Matheus Rakes, Rafael Antonio Pasini, Maíra Chagas Morais, Mikael Bolke Araújo, Juliano de Bastos Pazini, Enio Junior Seidel, Daniel Bernardi, Anderson Dionei Grützmacher
Trichogramma pretiosum is one of the main egg parasitoids used in the control of lepidopteran pests in Brazil. This natural enemy can be negatively affected by the use of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. The present work used a systematic review and meta-analysis to group information from multiple studies on the selectivity of pesticides (279 commercial products) in rice, corn, soybean, apple and peach crops for immature stages (egg-larva, pre-pupa, and pupa) and adult parasitoids. The selected studies used the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC) methodology with the same adaptations for T...
January 15, 2021: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety