Parasitoid wasps as effective biological control agents

作     者：WANG Zhi-zhi LIU Yin-quan SHI Min HUANG Jian-hua CHEN Xue-xin 

作者机构：Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects Zhejiang University State Key Lab of Rice Biology Zhejiang University Institute of Insect Sciences Zhejiang University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》 (农业科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第18卷第4期

页      面：705-715页

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学科分类：09[农学] 

基　　金：supported by the Key Program(31630060) Fund for Excellent Young Scholars(31230068) General Program(31672079 and 31501700) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 

主　　题：parasitoid wasp predator biological control/biocontrol biological control/biocontrol agent cereal crop vegetable crop mass-rearing field release plant volatile parasitoid-host interaction 

摘      要：Biological control(biocontrol) is a safe, sustainable approach that takes advantage of natural enemies such as predators, parasitic insects or pathogens to manage pests in agroecosystems. Parasitoid wasps, a very large evolutionary group of hymenopteran insects, are well-known biological control agents for arthropod pests in agricultural and forest ecosystems. Here, we summarize the recent progress on the application of parasitoid wasps in biocontrol in China for the last five years. These include species diversity of parasitoid wasps, identification of dominant parasitoid wasps associated with insect pests and biocontrol practices(three types of biological control, i.e., classical, augmentative and conservation biological control) in several Chinese agroecosystems. We then treat different mass-rearing and release technologies and the commercialization of several parasitoid wasp species. We also summarize other work that may have a potential use in biocontrol, including the effect of plant volatiles on parasitoids and recent advance in the molecular mechanisms underlying the host regulation by parasitoid wasps. Future research area and applied perspectives are also discussed, noting that advances in biocontrol technologies in Chinese agriculture informs research at the global level.