ABSTRACT
Piezodorus guildinii and Dichelops furcatus stink bug populations are naturally regulated by predators and egg parasitoids. However, these natural enemies can be affected by the application of non-selective insecticides commonly employed for stink bug chemical control. This study aimed to evaluate the dinotefuran toxicity on predators and egg parasitoids associated with P. guildinii and D. furcatus (Hemimpera: Pentatomidae) populations under field conditions. Predators and egg parasitoids were recorded weekly from V2 to R7, in dinotefuran-treated and untreated soybean plots. Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) was present on 100 % of the egg masses parasitized on both stink bugs species and treatments. No significant differences were found in parasitism proportion and sex ratio between treatments for either species. The egg mass emergence proportion showed significant differences among the treatments for P. guildinii, but not for D. furcatus. The dinotefuran application did not affect the presence of generalist predators as Araneae, Syrphidae and Chrysopidae. Dinotefuran can be considered selective for these predators, but not for P. guildinii.
KEYWORDS:
Telenomuspodisi
; stink bug; biological control
RESUMO
Populações de percevejos Piezodorus guildinii e Dichelops furcatus são naturalmente reguladas por predadores e parasitoides de ovos. No entanto, esses inimigos naturais podem ser afetados pela aplicação de inseticidas não seletivos comumente utilizados no controle químico dos percevejos. Objetivou-se avaliar a toxicidade de dinotefurano em predadores e parasitoides de ovos associados a populações de P. guildinii e D. furcatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) em condições de campo. Predadores e parasitoides de ovos foram registrados semanalmente de V2 a R7, em parcelas de soja tratadas e não tratadas com dinotefurano. Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) estava presente em 100 % das massas de ovos parasitados em ambas as espécies de percevejos e tratamentos. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas na proporção de parasitismo e na razão sexual entre os tratamentos para nenhuma das espécies. A proporção de emergência da massa de ovos mostrou diferenças significativas entre os tratamentos para P. guildinii, mas não para D. furcatus. A aplicação de dinotefurano não afetou a presença de predadores generalistas como Araneae, Syrphidae e Chrysopidae. Dinotefurano pode ser considerado seletivo para esses predadores, mas não para P. guildinii.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE:
Telenomus podisi
; percevejo; controle biológico
INTRODUCTION
The Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) and Dichelops furcatus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) stink bugs rank among the most important soybean cultivation hemipteran pests in southern South America (Zerbino & Panizzi 2019ZERBINO, M. S.; PANIZZI, A. R. The underestimated role of pest pentatomid parasitoids in southern South America. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, v. 13, n. 5, p. 703-718, 2019.). Particularly, P. guildinii is considered the most important species in several Argentine provinces (Gamundi & Sosa 2008GAMUNDI, J. C.; SOSA, M. A. Caracterización de daños de chinches en soja y criterios para la toma de decisiones de manejo. In: TRUMPER, E. V.; EDELSTEIN, J. D. (ed.). Chinches fitófagas en soja: revision y avances en el estudio de su ecologia y manejo. Manfredi: INTA, 2008. p. 129-148., Barakat et al. 2022BARAKAT, M. C.; AQUINO, D. A.; CINGOLANI, M. F. Potential of Hexacladia smithii (Hymenoptera Encyrtidae) to parasitize Piezodorus guildinii (Hemiptera Pentatomidae) adults. Bulletin of Insectology, v. 75, n. 2, p. 177-182, 2022.), whereas, in recent years, it has colonized new territories in Argentina, such as Catamarca, La Rioja and Río Negro (Dellape 2021DELLAPE, G. An update of the distribution of the stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 80, n. 1, p. 23-32, 2021.). D. furcatus abundance has significantly increased, making it currently the second most important species affecting soybean in Argentina (Zerbino & Panizzi 2019ZERBINO, M. S.; PANIZZI, A. R. The underestimated role of pest pentatomid parasitoids in southern South America. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, v. 13, n. 5, p. 703-718, 2019.) and in the neotropical region (Panizzi et al. 2022PANIZZI, A. R.; LUCINI, T.; ALDRICH, J. R. Dynamics in pest status of phytophagous stink bugs in the neotropics. Neotropical Entomolgy, v. 51, n. 1, p. 18-31, 2022.).
