Quantifying conservation biological control for management of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in cotton
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Conservation biological control can be an effective tactic for minimizing insect-induced damage to agricultural production. In the Arizona cotton system, a suite of generalist arthropod predators provides critical regulation of Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (MEAM1) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and other pests. Arthropod predator and B. tabaci populations were manipulated with a range of broad-spectrum and selective insecticide exclusions to vary predator to prey interactions in a 2-yr field study. Predator to prey ratios associated with B. tabaci densities near the existing action threshold were estimated for six predator species found to be negatively associated with either adult and/or large nymphs of B. tabaci [Misumenops celer (Hentz) (Araneae: Thomisidae), Drapetis nr divergens (Diptera: Empididae), Geocoris pallens Stäl (Hemiptera: Geocoridae), Orius tristicolor (White) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), Chrysoperla carnea s.l. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), and Collops spp. (Coleoptera: Melyridae)] with the first three most consistently associated with declining B. tabaci densities. Ratios ranged from 1 M. celer per 100 sweeps to 1 B. tabaci adult per leaf to 44 D. nr. divergens per 100 sweeps to 1 large nymph per leaf disk. These ratios represent biological control informed thresholds that might serve as simple-to-use decision tool for reducing risk in the current B. tabaci integrated pest management strategy. The identification of key predators within the large, flexible food web of the cotton agro-ecosystem and estimation of predator to B. tabaci ratios clarifies the role of key predators in B. tabaci suppression, yielding potential decision-making advantages that could contribute to further improving economic and environmental sustainability of insect management in the cotton system.
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Extensive experimental work documented the role of natural enemies generally and their conservation specifically in the suppression and economic management of B. tabaci.
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- Authors
- Vandervoet, T. F., Ellsworth, P. C., Carrière, Y., & Naranjo, S. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Naranjo, Steven E
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Entomology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2018-03-13
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1056-1068
- ISSN
- 0022-0493 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-291X
- OpenAlex
- W2790673959
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 3.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- Journal of Economic Entomology (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (# 2012-41530-20180)
- Western IPM Center (# 2012-51120-20087)
- Extension IPM Program (# 2013-41534-21088)
- Extension Implementation Program (# 2014-70006-22488)
- Arizona Pest Management Center
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Keywords
- conservation biological control, Bemisia tabaci, cotton whitefly, predatory arthropods, predator-prey ratio, Orius tristicolor, Chrysoperla carnea, integrated pest management, Arizona cotton
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Arizona, Conservation of Natural Resources, Gossypium, Decision Making, Hemiptera, Insecticides, Pest Control, Biological, Population Density, Food Chain
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