parasitoid species were E. pergandiella, E. nigricephala, E. desantisi Viggiani and Amitus sp. with a parasitism rate of 12%. During the dry season, the parasitoids in squash were E. pergandiella and E. nigricephala with a parasitism rate of 57%. Encarsia pergandiella was the only species noted in tomato with a parasitism rate of 58%, while in sweet pepper the species noted were E. pergandiella and E. nigricephala, with a 42% rate of parasitism. The abundance of parasitoids remained stable during both sampling seasons. Our results suggest that the parasitism rate is independent of B. tabaci densities. This is the first mention of E. pergandiella, E. nigricephala, E. desantisi and Amitus sp. as parasitoids of B. tabaci in Nicaragua.

Keywords

Bemisiawhiteflyparasitoidbiological controltomatosquashsweet pepperNicaragua
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 57 - 63
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Copyright © ICIPE 2006

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