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Introduction Managing the environment is important to increase the efficacy of
natural enemies, which depend on production technologies such as varietal
development, cropping systems, tillage practices and chemical inputs. Late
trends in agriculture have, nevertheless, been toward decreasing
environmental heterogeneity, increasing fertilizer and pesticide input,
increasing mechanization and decreasing genetic diversity (USDA 1973,
Bottrell 1980, Whitham 1983, Altieri & Anderson 1986, Altieri &
Letourneau 1999). Such creates agricultural environments that impede pest
population regulation by natural enemies. The current emphasis on IPM, the
increasing restrictions on various pesticides and growing public concern
about pesticide contamination, as well as increased production costs, justify
increased research efforts for long term alternatives to the current trends.
Although agroecosystems devoted food and fiber production have been stressed,
these same systems frequently generate pests that are of human and veterinary
health concern, such as mosquito, gnat and fly outbreaks. Numerous research
has been conducted to document the importance of manipulating environmental
properties of crop fields to make them more favorable to natural enemies and
less amenable for insect pests, since van den Bosch & Telford (1964)
presented their classical chapter that encouraged biological control in
agroecosystems (van Emden & Williams 1974, Perrin 1980, Cromartie 1981,
Thresh 1981, Altieri & Letourneau 1982, 1984; Price & Waldbauer 1982,
Risch et al. 1983, Herzog & Funderburk 1985). For pests of medical and veterinary
importance environmental management is essential to the maximized performance
of parasitoids and predators (Please refer to Selected Reviews & Detailed
Research ) Since the mid 1970's most effort has been directed to
analyzing the effects of reduced tillage and vegetational diversification of
agroecosystems. Research on other types of cultural manipulation such as
strip-harvesting, trap cropping, use of nests or artificial shelter, etc.,
has been scarce, except for the use of food sprays (Hagen 1986) and
kairomones (Lewis et al. 1976, Nordlund et al. 1981a,b, 1987) that enhance
the activity of specific natural enemies. There has been much research on multiple
cropping systems and their effect on insect dynamics (Root 1973,
Litsinger & Moody 1976, Perrin 1977, Altieri et al. 1978, Perrin &
Phillips 1978, Bach 1980a,b; Risch 1980, 1981; Andow 1983b, Letourneau &
Altieri 1983, Altieri & Liebman 1986). These studies provide a basis for
designing crop systems with vegetational attributes that enhance
reproduction, survival and efficacy of natural enemies. However, because
agricultural land use is driven principally by economic forces, pest control
plans are seldom made on the basis of habitat management. In developed
countries farmers reduce unit production costs by increasing farm size and
becoming more specialized, with the consequence that environmental
manipulation strategies with demonstrated effectiveness under experimental
conditions, such as cotton/alfalfa strip cropping for Lygus management in cotton (Stern et al. 1964), or the use
of Rubus plantings around
vineyards for conservation of grape leafhopper parasitoids (Doutt &
Nakata 1973), have not been adopted on a regional scale. The political and
economic context of modern farming does not support the maintenance of
landscape diversity, which is one of the main obstacles to the implementation
of many of the alternative strategies to pesticides. The effective environment of an organism has been characterized
by Rabb et al (1976) as weather, food, habitat (shelter, nests) and other
organisms. Environmental management for biological control is concerned with
the functional environment, i.e., the physical and biotic elements that
directly or indirectly impact survival, migration, reproduction, feeding and
the behaviors associated with these life processes. Although pest populations
can be controlled directly through cultural control methods that modify the
habitat, the main thrust of this section is conservation (maintenance of
natural enemy abundance and diversity) and enhancement (increased
immigration, tenure time, longevity, fertility and efficiency) strategies
that can be used to manipulate natural enemies in agroecosystems. Habitat
management is directed at (1) enhancing habitat suitability for immigration
and host finding, (2) providing alternative prey/hosts during times when
pests are scarce, (3) providing supplementary food (food sprays, nectar and
pollen for predators/parasitoids), (4) maintenance of noneconomic levels of
the pest or alternative hosts over long periods to ensure continued survival
of natural enemies and (5) providing refugia for mating or overwintering.
Cropping techniques that enhance parasitoids through these five processes
have been reviewed by Powell (1986) and shown in table form by Altieri &
Letourneau (1999). Approaches to manipulating natural enemies include several
levels, from agroecosystem processes to eco-physiological features of individual
organisms. The number of elements that can be manipulated and their degree of
flexibility depend on characteristics of the agroecosystem. The role, methods
and future directions of environmental management as a preventative control
strategy are detailed after Vandermeer & Andow (1986) in the following
sections. A unique set of agroecosystems are found in different regions,
which result from local climate, topography, soil, economic relations, social
structure and history. A number of farming features can be modified and some
can impact the dynamics of insect populations. The agroecosystems of a region
often include both commercial and local use agricultures which rely on
technology to a different extent depending on the availability of land,
capital and labor. Some technologies in modern systems aim at efficient land
use, such as reliance on biochemical inputs, while others reduce labor or
mechanical inputs. On the other hand, resource poor farmers usually adopt low
technology, labor intensive practices that optimize production efficiency and
recycle scarce resources (Mattson et al. 1984). Area wide environmental
management techniques are difficult to design and implement because of
differences in climate, agricultural products and economic and political
structure of each agricultural system. Many farming systems are in
transition, with changes forced by shifting resource needs, unequal resource
availability, environmental degradation, economic growth or stagnation,
political change, etc. Strategies amenable to labor intensive operations will
be radically different from those designed for mechanized, large scale
operations. Specialization and concentration of crops are the most important
factors limiting the application of many environmental management options for
a particular region. Farms may be classified by type of agriculture or agroecosystem
even though there are many individual differences among farms in a region.
