Role of syrphid larvae and other predators in suppressing aphid infestations in organic lettuce on California's Central Coast

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1526-1532

  Smith, Hugh A ^a,b   Chaney, William E ^a   Bensen, Tiffany A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid predators; Conservation biocontrol; Insectary crops; Organic agriculture; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MACROLIDE; SPINOSAD;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG COMBINATION; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH FOOD; LARVA; LETTUCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CALIFORNIA; DIPTERA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HEALTH FOOD; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETTUCE; MACROLIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; NASONOVIA RIBIS-NIGRI; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 54449085937     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1526:ROSLAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Arthurs, S. P., L. A. Lacey, and E. R. Miliczky. 2007. Evaluation of codling moth granulosis virus and spinosad for codling moth control and impact on non-target species in pear orchards. Biol. Control 41: 99-109.
2. California Farm Bureau. 2006. California Farm Bureau. (www.cfbf.com/info/agfacfts.cfm).
3. Chaney, W. E. 1999. Lettuce aphid update. Monterey County Crop Notes, University of California Cooperative Extension, Salinas, CA.
4. Colfer, R. 2004. Using habitat management to improve biological control on commercial organic farms in California, pp. 55-62. in M. S. Hoddle [ed.], Fourth California Conference on Biological Control, 13-15 July 2004, Berkeley. CA. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.
5. Contreras, J., V. Quinto, V. Abellan, J. Fernandez, E. GravaIos, C. Moros, and P. Bielza. 2006. Effects of natural insecticides on Frankliniella occidentalis and Orius spp. Bull. OILB/SROP 29: 331-336.
6. Costamagna, A. C., and D. A. Landis. 2007. Quantifying predation on soybean aphid through direct field observations. Biol. Control 42: 16-24.
7. Eizen, G. W., P. J. Elzen, and E. G. King. 1998. Laboratory toxicity of insecticide residues to Onus insidiosus, Geocoris punctipes, Hippodamia contergens, and Chrysoperla cornea, pp. 1235-1238. In P.Dugger and D. Richter [eds.]. 1998 Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conference. 5-9 January 1998, San Diego, CA.
8. Harwood, J. D., K. D. Sunderland, and W.O.C. Symondson. 2004. Prey selection by linyphiid spiders: molecular tracking of the effects of alternative prey on rates of aphid consumption in the field. MoI. Ecol. 13: 3549-3560.
9. Klonsky, K., and K. Richter. 2007. Statistical review of California Organic Agriculture 2000-2005. Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, Davis, CA. (aic.ucdavis.edu).
10. Liu, Y.-B. 2004. Distribution and population development of Nosonovia ribisnigri in iceberg lettuce. J. Econ. Entomol. 97: a83-890.
11. Mackenzie, J. R., and R. S. Vernon. 1988. Sampling for the distribution of lettuce aphid, Nasonocia ribisnigri (Homoptera: Aphididae), in fields and within heads. J. Entomol. Soc. Br. Columbia 85: 10-14.
12. Miles, M. 2006. The effects of spinosad on beneficial insects and mites used in integrated pest management systems in greenhouses. Bull. OIL/SROP 29: 53-59. [NASS] National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2006. National Agricultural Statistics Service, (www.nass.usda.gov).
13. 15N-marked prey in semi-field wheat enclosures. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 112: 191-200.
14. Rosenheim, J. A. 1998. High order predators and the regulation of insect herbivore populations. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 43: 421-47.
15. SAS Insitute. 2002-2003. SAS, version 9.1. SAS Institute, Cary. NC.
16. Smith, H. A., and W. E. Chaney. 2007. A survey of syrphid predators of Nasonovia ribisnigri in organic lettuce on the Central Coast of California. J. Econ. Entomol. 100:39- 48.
17. Studebaker, G. E., and T. J. Kring. 2003. Effects of insecticides on Orius insidiosus measured by field, greenhouse and Petri dish bioassays. Fla. Entomol. 86: 178-185.