Abstract

MONSREAL-CEBALLOS, Raúl José et al. Effects of commercial botanical insecticides in Tamarixia radiata, an ectoparasitoid of Diaphorina citri. Ecosistemas y recur. agropecuarios [online]. 2017, vol.4, n.12, pp.589-596. ISSN 2007-901X.  https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a4n12.1223.

The effect of three commercial botanical insecticides on the mortality by residues and ingestion of Tamarixia radiata was evaluated. Biodie and NeemPHC had 12.7 and 12.3 % residue mortality effect and 33.3 and 28.7 % mortality by ingestion, respectively. Mortality also increased significantly as time went by, although only with regard to ingestion, and up to 48 and 72 h, for both Biodie and NeemPHC. CinnAcar did not have a major toxic effect when ingested and none of the botanical insecticides had significant effects on the appearance of adults. The three products under evaluation do not interfere with biological control.

Keywords : Biological control; residual effects; ingest; mortality; parasitoids.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )