Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>?
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), <i>Halyomorpha halys</i>, is a phytophagous invasive pest native to south-eastern Asia, and it is now distributed worldwide. This species is considered to be one of the most damaging insect pests in North America and in Europe. In agriculture, the p...
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| author | Gerardo Roselli Gianfranco Anfora Raffaele Sasso Livia Zapponi Sergio Musmeci Alessia Cemmi David Maxwell Suckling Kim Alan Hoelmer Claudio Ioriatti Massimo Cristofaro |
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| description | The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), <i>Halyomorpha halys</i>, is a phytophagous invasive pest native to south-eastern Asia, and it is now distributed worldwide. This species is considered to be one of the most damaging insect pests in North America and in Europe. In agriculture, the predominant approach to managing BMSB is based on the use of insecticides, specifically pyrethroids and neonicotinoids. Unfortunately, the biology of the species and its facility to develop mechanisms of resistance to available pesticides has induced farmers and scientists to develop different, least-toxic, and more effective strategies of control. In a territorial area-wide approach, the use of a classical biological control program in combination with other least-toxic strategies has been given prominent consideration. Following exploratory surveys in the native range, attention has focused on <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>, a small scelionid egg parasitoid wasp that is able to oviposit and complete its larval development in a single egg of <i>H. halys</i>. A common method for detecting egg parasitoids in the native range involves the placement of so-called ‘sentinel’ egg masses of the pest in the environment for a short period, which are then returned to the laboratory to determine if any of them are parasitized. Outside of the area of origin, the use of fertile sentinel eggs of the alien species may lead to the further release of the pest species; an alternative is to use sterile sentinel eggs to record the presence of new indigenous egg parasitoids or to detect the dispersal of alien species (in this case, <i>T. japonicus</i>) released in a new environment to control the target insect pest species. This study evaluated the performance of three types of sterile sentinel eggs as a suitable substrate for the oviposition and larval development of the egg parasitoid <i>T. japonicus</i> in a context of combining classical biological control with a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b454248f1eb44a2b5816268f65eb4a22023-11-18T19:49:37ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502023-07-0114765410.3390/insects14070654Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>?Gerardo Roselli0Gianfranco Anfora1Raffaele Sasso2Livia Zapponi3Sergio Musmeci4Alessia Cemmi5David Maxwell Suckling6Kim Alan Hoelmer7Claudio Ioriatti8Massimo Cristofaro9Center Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, ItalyCenter Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, ItalyLaboratory SSPT-BIOAG-SOQUAS, ENEA C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, ItalyInstitute of BioEconomy, National Research Council of Italy, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, ItalyLaboratory SSPT-BIOAG-SOQUAS, ENEA C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory FSN-FISS-SNI, ENEA C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, ItalyTechnology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, ItalyUSDA, Agriculture Research Service, Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, DE 19713, USATechnology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, ItalyBiotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA Onlus), 00123 Rome, ItalyThe brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), <i>Halyomorpha halys</i>, is a phytophagous invasive pest native to south-eastern Asia, and it is now distributed worldwide. This species is considered to be one of the most damaging insect pests in North America and in Europe. In agriculture, the predominant approach to managing BMSB is based on the use of insecticides, specifically pyrethroids and neonicotinoids. Unfortunately, the biology of the species and its facility to develop mechanisms of resistance to available pesticides has induced farmers and scientists to develop different, least-toxic, and more effective strategies of control. In a territorial area-wide approach, the use of a classical biological control program in combination with other least-toxic strategies has been given prominent consideration. Following exploratory surveys in the native range, attention has focused on <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>, a small scelionid egg parasitoid wasp that is able to oviposit and complete its larval development in a single egg of <i>H. halys</i>. A common method for detecting egg parasitoids in the native range involves the placement of so-called ‘sentinel’ egg masses of the pest in the environment for a short period, which are then returned to the laboratory to determine if any of them are parasitized. Outside of the area of origin, the use of fertile sentinel eggs of the alien species may lead to the further release of the pest species; an alternative is to use sterile sentinel eggs to record the presence of new indigenous egg parasitoids or to detect the dispersal of alien species (in this case, <i>T. japonicus</i>) released in a new environment to control the target insect pest species. This study evaluated the performance of three types of sterile sentinel eggs as a suitable substrate for the oviposition and larval development of the egg parasitoid <i>T. japonicus</i> in a context of combining classical biological control with a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) approach.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/7/654SITbiological control<i>Trissolcus japonicus</i><i>Halyomorpha halys</i>IPMsentinel eggs |
| spellingShingle | Gerardo Roselli Gianfranco Anfora Raffaele Sasso Livia Zapponi Sergio Musmeci Alessia Cemmi David Maxwell Suckling Kim Alan Hoelmer Claudio Ioriatti Massimo Cristofaro Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>? Insects SIT biological control <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i> <i>Halyomorpha halys</i> IPM sentinel eggs |
| title | Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>? |
| title_full | Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>? |
| title_fullStr | Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>? |
| title_short | Combining Irradiation and Biological Control against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Are Sterile Eggs a Suitable Substrate for the Egg Parasitoid <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i>? |
| title_sort | combining irradiation and biological control against brown marmorated stink bug are sterile eggs a suitable substrate for the egg parasitoid i trissolcus japonicus i |
| topic | SIT biological control <i>Trissolcus japonicus</i> <i>Halyomorpha halys</i> IPM sentinel eggs |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/7/654 |
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