These insects cause damage to plant tissues by inserting their stylets and sucking nutrients. They induce fruit and seed abortion and formation of deformed grains, affecting yield and quality, and can transmit pathogens during this process, thereby increasing their harm (Panizzi 1997PANIZZI, A. R. Wild hosts of pentatomids: ecological significance and role in their pest status on crops. Annual Review of Entomology, v. 42, n. 1, p. 99-122, 1997.). Severity degree depends on penetration frequency, duration of activity and introduction of toxic salivary secretions that can cause tissue necrosis (Depieri & Panizzi 2011DEPIERI, R. A.; PANIZZI, A. R. Duration of feeding and superficial and in-depth damage to soybean seed by selected species of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Neotropical Entomology, v. 40, n. 2, p. 197-203, 2011.). Nowadays, it is widely recognized that P. guildinii exhibits a greater aggressiveness, when compared to other pentatomid species, even at similar population levels (Corrêa-Ferreira & Azevedo 2002CORRÊA-FERREIRA, B. S.; AZEVEDO, J. de. Soybean seed damage by different species of stink bugs. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, v. 4, n. 2, p. 145-150, 2002.). In this regard, Depieri & Panizzi (2011)DEPIERI, R. A.; PANIZZI, A. R. Duration of feeding and superficial and in-depth damage to soybean seed by selected species of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Neotropical Entomology, v. 40, n. 2, p. 197-203, 2011. reported that the greater damage of P. guildinii arises from its ability to inflict greater damage to soybean seeds, if compared to other stinks bugs, primarily attributed to the higher degree of seed tissue injury caused by the chemical dissolution resulting from its saliva.
In the neotropics, the main natural regulators of stink bug populations are the egg parasitoids (Zerbino & Panizzi 2019ZERBINO, M. S.; PANIZZI, A. R. The underestimated role of pest pentatomid parasitoids in southern South America. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, v. 13, n. 5, p. 703-718, 2019.). In Argentina, the reported species include Te. Podisi (Ashmead), Tr. urichi (Crawford), Tr. teretis (Johnson), Tr. basalis (Wollaston) and Gryon scutellatum (Masner) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) (La Porta et al. 2013LA PORTA, N.; LOIÁCONO, M.; MARGARÍA, C. Platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitoids of Pentatomidae in Cordoba: characterization of parasitoidized egg masses and biological aspects. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 72, n. 3-4, p. 179-194, 2013., Cingolani et al. 2014aCINGOLANI, M. F.; GRECO, N. M.; LILJESTHRÖM, G. G. Egg parasitism of Piezodorus guildinii and Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in soybean, alfalfa and red clover. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, v. 46, n. 1, p. 15-27, 2014a., Zerbino & Panizzi 2019ZERBINO, M. S.; PANIZZI, A. R. The underestimated role of pest pentatomid parasitoids in southern South America. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, v. 13, n. 5, p. 703-718, 2019.). On the other hand, among the predatory arthropods associated with soybean cultivation are spiders (Araneae), Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), Chrysopidae (Neuroptera), Nabidae (Hemiptera: Nabidae), Orius spp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), Eriopis connexa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (Ribeiro & Castiglioni 2008RIBEIRO, A.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Caracterización de las poblaciones de enemigos naturales de Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Agrociencia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 48-56, 2008.).
