Susanna Acheampong, sacheampong@hotmail.com, David R. Gillespie, gillespied@agr.gc.ca, and Don Quiring, quiringd@agr.gc.ca. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Integrated Pest Management, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, 6947 #7 Highway, P. O. Box 1000, Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
Aphids, particularly the green peach aphid,
Myzus persicae are serious pests of greenhouse-grown peppers (Capsicum anuum L). Although natural enemies are used for biological control of these pests, they are not always successful. Consequently, surveys are being conducted to investigate the potential of endemic natural enemies to be used as biocontrols. Three clones of
M.
persicae were placed on pepper plants into three different plant communities in four locations in the lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia for 3 days. Mummies were collected from plants and individually reared. Parasitoid species, total number of each species, sex ratios and hyperparasitoids are reported, and the effects of plant community and aphid clone on parasitoid diversity are discussed.
Species 1: Hemiptera Aphididae
Myzus persicae (Green peach aphid)
Keywords: parasitoid, clones