Shenhang Cheng , Haonan Li , Qipeng Wei , Zhipu Wang
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Abstract
Understanding the effects of acaricides on predatory mites is essential for integrated pest management programs. Neoseiulus barkeri (Hughes) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) has been proved as a key predator of pest sucking insect pests in different crops scenarios. As a pyrrole insecticide with a new mode of action, the compatibility between chlorfenapyr and predatory mites has been rarely reported. In this study, the acute and persistent toxicity of the acaricide chlorfenapyr on the predatory mite N. barkeri fed on Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval) were assessed after direct exposure in laboratory conditions. The results of toxicity test reveal that chlorfenapyr had a higher bioactivity to T. cinnabarinus than N. barkeri. To further determine the long-term toxicity of chlorfenapyr on the biological agent N. barkeri, the sublethal effects of next generation were carried out after maternal exposure to MFRC and 1/2 MFRC. These two treatment levels prolonged the developmental time of larva, protonymph and deutonymph and reduced the longevity, oviposition days (OP), and adult pre-oviposition period (APOP) and total pre-oviposition period (TPOP) of adults. It is worth noting that although MFRC and 1/2 MFRC reduced the predation of N. barkeri to T. cinnabarinus and slowed down the population development of N. barkeri, there was a significant growth trend in the population of N. barkeri and which showed a good control effect on T. cinnabarinus. The results provide valuable information for implementing biological and chemical control strategies in integrated pest management of T. cinnabarinus.
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The Editors of Crop Protection especially welcome papers describing an interdisciplinary approach showing how different control strategies can be integrated into practical pest management programs, covering high and low input agricultural systems worldwide. Crop Protection particularly emphasizes the practical aspects of control in the field and for protected crops, and includes work which may lead in the near future to more effective control. The journal does not duplicate the many existing excellent biological science journals, which deal mainly with the more fundamental aspects of plant pathology, applied zoology and weed science. Crop Protection covers all practical aspects of pest, disease and weed control, including the following topics:
-Abiotic damage-
Agronomic control methods-
Assessment of pest and disease damage-
Molecular methods for the detection and assessment of pests and diseases-
Biological control-
Biorational pesticides-
Control of animal pests of world crops-
Control of diseases of crop plants caused by microorganisms-
Control of weeds and integrated management-
Economic considerations-
Effects of plant growth regulators-
Environmental benefits of reduced pesticide use-
Environmental effects of pesticides-
Epidemiology of pests and diseases in relation to control-
GM Crops, and genetic engineering applications-
Importance and control of postharvest crop losses-
Integrated control-
Interrelationships and compatibility among different control strategies-
Invasive species as they relate to implications for crop protection-
Pesticide application methods-
Pest management-
Phytobiomes for pest and disease control-
Resistance management-
Sampling and monitoring schemes for diseases, nematodes, pests and weeds.