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On Plutella Xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Larvae Parasitized by Cotesia Plutellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Its Impact on Cabbage

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On Plutella Xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Larvae Parasitized by Cotesia Plutellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Its Impact on Cabbage Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Biological Control 45 (2008) 386–395 www.elsevier.com/locate/ybcon Predation by Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) larvae parasitized by Cotesia plutellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its impact on cabbage Nathan J. Herrick a,*, Stuart R. Reitz b, James E. Carpenter c, Charles W. O’Brien d,1 a Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 216 Price Hall (0319), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA b USDA-ARS-CMAVE, 6383 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308, USA c USDA-ARS-CPMRU, 2747 Davis Road, Tifton, GA 31794, USA d Formerly: CBC-CESTA, 105 Perry-Paige Building [South], Florida A&M University, FL 32307, USA Received 17 September 2007; accepted 20 February 2008 Available online 4 March 2008 Abstract Biological control offers potentially effective suppression of the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella, a serious pest of Bras- sica crops. Little is known of whether multiple natural enemies have additive, antagonistic, or synergistic effects on DBM populations. No-choice and choice tests were conducted to assess predation by Podisus maculiventris on DBM larvae parasitized by Cotesia plutellae and unparasitized larvae. In no-choice tests, P. maculiventris preyed on greater numbers of parasitized than unparasitized larvae and greater numbers of young larvae than old larvae. In choice tests with early third instar DBM, there was no difference in predation between parasitized or unparasitized larvae. However, in choice tests with older prey, P. maculiventris preyed on more parasitized than unparasitized larvae. Two field studies were conducted to test if this predator and parasitoid have additive, antagonistic or synergistic effects on DBM populations and plant damage in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata). In 2002, DBM populations were significantly lower in the presence of C. plutellae but not in the presence of P. maculiventris. There was not a significant interaction between the nat- ural enemies. Plant damage was reduced only with C. plutellae. In 2003, DBM populations were significantly lower in the presence of C. plutellae and P. maculiventris, although the combination of natural enemies did not lead to a non-additive interaction. Plant damage was unaffected by the presence of either natural enemy. Because of its greater predation on parasitized larvae, P. maculiventris could be an intraguild predator of C. plutellae. Yet, their overall combined effect in the field was additive rather than antagonistic. Ó 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Plutella xylostella; Diamondback moth; Podisus maculiventris; Spined-soldier bug; Cotesia plutellae; Intraguild predation; Predator–parasitoid interaction; Biological control 1. Introduction tions among natural enemies affect mortality in pest popu- lations because the outcome of these interactions can Interactions among multiple natural enemies of pests, significantly influence suppression of a pest and subsequent especially the interactions between predator and parasitoid plant damage. guilds, have generated considerable interest within the field Ecologists once considered that mortality from multiple of biological control. A primary interest lies in how interac- natural enemies is additive; however, it is now understood that synergistic or antagonistic interactions can transpire * Corresponding author. Fax: +1 540 231 9131. (Ferguson and Stiling, 1996; Sih et al., 1998; Swisher E-mail address: [email protected] (N.J. Herrick). et al., 1998). An additive association occurs when the 1 Retired. proportion of mortality caused by one natural enemy is 1049-9644/$ - see front matter Ó 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.02.008 N.J. Herrick et al. / Biological Control 45 (2008) 386–395 387 independent of the mortality induced by any other natural DBM (Vuorinen et al., 2004). Although previous research enemy. Resource partitioning, such as when natural ene- has shown that P. maculiventris has potential as a biologi- mies prefer different areas of a shared habitat, can result cal control agent for DBM (Ibrahim and Holopanin, 2004), in an additive association (Streams, 1987). The combined Mallampalli et al. (2002) and DeClerq et al. (2003) reported mortality from multiple natural enemies acting indepen- instances of intraguild predation (IGP) by P. maculiventris dently can be predicted from a multiplicative risk model on alternate predators. Mallampalli et al. (2002) found that based their individual effects (Soluk, 1993). Deviations P. maculiventris could prey on larvae of the predatory cocc- from