A simple plant trap for collecting acariphagous insect predators and their parasitoids
A simple plant trap for collecting acariphagous insect predators and their parasitoids
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一种简单的植物陷阱,用于收集螨食性昆虫捕食者及其寄生蜂
DOI:
10.1007/s13355-015-0393-0
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Norihide Hinomoto
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作者:
Takeshi Shimoda;Kazunori Matsuo;Kaori Yara;Norihide Hinomoto
Although insect predators [Feltiella acarisuga(Vallot),Scolothrips takahashiiPriesner,Oligotaspp. andStethorusspp.] play a role in controlling spider mites, it is difficult to collect insect predators directly under field conditions. To prove the suitability of a plant trap for collecting the predators, we investigated the efficiency of potted komatsuna (Brassica rapaL.) and kidney-bean (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) plants inhabited byTetranychus urticaeKoch, using as novel and conventional plant traps respectively, for collecting living insect predators. Large numbers of predators were found on these traps placed in a kudzu vine community [Puerariamontanavar.lobata(Willd.) Sanjappa and Pradeep] despite being observed in low densities under the naked eye in the weed community. Significantly higher survival rates (99.5–100 %) were obtained when collecting them from komatsuna traps than those (26.6–61.1 %) obtained with kidney-bean traps due to predators’ entrapment by the hooked trichomes on bean leaves. These results indicate that the komatsuna trap is suitable for collecting living insect predators, even when predators are rarely or not observed directly under the naked eye. We also showed that the komatsuna trap is effective for collecting a parasitoid (Aphanogmussp.) ofF. acarisuga.