Khan Azhar A, Afzal Muhammad, Stansly Phil, Qureshi Jawwad A
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Front Plant Sci. 2020 Oct 14;11:567212. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.567212. eCollection 2020.
The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) Kuwayama is an economically important pest of citrus because it vectors the causal pathogens of huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening disease. Biological control is an important component of citrus pest management but requires consistent strengthening of its impact on pest complex. The brown lacewing Banks is a known predator of several insect pests from Asia, Europe, and America. However, there is not much information about its effectiveness against . We evaluated against the and frozen eggs of the Mediterranean flour moth , the latter is a common diet used for rearing predators in laboratories. Adult successfully fed on eggs and nymphs under both light and dark conditions. was also suitable for the development and reproduction of except for slightly prolonged larval development compared with diet. The egg hatch from the total number of eggs laid on and diets averaged 65% and 52%, respectively. Females laid 64% eggs on dimpled white paper compared to 36% combined on plain paper and leaves of citrus, orange jasmine, eggplant and cantaloupe. released at densities of 2-6 adults against eggs and nymphs of on infested orange jasmine plants in the cages provided a reduction of 43-81% in the number of provided eggs or nymphs. In the field tests on infested citrus trees, reduction averaged 35% in five cohorts in which developing colonies of 28-32 nymphs were provided to one per cage. Findings suggest the significant potential of as a predator of and to contribute to reducing huanglongbing.
亚洲柑橘木虱（ACP）Kuwayama是一种对柑橘具有重要经济影响的害虫，因为它传播黄龙病（HLB）或柑橘绿变病的致病病原体。生物防治是柑橘害虫管理的重要组成部分，但需要不断加强其对害虫复合体的影响。棕色草蛉Banks是已知的来自亚洲、欧洲和美洲的几种害虫的捕食者。然而，关于其对……的有效性的信息并不多。我们用地中海粉螟的……和冷冻卵对……进行了评估，后者是实验室饲养捕食者常用的食物。成年……在光照和黑暗条件下都成功地以……的卵和若虫为食。……也适合……的发育和繁殖，只是与……食物相比，幼虫发育略有延长。在……和……食物上产下的卵的总孵化率分别平均为65%和52%。与在普通纸以及柑橘、橙花、茄子和哈密瓜叶子上产下的36%的卵相比，雌性在凹面白纸上产下了64%的卵。在笼子里受侵染的橙花植物上，以2 - 6只成虫的密度释放……来对付……的卵和若虫，可使提供的卵或若虫数量减少43 - 81%。在受侵染柑橘树的田间试验中，在五个试验组中平均减少了35%，在这些试验组中，每笼向一只……提供28 - 32只若虫的发育群体。研究结果表明……作为……的捕食者具有显著潜力，并有助于减少黄龙病。