these independent, additive effects would indicate inellid Coleomegilla maculata Lengi (Coleoptera: Coccinel- the natural enemies act antagonistically or synergistically. lidae), and their results indicate that interactions between Antagonism occurs when natural enemies interfere with these two predators on their extraguild prey were antago- each other and cause less mortality than the additive effect. nistic. DeClerq et al. (2003) found that IGP by P. maculiv- Antagonism results in greater pest populations, and conse- entris on Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: quently increases crop damage. Antagonism can result Coccinellidae) decreased significantly in the presence of from interactions such as intraguild predation (Pemberton the extraguild prey, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lep- and Willard, 1918; Lindgren and Wolfenbarger, 1976; idoptera: Noctuidae), but not when aphids, Myzus persicae DeClerq et al., 2003; Finke and Denno, 2003). Alterna- (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae), served as the extraguild tively, synergism has the potential to produce the greatest prey. reduction in pest populations (Furlong and Groden, Similarly, Bilu and Coll (2007) studied IGP of the pred- 2001) and is desirable in pest management because total ator Coccinella undecimpunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinelli- pest mortality would be greater than the additive mortality dae) on the parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck of the multiple natural enemies (Rosenheim et al., 1993; (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with M. persicae as the source Ferguson and Stiling, 1996; Cloutier and Jean, 1998; Losey of extraguild prey. They conclude that the presence of the and Denno, 1998, 1999; Colfer and Rosenheim, 2001). predator had a short-term negative impact on parasitism. The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.) However, after five days the combined activity of the pred- (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is one of the most serious pests ator and parasitoid resulted in the greatest suppression of of brassica crops [Brassica oleracea (L.)]. The solitary spe- aphids. They suggest that this response was because the cialist parasitoid Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) (Hyme- predator did not show a preference for parasitized prey noptera: Braconidae) is one of the most important and instances of IGP were low due to low parasitism rates. parasitoids of DBM (Talekar and Yang, 1991). Talekar If P. maculiventris preferentially preys on larvae parasitized and Yang (1991) found high levels of parasitism by C. plu- by C. plutellae, DBM populations and plant damage may tellae among brassica cultivars: 55%, 75%, 60%, and 37.5% be greater when C. plutellae is in the presence of P. macu- in cabbage, Chinese cabbage (B. chinensis L.), cauliflower, liventris than when C. plutellae acts alone. and broccoli, respectively. It has been released on numer- Our goal in these studies was to understand how DBM ous occasions throughout the world for DBM control populations and plant damage are affected by P. maculiven- (Lim, 1982; Mitchell et al., 1997, 1999). Parasitized individ- tris and C. plutellae alone and in combination. We studied uals remain on the host until egression of wasps, so both if P. maculiventris preferentially attacks larvae parasitized parasitized and unparasitized larvae are exposed to preda- by C. plutellae or unparasitized DBM larvae to determine tion. Yet, when DBM is parasitized by C. plutellae, its lar- whether such a preference has the potential to affect the val developmental time increases (Shi et al., 2002), which interaction between these natural enemies. We then con- could expose parasitized individuals to predation for ducted field cage studies to determine the effects that this longer than unparasitized individuals. Consequently, pre- predator and parasitoid have, alone and together, on dators may disproportionately consume parasitized larvae. DBM populations and consequent plant damage, which If so, populations of a parasitoid can be severely reduced is the most important measure from a crop management (Hassell and May, 1986). perspective. Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomindae) is a generalist predator that preferentially feeds on lepidop- teran larvae, including larvae of DBM (Warren and Wallis, 2. Materials and methods 1971; McPherson, 1980; Muckenfuss, 1992; Wiedenmann et al., 1994; DeClerq et al., 1998; Westich and Hough- 2.1. Insect maintenance Goldstein, 2001; Pell et al., 2008). Podisus maculiventris is found in a variety of agroecosystems and is common in A colony of DBM was established in 2001 from eggs brassicas, especially when Lepidoptera populations are obtained from the USDA-ARS-CMPRU, Tifton, Georgia. high (McPherson, 1980; Culliney, 1986). Throughout much Larvae were maintained on a pinto bean-based artificial of its range, P. maculiventris is active during the same time diet (Carpenter and Bloem, 2002). Adults were held in of season
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