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1 August 2000 Trichogramma Releases in North Carolina Cotton: Why Releases Fail to Suppress Heliothine Pests
Charles P-C. Suh, David B. Orr, John W. Van Duyn
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Field studies were conducted in 1996 and 1997 to determine the fate of naturally oviposited F3 heliothine eggs in cotton plots treated with augmentative releases of Trichogramma exiguum Pinto & Platner and nontreated plots. Four cohorts of newly oviposited eggs (<24 h old) were followed in 1996 and two cohorts in 1997. In 1996, mean ± SD percent parasitism, estimated by in-field studies following the fate of naturally oviposited eggs, ranged from 7 ± 7 to 61 ± 8% in T. exiguum release plots and 0 ± 0 to 35 ± 13% in control plots. The mean ± SD percent of eggs hatched in T. exiguum release plots ranged from 1 ± 2 to 11 ± 4% and 7 ± 4 to 28 ± 10% in control plots. In 1997, mean ± SD percent egg parasitism ranged from 27 ± 4 to 40 ± 3% in T. exiguum release plots and 15 ± 18 to 25 ± 8% in control plots. The mean ± SD percent of eggs hatched in T. exiguum release plots ranged from 7 ± 3 to 12 ± 2% and 18 ± 6 to 28 ± 8% in control plots. Despite increased parasitism and reduced egg hatch in T. exiguum release plots, overall, there was no significant difference in larval density (all instars combined) between T. exiguum release and control plots. Combined analysis of the heliothine larval populations and egg fate data revealed that the additional egg mortality produced by released T. exiguum was offset by lower larval mortality in release plots. Because of the occurrence of compensatory mortality, the egg stage of heliothines is not an appropriate target for biological control using Trichogramma wasp releases.

Charles P-C. Suh, David B. Orr, and John W. Van Duyn "Trichogramma Releases in North Carolina Cotton: Why Releases Fail to Suppress Heliothine Pests," Journal of Economic Entomology 93(4), 1137-1145, (1 August 2000). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-93.4.1137
Received: 22 September 1999; Accepted: 1 May 2000; Published: 1 August 2000
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KEYWORDS
compensatory mortality
egg fate
heliothines
Trichogramma exiguum
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