At present, the management of stink bugs relies exclusively on chemical control with broad-spectrum insecticides (Baur et al. 2010BAUR, M. E.; SOSA-GOMEZ, D. R.; OTTEA, J.; LEONARD, B. R.; CORSO, I. C.; SILVA, J. J. da; TEMPLE, J.; BOETHEL, D. J. Susceptibility to insecticides used for control of Piezodorus guildinii (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in the United States and Brazil. Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 103, n. 3, p. 869-876, 2010.) and the use of high doses due to their low susceptibility to chemicals, especially P. guildinii and D. furcatus, which have been reported for their differential susceptibility towards insecticides (Temple et al. 2013TEMPLE, J. H.; DAVIS, J.; HARDKE, J.; MOORE, J.; LEONARD, B. Susceptibility of southern green stink bug and redbanded stink bug to insecticides in soybean field experiments and laboratory bioassays. Southwestern Entomologist, v. 38, n. 3, p. 393-406, 2013.). The intensive use of broad-spectrum insecticides adversely affects non-target species such as parasitoids and predators, which play an important role in regulating populations (Bentancourt & Scatoni 2001BENTANCOURT, C. M.; SCATONI, I. B. Enemigos naturales: manual ilustrado para la agricultura y la forestación. Montevideo: Universidad de la República, 2001., Abbate et al. 2022ABBATE, S.; SILVA, H.; RIBEIRO, A.; BETANCUR, O.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Effectiveness of some insecticides against soybean stink bugs and side-effects on Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) and generalist predators. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, v. 42, n. 2, p. 1813-1824, 2022.), decreasing its populations, in terms of richness and abundance (Altieri & Nichols 2000ALTIERI, M.; NICHOLLS, C. Agroecology and the search for a truly sustainable agriculture. Mexico City: UNEP, 2000.). Furthermore, pesticides may cause adverse sub-lethal effects to natural enemies, compromising their survival and the biological control of insect pests (Silva & Bueno 2015SILVA, D. M. da; BUENO, A. de F. Organic products selectivity for Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, v. 82, n. 1, p. 1-8, 2015.).
Although they are inside the host, parasitoids in the preimaginal stage, such as egg, larvae and pupa, could also be exposed to pesticides, what threatens their survival in host eggs (Zantedeschi et al. 2018aZANTEDESCHI, R.; RAKES, M.; PASINI, R. A.; ARAÚJO, M. B.; BUENO, F. A.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. Toxicity of soybean-registered agrochemicals to Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus basalis immature stages. Phytoparasitica, v. 46, n. 2, p. 203-212, 2018a.). In microhymenopterans, the sex ratio has direct implications on the performance of a parasitoid, in terms of biological control, since the females exert such control by regulating the sex of their progeny, maximizing their fitness for a given host density (Yu et al. 2003YU, S. H.; RYIOO, M.; NA, J.; CHOI, W. Effect of host density on egg dispersion and the sex ratio of progeny of Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, v. 39, n. 4, p. 385-393, 2003.). However, it can exhibit a significant variation, both among and within species, influenced by multiple factors. Among these factors are the host species type (La Porta et al. 2013LA PORTA, N.; LOIÁCONO, M.; MARGARÍA, C. Platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitoids of Pentatomidae in Cordoba: characterization of parasitoidized egg masses and biological aspects. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 72, n. 3-4, p. 179-194, 2013.), the phenological condition of the egg mass during parasitism (Temple et al. 2016TEMPLE, J. H.; DAVIS, J.; HARDKE, J.; PRICE, P.; LEONARD, B. Oviposition and sex ratio of the redbanded stink bug, Piezodorous guildinii, in soybean. Insects, v. 7, n. 2, e27, 2016.) and the age of the adult parasitoid (Cingolani et al. 2014bCINGOLANI, M. F.; GRECO, N. M.; LILJESTHRÖM, G. G. Effect of Telenomus podisi, Trissolcus urichi, and Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) age on attack of Piezodorus guildinii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) eggs. Environmental Entomology, v. 43, n. 2, p. 377-383, 2014b.).
