Author/Authors :
azami-sardooei, zabihollah university of jiroft - faculty of agriculture - department of crop protection, Jiroft, Iran , shahreyarinejad, saeideh university of jiroft - faculty of agriculture - department of crop protection, Jiroft, Iran , shahreyarinejad, saeideh shahid chamran university of ahvaz - college of agriculture - department of plant protection, Ahvaz, Iran , rouzkhosh, mohammad university of jiroft - faculty of agriculture - department of crop protection, Jiroft, Iran , fekrat, farnaz university of jiroft - faculty of agriculture - department of crop protection, Jiroft, Iran
Abstract :
Some experiments with the aim to identify insects feeding on the dodder Cuscuta campestris Yuncke as an important parasitic flowering plant, resulted in the discovery of two new potential biological control agents namely Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa, 1843) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) and Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Oxycarenus hyalinipennis was observed feeding extensively on dodder seed capsules that were parasitizing Christ s thorn Jujube tree Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Wild. Also aphid feeding caused severe damage to the dodder vine wraps on native hopbush Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. This is the first report of O. hyalinipennis and A. fabae feeding on C. campestris highlighting their potential as a biological control agent in Iran.
Keywords :
Aphis fabae , Oxycarenus hyalinipennis , Dodder , Biological control agent
