Aphids cause considerable damage to numerous crops all over the world and insecticides are main means of controlling them, despite their detrimental impacts on human environmental health. This study assessed effectiveness parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a mixture predatory ladybird beetles, Hippodamia variegata Goeze, Chilocorus calvus Chiccl, Cheilomenes propinq...

The parasitization capacity of 3 parasitoids and the predation capacity of 3 predators towards the shallot aphid, Myzus ascalonicus Doncaster (Homoptera: Aphididae), on strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne (Rosales: Rosaceae) cv. Honeoye, were examined in laboratory experiments. In Petri dish assays, both Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) and A. ervi Haliday readily stung ...

Banker plants with Aphidius colemani Viereck were tested in greenhouses in Massachusetts and New York for control of cotton aphid Aphis gossypii Glover, and green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on 2 spring flower crops, pansies ( Viola tricolor hortensis ) and Marguerite daisies ( Argyranthemum hybrid). Banker plants consisted of pots of barley plants infested with the bird cherry-oat aphi...