Several authors have studied the P. guildinii and D. furcatus susceptibility to various neonicotinoids and their mixtures with pyrethroids, as well as their effects on stink bug egg parasitoids (Baur et al. 2010BAUR, M. E.; SOSA-GOMEZ, D. R.; OTTEA, J.; LEONARD, B. R.; CORSO, I. C.; SILVA, J. J. da; TEMPLE, J.; BOETHEL, D. J. Susceptibility to insecticides used for control of Piezodorus guildinii (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in the United States and Brazil. Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 103, n. 3, p. 869-876, 2010., Temple et al. 2013TEMPLE, J. H.; DAVIS, J.; HARDKE, J.; MOORE, J.; LEONARD, B. Susceptibility of southern green stink bug and redbanded stink bug to insecticides in soybean field experiments and laboratory bioassays. Southwestern Entomologist, v. 38, n. 3, p. 393-406, 2013.), and classified the substances based on their laboratory performance according to the standards of the International Organization for Biological Control (Turchen et al. 2016TURCHEN, L. M.; GOLIN, V.; BUTNAIRU, A.; GUEDES, R.; PEREIRA, M. Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on the egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 109, n. 1, p. 84-92, 2016., Zantedeschi et al. 2018aZANTEDESCHI, R.; RAKES, M.; PASINI, R. A.; ARAÚJO, M. B.; BUENO, F. A.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. Toxicity of soybean-registered agrochemicals to Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus basalis immature stages. Phytoparasitica, v. 46, n. 2, p. 203-212, 2018a., Zantedeschi et al. 2018bZANTEDESCHI, R.; GRÜTZMACHER, A.; PAZINI, J.; BUENO, F.; MACHADO, L. Selectivity of pesticides registered for soybean crop on Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus basalis. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, v. 48, n. 1, p. 52-58, 2018b., Abbate et al. 2022ABBATE, S.; SILVA, H.; RIBEIRO, A.; BETANCUR, O.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Effectiveness of some insecticides against soybean stink bugs and side-effects on Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) and generalist predators. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, v. 42, n. 2, p. 1813-1824, 2022.).
Studies on broad-spectrum insecticides reporting lethal effects have been extensively tested on predators (Schneider et al. 2006SCHNEIDER, M. I.; PINEDA, P.; SMAGGHE, G. Side effects of conventional and non-conventional insecticides on eggs and larvae of Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in Argentine. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, v. 71, n. 2b, p. 425-427, 2006., Benamú et al. 2013BENAMÚ, M. A.; SCHNEIDER, M. I.; GONZALEZ, A.; SANCHEZ, N. Short and long-term effects of three neurotoxic insecticides on biological and behavioural attributes of the orb-web spider Alpaida veniliae (Araneae, Araneidae): implications for IPM programs. Ecotoxicology, v. 22, n. 7, p. 1155-1164, 2013.). However, in recent years, the interest in the study of sub-lethal effects on parasitoids and predators have increased. Some authors reported physiological and behavioral effects that negatively impact their performance, even when using insecticides considered selective (Schneider et al. 2004SCHNEIDER, M. I.; SMAGGHE, G.; VIÑUELA, E. Comparative effects of several insect growth regulators and spinosad on the different developmental stages of the endoparasitoid Hyposoter didymator (Thunberg). IOBC/WPRSBulletin, v. 27, n. 1, p. 13-20, 2004., Rimoldi et al. 2008RIMOLDI, F.; SCHNEIDER, M. I.; RONCO, A. E. Susceptibility of Chrysoperla externa eggs (Neuroptera: Chrisopidae) to conventional and biorational insecticides. Environmental Entomology, v. 37, n. 5, p. 1252-1257, 2008., Rimoldi et al. 2012RIMOLDI, F.; SCHNEIDER, M. I.; RONCO, A. E. Short and long-term effects of endosulfan, cypermethrin, spinosad, and methoxyfenozide on adults of Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 105, n. 6, p. 1982-1987, 2012., Sgarbi et al. 2023SGARBI, C.; MARGARÍA, C. B.; RICCI, E. M. Effect of chlorantraniliprole on beneficial fauna associated with soybean cultivation. Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria, v. 24, n. 2, e2802, 2023.). It is of utmost importance to evaluate the toxicity of insecticides commonly used in stink bug management towards natural enemies, especially egg parasitoids closely associated with them, for implementing them in integrated management programs (Zantedeschi et al. 2018bZANTEDESCHI, R.; GRÜTZMACHER, A.; PAZINI, J.; BUENO, F.; MACHADO, L. Selectivity of pesticides registered for soybean crop on Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus basalis. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, v. 48, n. 1, p. 52-58, 2018b., Abbate et al. 2022ABBATE, S.; SILVA, H.; RIBEIRO, A.; BETANCUR, O.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Effectiveness of some insecticides against soybean stink bugs and side-effects on Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) and generalist predators. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, v. 42, n. 2, p. 1813-1824, 2022.).
