إبراهيم عبدااسميع عبدالعزيز
مدرس مساعد
First Record of Barylypa rufa (Hölmgren 1857) as Parasitoid on Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) from the Egyptian Fauna
Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences (AJAS) • 2024
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Hadeer Rashed; Mohamed Abd El-Salam; Ibrahim El-Ghabawy
الكلمات المفتاحية
Barylypa rufa; Spodoptera frugiperda; larval and pupal parasitoid
المجلة العلمية
Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences (AJAS)
الناشر
Alexandria University, Faculty of Agriculture
المجلد
Volume 69
العدد
Issue 4
الصفحات
537-543
publication.type
Local
رابط البحث
Open Link
المواد المرفقة
Not Available
الملخص
Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a new pest that invaded Egyptian fields and has destroyed many economic crops, including maize, sorghum, and rice due to its voracious appetite. Natural enemies play a great role in controlling population densities of this pest, the parasitoid Barylypa rufa is a successful parasitoid on genus Spodoptera i.e. S. littoralis and S. exigua in nature. In this study, B. rufa was observed and recorded as a larval - pupal parasitoid on S. frugiperda for the first time from the Egyptian fauna. The present work also covers the diagnostic and recognition characteristics of B. rufa adults (head capsule, antenna, wings, legs, and abdomen). Ultimately, with this discovery of the parasitoid B. rufa as an important bio-control agent, which biologically participates in the suppression of FAW populations naturally under Egyptian conditions, its role in the Egyptian agricultural environment should be enhanced to contribute to the development of FAW control strategies.
