Volume 7, Issue 1 (2018)
JCP 2018, 7(1): 121-124 |
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1- Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran.
2- Ph. D. Student of Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. , ssaideh@gmail.com
2- Ph. D. Student of Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. , ssaideh@gmail.com
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Some experiments with the aim to identify insects feeding on the dodder Cuscuta campestris Yuncke as an important parasitic flowering plant, resulted in the discovery of two new potential biological control agents namely Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa, 1843) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) and Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Oxycarenus hyalinipennis was observed feeding extensively on dodder seed capsules that were parasitizing Christ's thorn Jujube tree Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Wild. Also aphid feeding caused severe damage to the dodder vine wraps on native hopbush Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. This is the first report of O. hyalinipennis and A. fabae feeding on C. campestris highlighting their potential as a biological control agent in Iran.
Article Type: Analytic Review |
Subject:
Cultural and Physical Control
Received: 2018/08/11 | Accepted: 2018/08/11 | Published: 2018/08/11
Received: 2018/08/11 | Accepted: 2018/08/11 | Published: 2018/08/11
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