Evaluation of predator and prey preference of Orius niger (Wolff) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in the control of important sucking pests of oilseeds

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Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Golestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Gorgan, Iran

2 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht. Iran.

4 Gorgan Agricultural Jihad Management, Agriculture Organization of Golestan, Gorgan, Iran

Abstract

Whiteflies and thrips are important pests that active in cotton fields and in addition to direct damage, they also
indirectly reduce quantity and quality of oilseeds. Orius niger (Wolff) (Hem.: Anthocoridae) is one of the
optimal biocontrol agents for thrips and whiteflies, which is abundant in oilseed fields, especially cotton fields of
Golestan province. In order to evaluate the predatory efficiency of O. niger, this insect was collected from cotton
fields and grown in laboratory conditions. In experiments related to the study of predatory; for each predator
(female), whitefly densities of 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 nymphs, 5, 10, 20, 30 and 50 eggs and 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40
thrips nymphs were placed in the Petri dish. The results of logistic regression showed that the functional
response model is type III for both egg and nymph stages of whitefly and type II for nymphs of thrips. For thrips
nymphs, eggs and nymphs of whitefly, according to Roger's equation, calculated searching efficiency parameter
(a′) was 0.0697, 0.01193 and 0.01072 /h, and handling time (Th) was 0.3802, 0.2686 and 4.1042 hours,
respectively. Prey preference experiments were calculated using the Manley's formula. Manley index of thrips
larvae (prey I) and whitefly eggs (prey II) were 0.92 and 0.08, respectively, and for thrips larvae (prey I) and
whitefly nymphs (prey II) were 0.85 and 0.15 which shows that this predator significantly prefers thrips larvae to
the other two preys. In general, the results showed that O. niger can be used as a favorable biological control
agent for thrips in cotton fields.

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