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Prey consumption and conversion efficiency in females of two feral populations ...
Borges, Isabel; Oliveira, Luísa; Barbosa, Francisco; Figueiredo, Elisabete; Franco, José Carlos; Durão, Ana; Soares, António O.Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a polyphagous predator used in programs of biological control and integrated pest management as a natural enemy against small arthropod pests including whiteflies, thrips, spider mites and aphid. This mirid is also successfully mass reared under factitious prey for commercial purposes. In the present study we assessed and compared the prey consumption,...
Feeding preference and intraguild interactions between the parasitoid Trichogra...
Borges, Isabel; Oliveira, Luisa; Durão, Ana; Arruda, Patricia; Soares, António O.ABSTARCT: Tuta absoluta is an exotic species and a major pest of tomato crops in Europe. Macrolophus pygmaeus and Trichogramma achaeae are two biocontrol agents widely used in integrated pest management programs of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta. In this study, we evaluated under laboratory conditions the (i) voracity of M. pygmaeus females fed on single diets of Tuta absoluta eggs parasitized ...