Abstract
The relative abundance of parasitoids of Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring was studied in insecticide-treated and untreated field plots of cantaloupe, collard, cucumber, and tomato. Treatments were made using foliar-applied chlorpyrifos (Lorsban®, DowElanco, Indianapolis, IN) in 1994, and foliar-applied imidacloprid (Provado®, Bayer Corporation, Kansas City, MO) in 1995 and 1996. Yellow sticky cards were used to monitor parasitoids associated with B. argentifolii in plots untreated or treated weekly in 1994 and bi-weekly in 1995 and 1996 with insecticide over 10 wks. The abundance of parasitoids varied among fields and across years. Five species of parasitoids were captured: Eretmocerus sp., Encarsia nigricephala Dozier, E. pergandiella Howard, E. quaintancei Howard, and E. strenua (Silvestri). The first three species comprised approximately 95% of the captured parasitoids. Parasitoids persisted in all field locations and crops whether the vegetables were treated or not. Parasitoids were captured in the treated plots throughout the study, although in fewer numbers than in the untreated plots. Overall, about 60 to 70% of parasitoids captured were from plots without insecticide. Whitefly captures on the sticky traps were relatively high in collard compared with the other crops studied. In addition, more E. nigricephala and E. pergandiella were collected in collard than in the other vegetable crops.
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