There is extensive information about the toxicity of insecticides to egg parasitoids and predators of sting bugs in the laboratory, but field studies in producer-level plots are scarce (Rakes et al. 2022RAKES, M.; PASINI, R.; MORAIS, M.; ZANELLA, R.; PRESTES, O.; BERNARDI, D.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. Residual effects and foliar persistence of pesticides used in irrigated rice on the parasitoid Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Journal of Pest Science, v. 95, n. 3, p. 1121-1133, 2022.). In this sense, this study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of dinotefuran, a third-generation neonicotinoid insecticide, on egg parasitoids and predators associated with populations of Piezodorus guildinii and Dichelops furcatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) under field conditions.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The trial was conducted over 10 ha of ACA 3939 GR soybean group III variety, in El Triunfo (35º05’S and 61º31’W), Lincoln, Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the 2016-2017 crop season.
Two treatments were applied: control (without insecticide application) and treated (with application of dinotefuran, STARKLE 20 % WDG) with third-generation neonicotinoid insecticide. The plant-to-plant distance was 35 cm, with a 70 m buffer zone distance between T1 and T2 to mitigate the effect of spray drift. Twelve samples were collected weekly per treatment (n = 24). The samples were taken on both treatments for 14 weeks during the soybean growth stages. The first sampling point was randomly selected and the remaining points determined over a zigzag transect every 30 m. Then, the vertical beat cloth (1 m width) method for sampling insect populations in soybean fields was used (Boyer & Dumas 1969BOYER, W. P.; DUMAS, B. A. Plant shaking methods for soybean insect survey in Arkansas. /n: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Survey methods for some economic insects. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1969. p. 92-94.). At each point, five plants were completely registered, searching for stink bug eggs, which were placed in labeled containers and taken to the laboratory, where they were individually placed in Petri dishes and maintained in a climate-controlled chamber at 25 ± 2 ºC, 60 % of relative humidity and photoperiod of 16:8 to continue their growth. The samplings began on December 15, 2016 (V2) and extended until March 17, 2017 (R7).
The following calculations were performed: parasitized egg mass proportion - number of egg mass parasitized out of the total egg mass collected; parasitism proportion - number of emerged parasitoids plus the number of pupae or fully developed adults that died inside the host (observed by dissecting the material); emergence proportion - number of emerged wasps out of the total number of parasitized eggs; and sex ratio - number of emerged females out of the total number of adult wasps.
The data were analyzed with the generalized linear mixed model for repeated measures (MGLMs) and differences between means with the Tukey test (p < 0.05), using the InfoStat software, version 2019 (Di Rienzo et al. 2019DI RIENZO, J. A.; CASANOVES, F.; BALZARINI, M. G.; GONZALEZ, L.; TABLADA, M.; ROBLEDO, C. W. InfoStat: versión 2019. Córdoba: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 2019.).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The dinotefuran application was effective for the control of Nezara viridula, Piezodorus guildinii and Edessa meditabunda, while Dichelops furcatus proved to be insensitive to this neonicotinoid, which provided an effective control for the majority of the stink bug species without negatively affecting the predators present at the time of application (Table 1). On this sense, Abbate et al. (2022)ABBATE, S.; SILVA, H.; RIBEIRO, A.; BETANCUR, O.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Effectiveness of some insecticides against soybean stink bugs and side-effects on Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) and generalist predators. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, v. 42, n. 2, p. 1813-1824, 2022. found that mixtures including neonicotinoids as thiamethoxam + lambda-cyhalothrin provided a high level of stink bug control, but negatively affected predators.
