Biological control requires specific tools for the accurate detection and identification of natural enemies in order to estimate variations in their abundance and their impact according to changes in environmental conditions or agricultural practices. Here, we developed two molecular methods of detection based on PCR-RFLP with universal primers and on PCR with specific primers to identify commo...

Bu çalışma 2019-2020 yıllarında Tire ve Ödemiş (İzmir) ilçelerinde birinci ikinci ürün patates ile domates alanlarında Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)’ nın doğal düşmanlarının saptanması amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Örneklemeler haftalık olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Doğal düşmanlar atrap kültüre alma yöntemiyle elde edilmiştir. Birçok predatör parazitoit düşman türü saptanmıştır. ...

The field and laboratory studies were carried out to understood the biology of Campoletis chlorideae Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) on Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) maize crop. Field collection C. cocoons S. larvae from nearby fields Karveer taluka, Kolhapur district. culture maintained in at 27± 2oC 65-85% RH, respectively. egg larval period observed was 1.4± ...

Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 is one of the largest and best studied genera of the family Ichneumonidae. It is most species rich in the Oriental and Afrotropical regions with only a few species occurring in Central and South America. The present study reviews the Neotropical species of the genus including descriptions of four new species from Amazonia and Northeast South America. We define a new ...