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1 April 2014 Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Azadirachtin and Cypermethrin on Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Zahra Abedi, Moosa Saber, Gholamhossein Gharekhani, Ali Mehrvar, Shizuo George Kamita
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Habrobracon hebetor Say is an ectoparasitoid of larval stage of various lepidopteran pests. Lethal and sublethal effects of azadirachtin and cypermethrin were evaluated on adult and preimaginal stages of H. hebetor under laboratory conditions. Contact exposure bioassays with adults indicated that the lethal concentration (LC50) of two commercial azadirachtin-containing formulations, NeemGuardand BioNeem, were 43.5 and 10.2 µg a.i./ml, respectively. The LC50 of cypermethrin was 5.4 µg a.i./ml. When larval stage of H. hebetor was exposed to these insecticides with a field recommended concentration of NeemGuard, BioNeem, or cypermethrin by a dip protocol, the emergence rate was reduced by 39.0, 36.6, and 97.6%, respectively. To assay the sublethal effects of these insecticides, adult wasps were exposed to an LC30 concentration of the insecticides, and then demographic parameters of the surviving wasps were determined. Fecundity, fertility, and parameters including the intrinsic rate of increase (rm) were affected negatively. The rmvalues following exposure to NeemGuard, BioNeem, cypermethrin, or mock treatment were 0.143, 0.149, 0.160, and 0.179, respectively, female offspring per female per day, respectively. The current study showed that cypermethrin had more acute toxicity on larval and adult stages of H. hebetor compared with azadirachin. The commercial formulations of azadirachtin and cypermethrin negatively affected most of the life table parameters of the parasitoid. Semifield and field studies are needed for obtaining more applicable results on combining H. hebetor and the tested insecticides for an integrated pest management-based strategy for crop protection.

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Zahra Abedi, Moosa Saber, Gholamhossein Gharekhani, Ali Mehrvar, and Shizuo George Kamita "Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Azadirachtin and Cypermethrin on Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 107(2), 638-645, (1 April 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC13227
Received: 15 May 2013; Accepted: 1 January 2014; Published: 1 April 2014
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KEYWORDS
Habrobracon hebetor
neem insecticide
population life table parameter
pyrethroid
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