Natural enemies Orienting to Melanaphis sacchari
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Natural Enemies Orienting to Melanaphis sacchari
J.P. Michaud and Felipe ColaresKansas State University
Sorghum – Sugarcane Aphid Research Exchange Meeting
New Orleans, LAJanuary 7 – 8, 2016
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Introduction
Are native predators pre-adapted to find SCA?Or do they need to evolve novel responses to
find a novel prey?
Hypothesis:
Aphid natural enemies will recruit more quickly and in larger numbers to a familiar prey (S. graminum) than to a novel prey (M. sacchari)
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Materials & Methods
• Potted sorghum plants infested with EITHERM. sacchari (SCA) or S. graminum (GB)
• 2 field locations (tree line vs sorghum monoculture)
• All insects counted daily on all plants untilaphid colonies consumed
• Data tallied as ‘No. life stage-arthropod-days’
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The tree line cohort
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The sorghum cohort
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The tree line cohortN
o. a
phid
s / p
ot
Observation date
No colonies of either aphids species matured
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Tree line cohort – major predators
Observation date
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The sorghum cohortN
o. a
phid
s / p
ot
Observation date
No colonies of either aphids species matured
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No.
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tsN
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hrys
opid
larv
aeThe sorghum cohort – major predators
Observation date
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C. carnea was the only dominant species equally present in both cohorts
No. arthropod life stage-daysTree line cohort Sorghum cohort
Natural enemies Life stage GB SCA GB SCA
Aphelinus sp. adults 0 4 8 4
mummies 22 41 771 319
Chamaemyiidae larvae 0 24 0 0
Chrysoperla carnea adults 3 12 10 34
eggs 194 609 204 401
larvae 3 19 35 97
Coccinellidae adults 0 3 58 64
egg masses 0 8 2 97
larvae 0 77 2 24
Erythraeus sp. (mite) nymphs 12 5 0 0
Hemerobiidae adults 0 0 0 1
eggs 0 181 0 0
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No. arthropod life stage-days
Cohort 1 Cohort 2
Life stage GB SCA GB SCA
Lysiphlebus sp. adults 2 5 0 0
mummies 47 0 771 0
Orius insidiosus adults 0 0 39 11
nymphs 0 0 104 22
Syrphidae adults 5 9 0 0
eggs 1308 1626 13 37
larvae 631 1278 33 60
pupae 0 5 0 1
Conclusion: There were more differences between locations thanbetween aphid species in natural enemy recruitment
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Key Findings (data not shown)
• Relative suitability of SCA versusGB as prey (lab studies)
• Tested: H. convergens, C. maculata, C. carnea and O. insidiosis
• Results: SCA was equivalent to GB, i.e. supported development and reproduction of these species just as well
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Key Findings• No real differences in NE responses
to SCA vs. GB
• ‘Natural’ biocontrol of SCAshould evolve similar to GB
• Efforts to conserve native NE’swill assist this process