The predators recorded during the growing crop cycle were spiders (Araneae), Eriopis connexa (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), hoverflies (Diptera), Crysopa sp. (Chrysopidae) and predatory bugs such as Nabis sp. and Orius sp. At the time of the dinotefuran application, no records of Eriopis connexa were documented, thereby impeding the assessment of the effects of its application.
However, for the Araneae taxon, Chrysopidae and Syrphidae, it was observed that the application of dinotefuran showed no significant differences between the treatments (Table 1). Additionally, there were no differences observed in the pattern of their population dynamics before and after the application (Figure 1). Meanwhile, Sgarbi et al. (2023)SGARBI, C.; MARGARÍA, C. B.; RICCI, E. M. Effect of chlorantraniliprole on beneficial fauna associated with soybean cultivation. Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria, v. 24, n. 2, e2802, 2023. reported that the Araneae taxon was susceptible to anthranilic diamides because the growth curve of the arachnid population was affected, as compared with the untreated field plots.
Population dynamics of predators before and after the dinotefuran application. A) Araneae; B) Chrysopidae. The arrow indicates the moment of insecticide application during the soybean growth stages.
Sub-lethal effects on laboratory application of different modes of action of insecticides over other generalist predators have been reported (Schneider et al. 2006SCHNEIDER, M. I.; PINEDA, P.; SMAGGHE, G. Side effects of conventional and non-conventional insecticides on eggs and larvae of Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in Argentine. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, v. 71, n. 2b, p. 425-427, 2006., Rimoldi et al. 2012RIMOLDI, F.; SCHNEIDER, M. I.; RONCO, A. E. Short and long-term effects of endosulfan, cypermethrin, spinosad, and methoxyfenozide on adults of Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 105, n. 6, p. 1982-1987, 2012.). However, further studies are needed to assess the impact of these insecticides on the population dynamics in the field.
The results of the present study indicate that Telenomus podisi was present on 100 % of the egg mass parasitized on both stink bug species and treatments. In Argentina, Cingolani et al. (2014a)CINGOLANI, M. F.; GRECO, N. M.; LILJESTHRÖM, G. G. Egg parasitism of Piezodorus guildinii and Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in soybean, alfalfa and red clover. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, v. 46, n. 1, p. 15-27, 2014a. also reported Tr. urichi and Tr. basalis for P. guildinii, while, for D. furcatus, La Porta et al. (2013)LA PORTA, N.; LOIÁCONO, M.; MARGARÍA, C. Platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitoids of Pentatomidae in Cordoba: characterization of parasitoidized egg masses and biological aspects. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 72, n. 3-4, p. 179-194, 2013. reported Tr. basalis, Tr. urichi and Tr. teretis, with predominance of T. podisi for both species. The low diversity of parasitoids found agrees with the results of Ribeiro et al. (2008)RIBEIRO, A.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Caracterización de las poblaciones de enemigos naturales de Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Agrociencia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 48-56, 2008., who reported the predominance of T. podisi (99.6 %), followed by T. brochymenae (0.31 %) and Tr. basalis (0.04 %), over P. guildinii, in soybean crops in Uruguay. This poor biodiversity could be associated with the high use of agrochemicals characterized in the productive areas of the core region of the Buenos Aires province (Pengue & Rodriguez 2018PENGUE, W.; RODRIGUEZ, A. Agroecología, ambiente y salud: escudos verdes productivos y pueblos sustentables. Buenos Aires: Cono Sur, 2018.), which could reduce beneficial fauna, in terms of richness and abundance.
The D. furcatus egg mass was recorded starting on Dec. 28, 2016, and those of P. guildinii from Feb. 16, 2017, when the crop was at the V6 and R5 stages, respectively. Parasitized egg masses were registered from Jan. 6, 2017 (R1) and Feb. 21, 2017 (R5), respectively for D. furcatus and P. guildinii. These results agree with Ribeiro & Castiglioni (2008)RIBEIRO, A.; CASTIGLIONI, E. Caracterización de las poblaciones de enemigos naturales de Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Agrociencia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 48-56, 2008., who also observed parasitism even with low egg densities. The spatial and temporal abundance of parasitized egg masses was variable. For P. guildini, the parasitized egg mass percentage fluctuated between 0 and 80 % for both treatments over the monitoring period (Figure 2). The D. furcatus variation on parasitism percentage ranged from 0 to 65 % for the control, and from 0 to 80 % for the dinotefuran plots (Figure 3). La Porta et al. (2013)LA PORTA, N.; LOIÁCONO, M.; MARGARÍA, C. Platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitoids of Pentatomidae in Cordoba: characterization of parasitoidized egg masses and biological aspects. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 72, n. 3-4, p. 179-194, 2013. reported similar natural parasitism percentage values for P. guildinii eggs mass across three evaluated campaigns.
Piezodorus guildinii egg mass dynamics registered on the control (A) and for dinotefuran (B). Dinotefuran application: Feb. 16, 2017.
Dichelops furcatus egg mass dynamics registered on the control (A) and for dinotefuran (B). Dinotefuran application: Feb. 16, 2017.
A reduction in parasitized egg mass percentage for D. furcatus was observed in the weeks following the application (Figure 3). This could indicate a priori that, under field conditions, the insecticide did not affect the parasitoid’s performance over P. guildinii, but affected it over D. furcatus. In this regard, Turchen et al. (2016)TURCHEN, L. M.; GOLIN, V.; BUTNAIRU, A.; GUEDES, R.; PEREIRA, M. Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on the egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 109, n. 1, p. 84-92, 2016. reported a reduction in the T. podisi parasitism percentage over Euchistus heros eggs previously treated with neonicotinoids.
No statistically significant differences were observed in the parasitism proportion between the treatments for either species after the field dinotefuran application (Table 2). Under laboratory conditions, Zantedeschi et al. (2018a)ZANTEDESCHI, R.; RAKES, M.; PASINI, R. A.; ARAÚJO, M. B.; BUENO, F. A.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. Toxicity of soybean-registered agrochemicals to Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus basalis immature stages. Phytoparasitica, v. 46, n. 2, p. 203-212, 2018a. classified the application of mixtures integrated by neonicotinoids as slightly harmful (class 2) to T. podisi when adults were exposed to egg masses that had been previously pulverized with thiamethoxam + lambda-cyhalothrin (neonicotinoid + pyrethroid), while the same mixture was considered as selective during post-parasitism spraying. The direct application of thiamethoxam + lambda-cyhalothrin onto pupae and adults of T. podisi resulted in severe negative effects on the parasitoids, impacting over their performance and reducing subsequent parasitism percentages (Silva et al. 2022SILVA, D. M.; CARVALHO, G.; SOUZA, W.; BUENO, A. de F. Toxicity of insecticides to the egg parasitoids Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus teretis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 66, n. 3, e20220035, 2022.). In laboratory studies, neonicotinoid/pyrethroid mixtures reduced the parasitism rates of T. podisi on E. heros by more than 90 %. However, the application of imidacloprid alone resulted in a reduction of 32 % in parasitism (Feltrin-Campos et al. 2018FELTRIN-CAMPOS, E.; FERNANDES, M.; MASSON, G.; CORRÊA, T.; GRIGOLLI, J. Selectivity of insecticides against Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) on corn. Journal of Agricultural Science, v. 10, n. 12, e185, 2018.).
