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15 janvier 2021 23:33

15 janvier 2021 23:33

Habitat management, such as adding insectary plants to agroecosystems, is a useful technique for biological control. It can improve pest control through natural enemy augmentation and conservation. We evaluated use of the insectary plant Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss. to increase the diversity and population density of natural enemies, promote the movement of natural enemies, and improve suppression of the spirea aphid (Aphis spiraecola Patch). An apple orchard experiment included C. monnieri as the treatment and the absence of C. monnieri as the control. The results suggested that C. monnieri can foster predatory natural enemies, such as Propylaea japonica, Harmonia axyridis, Hippodamia variegata, Chrysoperla sinica, and Episyrphus balteata. Density of the predators on the apple trees in the treatment was significantly higher than in the control. Density of spirea aphids on the apple trees in the treatment was significantly lower than in the control. Rubidium (Rb) was used as a tracking marker transferred along the food chain of C. monnieri (4.08 μg/ml) − celery aphid (Semiaphis heraclei) (0.46 μg/ml) − lady beetle (0.51 μg/ml) in a laboratory experiment. The highest Rb content in a lady beetle (0.62 μg/ml) was found 3 days after marking. Combined with field sampling and Rb marking, the results showed that 24.2% and 42.7% of H. axyridis on the apple trees moved from the insectary plant C. monnieri in 2018 and 2019, and that 53.2% and 48.4% of C. sinica on the apple trees transferred from C. monnieri in 2018 and 2019. The insectary plant C. monnieri attracts and fosters predatory natural enemies, which then move to the apple trees and suppress spirea aphids. These findings illustrate an effective method for enhancing biological control of aphids in apple orchards.

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• AB - Utile à l'AB
• FREDO lutte
• FREDO santé végétale
• GEO Chine
• biocontrol
• verger

• biological control
• insectary plant
• predatory natural enemy
• rubidium marking
• spirea aphid

Biological Control

104532

January 8, 2021

8 janvier 2021

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