BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF CONVERGENT LADY BEETLE (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE) FEEDING ON APHIDS (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE) ON TRANSGENIC POTATO

Authors
DOGAN EB BERRY RE REED GL ROSSIGNOL PA
Citation
Eb. Dogan et al., BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF CONVERGENT LADY BEETLE (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE) FEEDING ON APHIDS (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE) ON TRANSGENIC POTATO, Journal of economic entomology, 89(5), 1996, pp. 1105-1108
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,Agriculture
Journal title
Journal of economic entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220493
Volume
89
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1105 - 1108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0493(1996)89:5<1105:BPOCLB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We exposed larval and adult Hippodamia convergens (Guerin-Meneville), convergent lady beetle, to Myzus persicae (Sulzer), green peach aphid, reared on potatoes expressing delta-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiens is tenebrionis. Because the toxin may be ingested by the aphid, the be etle may in turn be exposed to the toxin. However, we measured no stat istically significant effect on survival, aphid consumption, developme nt, or reproduction in beetles.