project manager: Elena Igorevna Shatalova
The project is aimed at creating laboratory stock cultures of insects from among zoophages and zoophytophages of the suborder Hemiptera (Heteroptera) inhabiting the territory of Western Siberia for biological protection of plants from insect pests. At present, the use of species of Hemiptera as agents of biological plant protection is limited due to their narrow assortment, difficulties in mass production of insects and insufficient study of the possibilities of using such entomophages both in the open and in the closed ground. Mass breeding of useful insect species necessary for controlling pests of agricultural and ornamental crops has recently become increasingly important. The bioresource potential of natural entomophages on the territory of the Russian Federation is huge due to its unique geographical location.
Many species of predatory and parasitic insects are well enough studied, but mass production technologies have not been developed for them, which excludes the possibility of their wide application in biological plant protection. According to approximate estimates, the following total number of zoophages and zoophytophages occur in the families on the territory of Western Siberia: Nabidae - 27 species, Anthocoridae - 32 species, Reduviidae - 27 species, Miridae - 86 species, Lygaeidae - 24 species, Pentatomidae - 10 species.
There are scattered data on the possibility of their laboratory maintenance and use as agents of biological plant protection for individual species. It is important to note that wide use and introduction of imported entomophages from outside may lead to their acclimatization in the new habitat and negative impact on the natural entomofauna. In this regard, it is the regional context of research on potential biological control agents capable of reproduction under laboratory conditions that is important. The approaches used in the project in technical entomology under controlled conditions will allow the development of new approaches in the maintenance and breeding of new entomophagous species for biological control of pest populations.
Investigators: Elena Igorevna Shatalova
Natalya Igorevna Krivosheina
Alevtina Vladimirovna Khodakova
The project is aimed at creating laboratory stock cultures of insects from among zoophages and zoophytophages of the suborder Hemiptera (Heteroptera) inhabiting the territory of Western Siberia for biological protection of plants from insect pests. At present, the use of species of Hemiptera as agents of biological plant protection is limited due to their narrow assortment, difficulties in mass production of insects and insufficient study of the possibilities of using such entomophages both in the open and in the closed ground. Mass breeding of useful insect species necessary for controlling pests of agricultural and ornamental crops has recently become increasingly important. The bioresource potential of natural entomophages on the territory of the Russian Federation is huge due to its unique geographical location.
Many species of predatory and parasitic insects are well enough studied, but mass production technologies have not been developed for them, which excludes the possibility of their wide application in biological plant protection. According to approximate estimates, the following total number of zoophages and zoophytophages occur in the families on the territory of Western Siberia: Nabidae - 27 species, Anthocoridae - 32 species, Reduviidae - 27 species, Miridae - 86 species, Lygaeidae - 24 species, Pentatomidae - 10 species.
There are scattered data on the possibility of their laboratory maintenance and use as agents of biological plant protection for individual species. It is important to note that wide use and introduction of imported entomophages from outside may lead to their acclimatization in the new habitat and negative impact on the natural entomofauna. In this regard, it is the regional context of research on potential biological control agents capable of reproduction under laboratory conditions that is important. The approaches used in the project in technical entomology under controlled conditions will allow the development of new approaches in the maintenance and breeding of new entomophagous species for biological control of pest populations.
Investigators: Elena Igorevna Shatalova
Natalya Igorevna Krivosheina
Alevtina Vladimirovna Khodakova