The selectivity of the pesticides (g or mL commercial product 100L-1) abamectin (80), carbaryl (360), deltamethrin (40), dimethoate (120), ethofenprox (150), fenthion (100), fenitrothion (150), glufosinate ammonium (2L ha-1), mineral oil (2000), phosmet (200), sulphur (600) and trichlorphon (300) used in peach orchards was evaluated under laboratory conditions, expounded in different immature stages of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma atopovirilia Oatman & Platner, 1983. Bioassays were carried out by direct applied of treatments on eggs of Anagasta kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) with the immature stages egg-larva, pre-pupa and pupa of T. atopovirilia. The percentage of emergence adult parasitoids was assessed. Reduction in the emergence adult compared with the control was measure and the pesticides were classified according to IOBC/WPRS. Abamectin, deltamethrin, dimethoate, ethofenprox, glufosinate ammonium, mineral oil, phosmet and sulphur were not affected and were harmless (<30%). The insecticides carbaryl, fenitrothion and trichlorphon affected the emergence adult in all developmental stages and were slightly harmful (30-79%) or moderately harmful (80-99%) according developmental stage. Fenthion affected to pre-pupa and pupa stages and was slightly harmful (30-79%). The association between biological and chemical control, in peach orchards, is possible for the pesticides harmless and immature stages of T. atopovirilia.
Insecta; side-effects; egg parasitoids; Prunus persica L
