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Improved control of Frankliniella occidentalis on greenhouse pepper through the integration of Orius sauteri and neonicotinoid insecticides

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Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a notorious pest of horticultural crops, against which the predator Orius sauteri or neonicotinoid insecticides are commonly used in control programmes. Here, we carried out a series of indoor acute toxicity tests and a risk assessment of eight neonicotinoid insecticides (imidacloprid, nitenpyram, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, dinotefuran and flupyradifurone) for O. sauteri and F. occidentalis. For O. sauteri, the LC50 values of acetamiprid and flupyradifurone were 12.75 and 9.24 mg a.i. L−1, respectively, and their hazard quotients were ≤ 2. Their toxicities to F. occidentalis were in a similar range. When LC20 of acetamiprid or flupyradifurone was applied to the pest, predator or both, predation ability was slightly reduced with flupyradifurone (37, 59 and 18, respectively) having less impact compared to acetamiprid (18, 21 and 10, respectively). Furthermore, we performed a greenhouse efficacy trial which involved the selected neonicotinoids acetamiprid and flupyradifurone as well as O. sauteri. Our results showed that integrated pest management, i.e. the application of half the amount of O. sauteri together with low doses (LC20) of acetamiprid or flupyradifurone, significantly reduced the pest with 76% and 75%, respectively, during the trial time, similar to the biocontrol treatment and significantly better than for chemical control alone. The cost of the integrated pest control strategy was similar to chemical control alone and lower than for biocontrol, indicating its potential as an economically feasible thrips control strategy, with reduced environmental risks compared to using chemicals only.

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This work was funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0201000, 2017YFGH000664), the Shandong Provincial Taishan Industry Leading Talents Project, China, the Shandong Provincial Major Science and Technology Innovation Project, China (2018CXGC0206), the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (CXGC2017B05) and the Shandong Provincial Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Innovation Team Foundation, China (SDAIT-24-01).

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  1. Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China

    Qing-cai Lin, Hao Chen, Xiao-yan Dai, Guang-an Wu, Yi Yu, Li Zheng & Yi-fan Zhai

  2. CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, 2800, Delémont, Switzerland

    Dirk Babendreier

  3. MoA-CABI Joint Laboratory for Bio-Safety, Beijing, 100193, China

    Jin-ping Zhang & Feng Zhang

  4. Shandong General Station for Plant Protection, Jinan, 250100, China

    Zuo-wen Sun & Zhao-peng Shi

  5. College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, China

    Xiao-lin Dong, Guang-an Wu & Yi-fan Zhai

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YFZ, QCL and HC designed the research. JPZ, FZ, XYD, ZWS, ZPS and GAW conducted experiments. HC, DB, XLD, YY and LZ analysed data. YFZ, QCL and DB wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Lin, Qc., Chen, H., Babendreier, D. et al. Improved control of Frankliniella occidentalis on greenhouse pepper through the integration of Orius sauteri and neonicotinoid insecticides. J Pest Sci 94, 101–109 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01198-7

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