Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid <em>Ganaspis brasiliensis</em>, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive <em>Drosophila suzukii</em>

Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi; Xingeng Wang; Amanda Stout; Lorenzo Fellin; Kent M. Daane; Antonio Biondi; Judith M. Stahl; Matthew L. Buffington; Gianfranco Anfora; Kim A. Hoelmer

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Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive Drosophila suzukii

Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid <em>Ganaspis brasiliensis</em>, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive <em>Drosophila suzukii</em>

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Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive Drosophila suzukii

Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive Drosophila suzukii

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June 02, 2022

DOI:

10.3791/63898-v

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10.3791/63898-v

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June 02, 2022

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Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi¹, Xingeng Wang², Amanda Stout², Lorenzo Fellin^1,3, Kent M. Daane⁴, Antonio Biondi⁵, Judith M. Stahl⁴, Matthew L. Buffington⁶, Gianfranco Anfora^1,3, Kim A. Hoelmer²

¹Research and Innovation Centre,Fondazione Edmund Mach ²Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit,Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture ³Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment,University of Trento ⁴Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management,University of California Berkeley ⁵Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment,University of Catania ⁶Systematic Entomology Laboratory,Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Summary

Ganaspis brasiliensis-a larval parasitoid of Drosophila suzukii (a global invasive fruit crop pest)-has been approved or is considered for introduction into Europe and the United States for biological control of this pest. This article provides protocols for both small-scale and large-scale rearing of this parasitoid.