Toxicity of Botanicals and Conventional Insecticides to Aenasius bambawalei Hayat, an Endoparasitoid of Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley

Muhammad Irfan Ullah; Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid; Muhammad Arshad; Yasir Iftikhar; Samina Khalid; Jaime Molina Ochoa; Muhammad Naveed

doi:10.3958/059.042.0413

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1 December 2017 Toxicity of Botanicals and Conventional Insecticides to Aenasius bambawalei Hayat, an Endoparasitoid of Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley

Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid, Muhammad Arshad, Yasir Iftikhar, Samina Khalid, Jaime Molina Ochoa, Muhammad Naveed

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Southwestern Entomologist, 42(4):941-952 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.042.0413

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Insecticides with new chemistries and botanicals were evaluated against the parasitoid Aenasius bambawalei Hayat. Ninety-four percent of the parasitoids died after application of least concentrations and 100% died after greatest concentrations of malathion, dimethoate, and curacron. Ninety-six percent of parasitoids died from acetamiprid at greatest concentration. Botanicals were safer. Maximums of 34.4 and 23.2% of parasitoids were dead at 48 hours after applications of neem, Azadirachta indica A. Juss., and mint, Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds., respectively. Lesser concentrations of botanicals can be used to manage cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, and have non-toxic effects on natural enemies.

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Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid, Muhammad Arshad, Yasir Iftikhar, Samina Khalid, Jaime Molina Ochoa, and Muhammad Naveed "Toxicity of Botanicals and Conventional Insecticides to Aenasius bambawalei Hayat, an Endoparasitoid of Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley," Southwestern Entomologist 42(4), 941-952, (1 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.042.0413

Published: 1 December 2017

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