Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)
Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner (Heteroptera: Miridae) is a highly polyphagous predatory bug, which has proven to be effective in controlling many insect pests of greenhouse vegetables (eggplant, tomato, and cucumber) especially whiteflies, aphids, and thrip. It is mainly used as a biological control...
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| author | Zaini, Mohd Rasdi Ismail, Fauziah Wan Abdul Kadir, Wan Mohamad Syed Abdul Rashid, Syed Abdul Rahman Md Rawi, Che Salmah Jusoff, Kamaruzaman |
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| description | Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner (Heteroptera: Miridae) is a highly polyphagous predatory bug, which has proven to be effective in controlling many insect pests of greenhouse vegetables (eggplant, tomato, and cucumber) especially whiteflies, aphids, and thrip. It is mainly used as a biological control auxiliary against T. vaporariorum Westwood (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). The greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum is particularly harmful to tomato plants grown under the greenhouse. It has become prevalent whenever crops are frequently sprayed with insecticides. Biological control is becoming important for controlling this insect pest. A mirid bug management programme has been developed for an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in tomato. The objective of the programme was to keep the predator population densities high enough in order to maintain T. vaporariorum and other insect pest populations below the economic threshold. In this study, it was very important to determine the biology of predator in term of its life cycle, behaviour at different stages, fecundity, longevity and searching abilities, in order to provide detail data for formulating the means of control against whitefly. Results of this study indicated that Macrolophus caliginosus adults fed on whitefly larvae of all stages from the first larval stage to the pupal stage. The predator consumed the preys at almost similar daily rates (average of 5.94 per day). The study implies that M. caliginosus, with its life cycle, predation, longevity and fecundity and host preference, is a beneficial insect to combat against whitefly. |
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| spelling | upm-134202020-07-24T03:10:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13420/ Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Zaini, Mohd Rasdi Ismail, Fauziah Wan Abdul Kadir, Wan Mohamad Syed Abdul Rashid, Syed Abdul Rahman Md Rawi, Che Salmah Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner (Heteroptera: Miridae) is a highly polyphagous predatory bug, which has proven to be effective in controlling many insect pests of greenhouse vegetables (eggplant, tomato, and cucumber) especially whiteflies, aphids, and thrip. It is mainly used as a biological control auxiliary against T. vaporariorum Westwood (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). The greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum is particularly harmful to tomato plants grown under the greenhouse. It has become prevalent whenever crops are frequently sprayed with insecticides. Biological control is becoming important for controlling this insect pest. A mirid bug management programme has been developed for an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in tomato. The objective of the programme was to keep the predator population densities high enough in order to maintain T. vaporariorum and other insect pest populations below the economic threshold. In this study, it was very important to determine the biology of predator in term of its life cycle, behaviour at different stages, fecundity, longevity and searching abilities, in order to provide detail data for formulating the means of control against whitefly. Results of this study indicated that Macrolophus caliginosus adults fed on whitefly larvae of all stages from the first larval stage to the pupal stage. The predator consumed the preys at almost similar daily rates (average of 5.94 per day). The study implies that M. caliginosus, with its life cycle, predation, longevity and fecundity and host preference, is a beneficial insect to combat against whitefly. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13420/1/13420.pdf Zaini, Mohd Rasdi and Ismail, Fauziah and Wan Abdul Kadir, Wan Mohamad and Syed Abdul Rashid, Syed Abdul Rahman and Md Rawi, Che Salmah and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (2009) Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). International Journal of Biology, 1 (2). pp. 63-70. ISSN 1916-9671; ESSN: 1916-968X http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijb/article/view/2939 10.5539/ijb.v1n2p63 |
| spellingShingle | Zaini, Mohd Rasdi Ismail, Fauziah Wan Abdul Kadir, Wan Mohamad Syed Abdul Rashid, Syed Abdul Rahman Md Rawi, Che Salmah Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) |
| title | Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) |
| title_full | Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) |
| title_fullStr | Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) |
| title_short | Biology of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) predator of Trialeurodes vaporium (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) |
| title_sort | biology of macrolophus caliginosus (heteroptera: miridae) predator of trialeurodes vaporium (homoptera: aleyrodidae) |
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