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Title: Do Green Lacewings ('Mallada signata') Contribute to the Mortality of Helicoverpa on Transgenic Bt Cotton?
Contributor(s): Bahar, Md Habibullar (author); Stanley, John  (author); Gregg, Peter  (author)orcid ; del Socorro, Alice  (author)
Publication Date: 2009
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6068
Abstract: Over 85% of the Australia cotton crop is transgenic, expressing Bt genes for the control of the key pests 'Helicoverpa armigera' and 'H. punctigera'. Using Bt cotton has reduced the number of pesticide applications, paving the way for a more concerted effort with integrated pest management (IPM), especially enhancing the impacts of natural enemies. There is field evidence that Helicoverpa larvae are surviving on Bt cotton. This study examines the predatory performance of a generalist predator, the green lacewing ('Mallada signata' (Schneider)) feeding on H. armigera eggs and larvae on Bt (Bollgard II ®) or conventional cotton. Prey consumption rates on single leaves were measured under laboratory conditions in small arenas. Prey consumption rates on whole plants of Bt and conventional cotton varieties were investigated in controlled environment cabinets. H. armigera eggs or larvae were distributed evenly across seven plant positions; the stem, petioles, squares, flowers, bolls and upper and lower sides of leaves. Two, four-day-old, lacewing larvae were released and surviving Helicoverpa eggs and larvae recorded after 24 for H. armigera eggs and 72 hours for 'H. armigera' larvae experiments. In the small arenas, lacewing larvae fed on similar numbers of 'H. armigera' eggs (ave. 15) or larvae (ave. 8) whether searching Bt or conventional cotton leaves. Likewise, similar numbers of eggs were consumed by lacewing larvae searching whole plants of either Bt (ave. 15) or conventional (ave. 14) varieties in 24 hours. On whole Bt cotton plants 83% of the 'H. armigera' larvae died. Mortality increased to 98% when the two lacewing larvae were present. Lacewings on conventional cotton consumed 65% of the prey. This 'mopping-up' of surviving Helicoverpa on Bt cotton by lacewing larvae has the potential to reduce immediate pest damage but perhaps more importantly remove potentially Bt-resistant genotypes.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: Tropentag 2009: International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Hamburg, Germany, 6th - 8th October, 2009
Source of Publication: Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Proceedings of Tropentag 2009, p. 39-39
Publisher: Deutsches Institut f�r tropische und subtropische Landwirtschaft (DITSL)
Place of Publication: Witzenhausen, Germany
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060208 Terrestrial Ecology
070308 Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960413 Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments
820301 Cotton
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.tropentag.de/2009/abstracts/links/Bahar_SVOjtrCP.pdf
http://www.tropentag.de/2009/abstracts/links/Bahar_SVOjtrCP.php
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