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Novel Associations and Importation Biological Control: The Need for Ecological and Physiological Equivalencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Robert N. Wiedenmann  and
J. W. Smith Jr
Robert N. Wiedenmann
Affiliation:
center for Economic Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey 607 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
J. W. Smith Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Abstract

One tactic of importation of natural enemies for biological control of stemborers and other pests is the use of parasite species that have had no previous association with the pest. This ‘novel association’ approach offers the possibility of using parasites that have proven effective against a stemborer species other than the target stemborer pest. Nevertheless, creation of a novel host-parasite association requires that the novel host be ecologically and physiologically equivalent to the ancestral host. Selecting natural enemies based on ecological and physiological equivalence offers the best possibility of temporal, behavioural, nutritional and immunological compatibility in the host-parasite interaction, and reduces the chances of failure with the imported parasite species.

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parasitoidnew associationstemborerPyralidaeNoctuidaeBraconidaeparasitoïdenouvelle associationforeur de tigesPyralidaeNoctuidaeBraconidae
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 17 , Special Issue 1: Ecology and Management of Tropical Gramineous Stemborers , March 1997 , pp. 51 - 60
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Copyright © ICIPE 1997

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