Color and Height Influence the Effectiveness of an Artificial Feeding Site for a Larval Endoparasitoid, Cotesia Vestalis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Takayuki MITSUNAGA; Takeshi SHIMODA; Shigeyuki MUKAWA; Youichi KOBORI; Chie GOTO; Yoshito SUZUKI; Eizi YANO

doi:10.6090/jarq.46.161

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Color and Height Influence the Effectiveness of an Artificial Feeding Site for a Larval Endoparasitoid, Cotesia Vestalis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Takayuki MITSUNAGA, Takeshi SHIMODA, Shigeyuki MUKAWA, Youichi KOBORI, Chie GOTO, Yoshito SUZUKI, Eizi YANO

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Takayuki MITSUNAGA
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Takeshi SHIMODA
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Shigeyuki MUKAWA
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Youichi KOBORI
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Chie GOTO
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Yoshito SUZUKI
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Eizi YANO
Research Team for Insect Pest Management, National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Keywords: Plutella xylostella, artificial food supply, integrated pest management (IPM)

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2012 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 161-166

DOI https://doi.org/10.6090/jarq.46.161

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Abstract

An effective means of supplying food to Cotesia vestalis, the larval endoparasitoid of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, was examined in a laboratory and an experimental small greenhouse. Compared to the red and blue boards, yellow boards significantly attracted parasitoids in the laboratory and in the small greenhouse, the yellow feeding site was more effectively utilized by parasitoids than the white one. The parasitoid tended to utilize a feeding site hung 50 cm above ground more than one hung 200 cm above ground, hence we concluded that color and height were important factors for the recognition of the feeding sites by C. vestalis.

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