title: Risk assessment of selected insecticides on Tamarixia triozae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Trizoidae).
abstract: Tamarixia triozae (Burks) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is an important parasitoid of the potato or tomato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera: Trizoidae), a serious pest of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), and other solanaceous vegetables in many countries. To produce a marketable crop, insecticides are required when B. cockerelli populations reach economically damaging levels. We evaluated 11 commonly used insecticides for their effects on T. triozae. Glass-surface residues of spinetoram, imidacloprid-cyfluthrin, abamectin, and tolfenpyrad caused 100% mortality of T. triozae in 72 h, and the leaf residue of spinetoram was extremely toxic to T. triozae adults; even 15-d-old residues caused 100% mortality. Cyantraniliprole, fenpyroximate, pymetrozine, spirotetramat, spiromesifen, and chenopodium oil did not cause significant mortality in either glass surface or leaf-residue bioassays. Ingestion of spinetoram, abamectin, and imidacloprid+cyfluthrin (Leverage) by the adults resulted in 100% mortality in 12 h, and tolfenpyrad, 75.0% mortality in 12 h; whereas chenopodium oil and pymetrozine showed moderate effects on adult survival. Ingestion of abamectin, imidacloprid-cyfluthrin, and spinetoram killed all adults in the first day of treatment, whereas female adults in the treatment of pymetrozine lived 80.8 d, which was similar to those in the control. Ingestion of abamectin, imidacloprid-cyfluthrin, chenopodium oil, and spinetoram killed all male adults in the first day, whereas ingestion of other insecticides did not cause significant mortality, but reduced percent parasitism. Abamectin, imidacloprid-cyfluthrin, and spinetoram had the most deleterious effects on T. triozae, and have the least potential for use in integrated control programs using this parasitoid.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in the Arid Areas, and Key Laboratory of IPM on Crops in Northwest Loess Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture, PR China. tongxianliu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tong-Xian
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li-Nian
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Trumble
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D061046:Biological Control Agents; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000469:parasitology; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum; D008297:Male; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000633:toxicity; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011198:Solanum tuberosum; D014863:Wasps / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D061046:Biological Control Agents; D007306:Insecticides; D010573:Pesticide Residues