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28 January 2017 Treating Prey With Glyphosate Does Not Alter the Demographic Parameters and Predation of the Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Pavel Saska, Jiří Skuhrovec, Jan Lukáš, Miroslav Vlach, Hsin Chi, Shu-Jen Tuan, Alois Honěk
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Abstract

Glyphosate is an herbicide that is used worldwide with potential environmental risks to nontarget organisms. We applied an age–stage, two-sex life table approach to assess the sublethal effects of short-term oral exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide on the life table parameters and biocontrol potential of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Aphids (Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae)) treated with herbicide (an isopropylamine-salt of glyphosate) at low recommended, maximum recommended, and double the maximum recommended concentration for agricultural situations, and untreated controls were offered to the fourth instar of H. axyridis for 24 h. Development, consumption, and fecundity were measured daily until death. We detected minor differences in the hatching rate and mean generation time, whereas the longevity, fecundity, net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, finite rate of increase, and consumption were unaffected across treatments. We conclude that biocontrol potential of H. axyridis was not affected by acute oral intoxication by a glyphosate-based herbicide during the larval stage for 24 h under the study design.

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Pavel Saska, Jiří Skuhrovec, Jan Lukáš, Miroslav Vlach, Hsin Chi, Shu-Jen Tuan, and Alois Honěk "Treating Prey With Glyphosate Does Not Alter the Demographic Parameters and Predation of the Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 110(2), 392-399, (28 January 2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow325
Received: 24 October 2016; Accepted: 20 December 2016; Published: 28 January 2017
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KEYWORDS
aphidophagy
biocontrol potential
Harlequin lady beetle
life table
Roundup
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