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The present study evaluated the effect of overwintered adult density and egg and adult parasitism rates on the new-generation population densities of the Sunn Pest (Eurygaster integriceps Put.) under field conditions. We quantified the abundance of overwintered adult densities and egg and adult parasitism rates in 20 one-ha unsprayed wheat fields in southeastern Turkey to assess their impact on nymphal instars, plus new-generation adult densities. The number of overwintered adults per square meter and the percent of egg parasitism rates were positively and negatively correlated with new-generation densities of the Sunn Pest, respectively. The results of multiple regression analysis produced the equation Y = 15.037 + 8.287 OW (overwintered adult) − 0.235 egg PR (parasitism rate). The findings suggest that the egg parasitoids may suppress nymphal instars plus new-generation adult densities of the Sunn Pest. The findings also suggest that the present formula can be used to determine the spraying areas in which densities reach economic threshold for the integrated Sunn Pest management program in wheat fields in Turkey.
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We thank Ramazan Yetis of Adana Plant Protection Research Institute for his help in field work, Prof. Dr. Hasan Rustu Kutlu and Prof. Dr. Murat Gorgulu of Cukurova University for advice on statistical analysis of our data, and Prof. Dr. Scott D. Costa of the University of Vermont and Prof. Dr. Peter H. Adler of Clemson University for reviewing our manuscript.
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Kutuk, H., Canhilal, R., Islamoglu, M. et al. Predicting the number of nymphal instars plus new-generation adults of the Sunn Pest from overwintered adult densities and parasitism rates. J Pest Sci 83, 21–25 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-009-0264-y
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