Artificial tritrophic exposure system for environmental risk analysis on aphidophagous predators



Título del documento: Artificial tritrophic exposure system for environmental risk analysis on aphidophagous predators
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000400495
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autors: 1
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Institucions: 1Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil
2University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Estados Unidos de América
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Període: Sep
Volum: 88
Número: 3
Paginació: 1569-1576
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés We evaluated an artificial tritrophic exposure system for use in ecotoxicological evaluations of environmental stressors on aphidophagous predators. It consists of an acrylic tube with a Parafilm M sachet containing liquid aphid diet, into which can be added environmental stressors. Immature Cycloneda sanguinea, Harmonia axyridis and Chrysoperla externa, and adult H. axyridis were reared on Myzus persicae. Larval and pupal development and survival of all species and reproductive parameters of H. axyridis were similar to published results. The system provides a suitable tritrophic exposure route, enables ex-ante evaluation of stressors, and improves the accuracy of the assessment
Disciplines Biología,
Agrociencias
Paraules clau: Ecología,
Insectos,
Bioseguridad,
Insectos benéficos,
Depredadores,
Ecotoxicología,
Rutas de exposición
Keyword: Biology,
Agricultural sciences,
Ecology,
Insects,
Biosafety,
Beneficial insects,
Predators,
Ecotoxicology,
Exposure routes
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