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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2015, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (3): 42-44.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.2014-xb0127

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Studies on predation of Phrynocaria congener (Billberg) and Scymnus sp. on Cornegenapsylla sinica Yang et Li

  

  • Received:2014-02-17 Revised:2014-02-17 Accepted:2014-08-22 Online:2015-03-13 Published:2015-03-13

Abstract: In order to study the control effects of natural enemies on pests in Longan orchards, the predation of Phrynocaria congener and Scymnus sp. on the Cornegenapsylla sinica were studied in laboratory. The results showed that the functional responses of the two predatory ladybirds on C. sinica were of Holling’s II. The capitia of C. sinica preyed by the two predatory ladybirds were both increased with the increase of prey density. With the increasing of age of C. sinica, the searching rate of the predatory ladybirds decreased, and its handling time became longer. Comparison of the two predatory ladybirds, the P. congener performed the higher searching rate and the shorter handling time. Given a certain number of the same age of C. sinica, the feeding capitia of P. congener was larger than Scymnus sp. did.