Braconidae, is an important lateseason parasitoid late in the summer within florida. Including cotesia integrated pest management pixelmasterdesign. Introduction a complex of insect pests is the most important factor limiting sugarcane production in the south east region of vietnam ha minh. Potential for biological control of crop pests in the. Pdf olfactory responses of cotesia flavipes hymenoptera.
Braconidae, euplectrus plathypenae howard, and synto. Pdf although the parasitoid cotesia flavipes cameron has proven effective in controlling sugarcane borer diatraea saccharalis fabricius for many. In this study, we characterize the larval external morphology and the number of instars of c. Inbreeding is defined as matings between related individuals, including crosses between siblings, parents and cotesia flavipes, and between cousins cktesia 16. Braconidae, an important gregarious larval endoparasitoid of sugarcane borers, is widely distributed in different cane growing regions in india with its range of parasitisation from 4. An cotesia flavipes in uska species han hymenoptera nga ginhulagway ni cameron hadton 1891. Hostage dependent parasitism and its effect on host development and food consumption. Biological parameters of cotesia flavipes reared on. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It currently covers 25 million hectares in ssa, largely on smallholder farms. Otherwise, order of authors follows contribution to the presented publication from larger to smaller contribution. Cotesia is a genus of braconid wasps first described by peter cameron in 1891. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Although the parasitoid cotesia flavipes cameron has proven effective.
Braconidae, is a gregarious larval endoparasitoid of the sugarcane borer, diatraea saccharalis fabricius lepidoptera. Cotesia adults are small about 7 mm, dark wasps and resemble flying ants or tiny flies. Short communication reassessment of the 16s rrna nucleotide sequence from members of the parasitic hymenoptera james n. Influence of flowering plants and artificial diets on. Omwega4 1ethiopian agricultural research organization, po box 436, addis ababa.
Females bear short ovipositors and parasitize only young larvae or even eggs. Rearing and field release methods for cotesia flavipes cameron hymenoptera. Including cotesia integrated pest management 20200428 20200428 tagged integrated pest management system or strategy utilizes all methods. Help pages, faqs, uniprotkb manual, documents, news archive and biocuration projects. An ecological approach to biological control of the. Braconidae was successfully introduced in brazil beginning in 1974 7, 8 and from 1980 to 2002 the intensity of infestation of this pest decreased from 11% to 2. When several references are cited, cotesia flavipes may give conflicting information cotexia the status. Braconidae in reducing diatraea tabernella lepidoptera. Pdf quality control of cotesia flavipes cameron hymenoptera. Cotesia flavipes, lixophaga diatraeae, metagonistylum minense, paratheresia claripalpis, trichogramma spp. Impacts of seven insecticides on cotesia flavipes cameron. Braconidae, a parasitoid of tropical gramineous stem borers volume 15 issue 3 w. The experiment was conducted on effect of artificial diets and ornamental plants on parasitoid performance.
Braconidae cotesia glomerata was introduced to north america in 1883 for the control of the imported cabbageworm on cole crops and has become a major mortality factor of cabbageworm appearance. Brasil cotesia bioamil cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia biocana go cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia biocontrol cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia bug cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia flavipes bioeffect cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia flavipes bioresult cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia flavipsmcp cotesia flavipes brasil cotesia probio cotesia. In addition to attacking chilo partellus, cotesia flavipes was reared from b. Biopesticide properties for cotesia flavipes, including approvals, environmental fate, ecotoxicity and human health issues. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts. Braconidae which is an effective larval parasitoid of the sugarcane moth borers. Thus, they exhibit an immune response to some of the. An cotesia in nahilalakip ha familia nga braconidae. Another pest of coffee with a high potential for biological control is the coffee leafminer, leucoptera coffeella. The cotesia flavipes speciesgroup is a monophyletic complex made up of until now four allopatric sister species, all gregarious endoparasitoids of a few families of.
Rearing and field release methods for cotesia flavipes. Some species parasitize caterpillars of species considered as pests. Important biocontrol agents of many small and large pests, including aphids, caterpillars and beetles. Cotesia marginiventris university of hertfordshire.
Importance of pesticides for growing maize in subsaharan africa leonard p. Pagka karon wala pay siak nga nalista ubos niini niya. Damage caused by stemborers is one of the main causes of low yields 1. The animal diversity web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. Pdf quality of the exotic parasitoid cotesia flavipes. Dispersal of cotesia flavipes in sugarcane field and implications for parasitoid releases leila luci dinardomiranda 1. This paper addresses the competitive interaction between cotesia sesamiae, a gregarious larval endoparasitoid that is native to africa, and cotesia flavipes, an introduced parasitoid from southern pakistan which has recently been established in east africa for biological control of the exotic stemborer, chilo partellus.
Biological parameters of cotesia flavipes reared on different larval instars of chilo partellus under laboratory conditions javed khan, rabia ali, ammara blouch, habib iqbal javed, ehsan ul haq, tariq mehmood and awais rasool abstract the present study was conducted on biological parameters of parasitoid cotesia flavipes reared on chilo. International centre of insect physiology and ecology p. Currently the area with the inundative release of cotesia flavipes cameron in the country is approximately 3. Brasil cotesia flavipes bioeffect cotesia flavipes brasil brasil cotesia flavipes bioresult cotesia flavipes brasil brasil cotesia flavipsmcp cotesia flavipes brasil. The two parasitoids are morphologically similar, and.
Adistinctadvantageofusingnearinfraredisthatdeadinsectscanbe sampled. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences parasitism of stem borers lepidoptera. The parasitoid cotesia flavipes cameron, 1891 hymenoptera. The aim of this research was to analyze cellular immunosuppression of d. Investigations on competition between the two cotesia spp. P t nearinfrared spectroscopic method to identify cotesia. External morphology of cotesia flavipes hymenoptera. To evaluate the effect of stemborer species composition on the establishment of co. Between cotesia flavipes and cotesia sesamiae hymenoptera. Dispersal of cotesia flavipes in sugarcane field and. Foraging behavior and life history of the stemborer. Cotesia congregata parasitizes the tomato and the tobacco hornworms. Among artificial diets tested were honey, sugar, protein hydrolysate solution to enhance fecundity and fertility of the parasitoid under laboratory conditions and compared with the provision of flower nectors such as ornamental sunflower, merry gold and hollyhock in the laboratory.
In sugarcane fields, they are controlled by the endoparasitic wasp, cotesia flavipes cameron hymenoptera. This document is eeny598, one of a series of the department of entomology and nematology, ufifas extension. Predicting the impact of temperature change on the future. Braconidae as an augmentative biocontrol agent for the sugarcane borer lepidoptera. A lab experiment showed that the number of hosts parasitized per female per day reached a maximum 0. Will cotesia flavipes drive its african homologue, cotesia. The gregarious parasitoidcotesia flavipes hymenoptera. Population trends of sugarcane moth borers and their. Cotesia flavipes cameron has been released several times in africa for biological control of gramineous stem borers. Braconidae strains at different temperatures currently the area with the inundative release of cotesia flavipes cameron in the country. Geographic variation in male courtship acoustics and. Cotesia flavipes pdf cotesia is a genus of braconid wasps.
Intraspecific and interspecific competition between. Leucoptera coffeella mirax insularis augmentation others conservation, foreign exploration diaphania spp several. Gallardo has proposed a biocontrol program utilizing the augmentation method using the parasitoid, mirax insularis. Journal of the american society of sugar cane technologists. A survey in 2003 showed that the wasp is well established and has an impact on the stemborer population. Braconidae, a parasitoid of cereal stemborers, and its host range expansion in ethiopia e. The introduction and establishment of cotesia flavipes cameron hymenoptera. Geographic variation in male courtship acoustics and genetic divergence of populations of the cotesia flavipes species complex a. An cotesia flavipes in nahilalakip ha genus nga cotesia, ngan familia nga braconidae. Before its release, countrywide surveys on stemborers and their natural enemies were conducted in several places. Pdf the goal of this study was to evaluate the quality of cotesia flavipes from different biofactories as biological control agents. Some important insect pests and their potential for. Oct 25, 2018 cotesia flavipes cameron, is one example cotesia flavipes a natural enemy that is used in extensive areas in many brazilian states to control the most common pest of sugarcane, the sugarcane borer diatraea saccharalis fabricius, lepidoptera.
Eeny598 a parasitoid wasp cotesia congregata say insecta. Biopesticide properties for cotesia marginiventris, including approvals, environmental fate, ecotoxicity and human health issues. Cotesia kariyai is the dominant braconid parasitoid of the common armyworm mythimna separata lepidoptera. Icipe, icrc released, 5,000 wasps cotesia flavipes at ten sites. Some abstracts of scientific articles from the icipe homepage. Cotesia flavipes cameron, 1891 hymenoptera is a gregarious endoparasitoid used in applied biological control against diatraea saccharalis fabricius, 1794 lepidoptera. Responsible for cotesia flavipes half of the sugar traded in the world, the country has approximately 8. Gallardo 1988 and wolcott 1947 have reported 15 parasitoids from puerto rico. Publications when first author is associated with my laboratory as indicated by, or my name appears at the end as the laboratory leader. Insecticides could greatly increase african maize yields international pesticide benefits case study no. Introduction in the evolutionary arms race between herbivores and their natural enemies, herbivores have evolved several tnits to reduce their vulnerability to enemies. Cotesia plutellae parasitizing plutella xylostella. The present research aimed to elucidate which aspects of immune responses in diatraea flavipennella are suppressed by the parasitoid cotesia flavipes, thus, ensuring parasitism success. Adw doesnt cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe.