Parasitism proportion (Pp), parasitized egg mass proportion (P), emergence proportion (Ep) and sex ratio (S) for Telenomus podisi on Piezodorus guildinii and Dichelops furcatus host, for the control and the dinotefuran treatments.
Some authors have reported that the adult sex ratio can be influenced by various factors, including host quality (Cingolani et al. 2014bCINGOLANI, M. F.; GRECO, N. M.; LILJESTHRÖM, G. G. Effect of Telenomus podisi, Trissolcus urichi, and Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) age on attack of Piezodorus guildinii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) eggs. Environmental Entomology, v. 43, n. 2, p. 377-383, 2014b.), soybean phenological stage (Temple et al. 2016TEMPLE, J. H.; DAVIS, J.; HARDKE, J.; PRICE, P.; LEONARD, B. Oviposition and sex ratio of the redbanded stink bug, Piezodorous guildinii, in soybean. Insects, v. 7, n. 2, e27, 2016.) and egg mass size provided by the host (La Porta et al. 2013LA PORTA, N.; LOIÁCONO, M.; MARGARÍA, C. Platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitoids of Pentatomidae in Cordoba: characterization of parasitoidized egg masses and biological aspects. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 72, n. 3-4, p. 179-194, 2013.). In the present study, no significant differences were recorded for sex ratio from adults emerged by egg masses of both P. guildinii and D. furcatus between the control and dinotefuran treatment (Table 2). This agrees with Rakes et al. (2022)RAKES, M.; PASINI, R.; MORAIS, M.; ZANELLA, R.; PRESTES, O.; BERNARDI, D.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. Residual effects and foliar persistence of pesticides used in irrigated rice on the parasitoid Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Journal of Pest Science, v. 95, n. 3, p. 1121-1133, 2022., who reported that thiamethoxam, another neonoicotinoid, had no significant effects on the sex ratio of the emerged T. podisi adults, while cyhalofop-butyl showed a higher proportion of emerged males.
La Porta et al. (2013)LA PORTA, N.; LOIÁCONO, M.; MARGARÍA, C. Platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitoids of Pentatomidae in Cordoba: characterization of parasitoidized egg masses and biological aspects. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, v. 72, n. 3-4, p. 179-194, 2013. highlighted that the adult emergence proportion varies among agroclimatic sites for D. furcatus, but not for P. guildinii. Here, the adult emergence proportion exhibited significant differences among the treatments for P. guildinii, whereas no significant differences were observed for the D. furcatus egg masses (Table 2; Figure 4). Feltrin-Campos et al. (2018)FELTRIN-CAMPOS, E.; FERNANDES, M.; MASSON, G.; CORRÊA, T.; GRIGOLLI, J. Selectivity of insecticides against Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) on corn. Journal of Agricultural Science, v. 10, n. 12, e185, 2018. reported significant differences in the emergence percentage of T. podisi from E. heros egg masses previously treated with mixtures of thiamethoxam + lambda-cyhalothrin, but not when treated with imidacloprid alone.
Dichelops furcatus egg mass without parasitoidism (A) and parasitized (B) by Telenomus podisi, where unmerged adults of the parasitoid can be observed.
CONCLUSIONS
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The application of dinotefuran proved to be effective for controlling Nezara viridula, Piezodorus guildinii and Edessa meditabunda in field plots, but not for Dichelops furcatus;
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Dinotefuran showed no significant effects on predators such as Araneae, Syrphidae and Chrysopidae, and their population curves exhibited no variation after the insecticide application;
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The sex ratio and parasitism proportion of Telenomus podisi were not affected by the dinotefuran application on D. furcatus and P. guildinii;
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Dinotefuran affected the T. podisi proportion emergence from P. guildinii, but not from D. furcatus eggs.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank the UNNOBA English Editing Services, for the careful review of this manuscript, and the National Northwestern University Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata, for financing this study.
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