The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata

Aphid Species Affect Foraging Behavior of Coccinella septempunctata (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera).

BACKGROUND Flowers are admirable in scenic good looks and artistic beautification. These are also playing necessary roles in therapeutic preparations. Aphid is an important sucking pest of various flowers in ornamental territories and it is generally controlled by predators, so it was necessary to evaluate which aphid species affect the predator more or less. MATERIALS AND METHODS Biocontrol ...

Predation and searching efficiency of a ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus in laboratory environment.

The predation and searching efficiency of fourth instar of predatory C. septempunctata at various densities of mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and predator was investigated under laboratory conditions. The feeding rate of predatory stage decreased at increased prey- and predator densities. Highest percent (92.80%) prey consumption was observed at initial prey density and lowest per...

Toxic effects of hexaflumuron on the development of Coccinella septempunctata

Studying the toxic risk of pesticide exposure to ladybird beetles is important from an agronomical and ecological perspective since larval and adult ladybirds are dominant predators of herbivorous pest insects (e.g., aphids) in various crops in China. This article mainly deals with the long-term effects of a single application of the insect growth regulator hexaflumuron on Coccinella septempunc...

Powdery mildew of soybeans.

Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits in Florida1

1. This document is HS1067 one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date June 28, 2006. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Hector G. Nuñez-Palenius, Graduate Assistant; Daniel J. Cantliffe, Professor and Chair, Horticultural Scienc...