An ecological approach to biological control of gramineous stemborers in africa. Cotesia flavipes is an endoparsitoid, occurring naturally on all important insects of sugar. Parasitism by the endoparasitoid, cotesia flavipes induces. Olfactory responses of cotesia flavipes hymenoptera. Gianessi 1 international pesticide benefit case study 104 august, 2014 introduction maize, the most important food staple in subsaharan africa ssa, is critical to food security. However, the cotesia flavipes that support our results were performed with different strains from those introduced in brazil and may differ in important biological flaviped of the insect. A wasp parasitoid, cotesia marginiventris cresson insecta. The gregarious parasitoid cotesia flavipes displays a high. Braconidae, a gregarious larval endoparasitoid of chilo partellus swinhoe lepidoptera. Pdf releases of the parasitoid cotesia flavipes have been carried out since late 2014 in colombias cauca river valley to complement other.
Biology of the parasite cotesia flavipes cameron and rearing procedures. Olfactory orientation of cotesia flavipes cameron on. This page was last edited on 28 november 2015, at 12. Semipermissive hosts are not fully susceptible to the immunosuppressant polydnavirus associated with cotesia congregata. Braconidae is often augmented against diatraea spp.
Cotesia flavipes cameron is a parasitoid responsible for maintaining populations of sugarcane borer, diatraea saccharalis f. Cotesia congregata say is a gregarious endoparasitoid that attacks more than a dozen species of sphingid caterpillars and a few known semipermissive noctuid hosts. Ang cotesia flavipes sakop sa kahenera nga cotesia sa kabanay nga braconidae. Cotesia flavipes was recovered from all the three stemborer species found at each site during the season of release and a year later. According to the results, reduced levels of nitric oxide and phenoloxidase activity were observed in larvae parasitized. Crambidae and other stemborers in the indoaustralian region, was released in mozambique for the first time in 1996. Short communication reassessment of the 16s rrna nucleotide. The objective of the present study was to predict the impact of temperature change on the distribution and abundance of the crambid chilo partellus, the noctuid busseola fusca, and their larval parasitoids cotesia flavipes and cotesia sesamiae at local scale along kilimanjaro and taita hills gradients in. Field trials with cotesia flavipes cameron against sugarcane. Other parasitoids include orgilus elasmopalpi muesebeck, apanteles diatraeae musebeck, apanteles impunctatus musebeck all hymenoptera. Braconidae to target and nontarget lepidoptera and their host plants.
Physiology,biochemistry,andtoxicology nearinfrared spectroscopic method to identify cotesia. The objective of the present study was to predict the impact of temperature change on the distribution and abundance of the crambid chilo partellus, the noctuid busseola fusca, and their larval parasitoids cotesia flavipes and cotesia sesamiae at local scale along kilimanjaro and taita hills gradients in tanzania and kenya, respectively. Cotesia flavipes cameron is a parasitoid wasp used in the biological control of the sugarcane borer diatraea saccharalis fabr. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html. Diatraea indigenella dyar and heinrich, an endemic pest of sugarcane in southern colombia, represents a novel host for c. The borer is biologically controlled, through mass releases of the cotesia flavipes parasitoid, originally from india and pakistan. Insecticides could greatly increase african maize yields. The parasitoid has been reared in laboratories in brazil for more than 40 years, with no new introductions of new populations during that period. Type species cotesia melanoscela bracovirus distinguishing features bracoviruses are associated with an estimated 18,000 species of wasps in five subfamilies of the braconidae microgastrinae, cardiochilinae, miracinae, khoikholinae and cheloninae which together form a monophyletic assemblage called the microgastroid complex. Cotesia flavipes, diatraea saccharalis, biological control.
Importance of pesticides for growing maize in subsaharan. Pdf cotesia plutellae parasitizing plutella xylostella. Field trials were conducted on the releases of cotesia flavipes cameron indonesian strain against sugarcane stalk chilo auricilius dudg. Although the parasitoid cotesia flavipes cameron has proven effective in controlling sugarcane borer diatraea saccharalis fabricius for many years, concern has arisen over the quality of individuals produced at large scales. Releases of the parasitoid cotesia flavipes have been carried out since late 2014 in colombias cauca river valley to complement other.
Braconidae attacks larvae of pyralid and noctuid stemborers by entering the stemborer tunnel. Sugarcane borer, diatraea saccharalis fabricius insecta. Braconidae, gregarious larval endoparasitoids of lepidopteran stemborers mohamed n. Request pdf biology of cotesia flavipes hymenoptera. The female wasp uses chemical cues from the host and hostplant complex to find their hosts. Laboratory rearing and biology of the parasite cotesia flavipes. This is a list of species within the braconid wasp genus cotesia. The wasps attack the stemborer larvae, reducing the pest population and leading to better cereal harvests. The management of infested areas is based on the release of cotesia flavipes cameron hymenoptera. We investigated the presence of apoptosis in fat body cells through the tunel technique. Population trends of sugarcane moth borers and their larval. In addition, the longevity under specific conditions and the potential. Lepidopteran stem borers are among the most important pests of maize in east africa.