Functional grouping is essential for devising areawide habitat management
strategies. Norman (1979) listed five criteria that can be used to classify
agroecosystems in a region: (1) the types of crop and livestock, (2) the
methods used to grow the crops and produce the stock, (3) the relative
intensity of use of labor, capital and organization, and the resulting output
of product, (4) the disposal of the products for consumption (whether used
for subsistence or supplement on the farm or sold for cash or other goods),
and (5) the structures used to facilitate farming operations. Using these
criteria Giggs (1974) recognized seven main types of agricultural systems in
the world: (1) shifting cultivation systems, (2) semi-permanent rain-fed
cropping systems, (3) permanent raid-fed cropping systems, (4) arable
irrigation systems, (5) perennial crop systems, (6) grazing systems, and (7)
systems with regulated farming (alternating arable cropping and sown
pasture). Systems 4 and 5 evolved into habitats which are much simpler in
form and poorer in species than the others, which can be considered more
diversified, permanent and less disturbed and consequently inherently
containing elements of natural pest control. It is obvious that modern
systems require more radical modifications of their structure to approach a
more diversified, less disturbed state. If it is argued that such
modifications are not possible in large scale agriculture due to technical or
economic factors, then there is a strong conservative argument in favor of
small, multiple use farms. Types of Environmental Management An obvious form of environmental management concerns vegetational
designs across appropriate levels of scale. AT the regional level landscape
vegetation mosaics influence the distribution of food and shelter resources
and consequently, colonization patterns of insects (Andow 1983b). At a
smaller scale, herbivores and their natural enemies respond to localized
patterns of plant spacing, plant structure and plant species (or varietal)
diversity. Environmental components and their management in agroecosystems
have three main dimensions: temporal, spatial and biological. Other means of
biotic management through inundative releases and classical biological
control are considered in other sections. Mechanical modes of environmental
management, such as cultivating, mowing and harvesting affect the structure
and permanence of the habitat and thus the life processes of insects in
agroecosystems. Chemical inputs, such as the periodic application, water,
fertilizers, behavior modifying agents and the pesticides affect the rates of
growth and survival of pests and natural enemies. Biotic, physical/chemical
and mechanical manipulations are imposed upon agroecosystems often as means
to achieve objectives unrelated to insect pest management, but the possible
range of environmental manipulations designed for higher yields can be broad
enough to incorporate tactics which simultaneously improve pest control. Management of Vegetation.--Monocultures which are frequently disturbed often favor
the rapid colonization and growth of herbivore populations. Initial
conditions of natural enemy-free space and high abundance of pests further
reduces the ability of natural enemies to regulate them (Price 1981). These
negative factors can be minimized or eliminated by providing continuity of
vegetation (and the associated food and shelter) in time and space, thereby
aiding natural enemies. Studies documenting direct behavioral and
physiological effects of plants on natural enemies are numerous (e.g., van
Emden 1965, Leius 1967, Campbell & Duffey 1979, Nettles 1979, Altieri et
al. 1981, Letourneau & Altieri 1983, Boethel & Eikenbary 1986,
Letourneau 1987). Entomophages are sometimes more abundant in the presence of
certain plants, even in the absence of hosts or prey, or they are attracted
or arrested by chemicals released by the herbivore's host plant or other
associated plants. Some parasitoids prefer particular plants over others
(Monteith 1960, Shahjahan 1974, Nettles 1979). Other authors recognized that
parasitism of a pest was higher on some crops than on others (Read et al.
1970, Martin et al. 1976, Nordlund et al. 1985, Johnson & Hara 1987). Noncrop plants within and around fields can also benefit
biological control agents (Altieri & Whitcomb 1979a,b; Barney et al.
1984, Norris 1986). Rapidly colonizing, fast growing plants offer many
important requisites for natural enemies such as alternate prey or hosts,
pollen or nectar, and microhabitats which are not available in weed free
monocultures (van Emden 1965, Doutt & Nakata 1973) but these interactions
can be difficult to define and to implement in control programs (Flaherty et
al. 1985). Outbreaks of some kinds of crop pests are more apt to occur in
weed free fields than in weed diversified crop systems (Dempster 1969,
Flaherty 1969, Root 1973, Smith 1976a, Altieri et al. 1977). Crop fields with
dense weed cover and high diversity usually have more predaceous arthropods
than do weed free fields (Pimentel 1961, Dempster 1969, Flaherty 1969,
Pollard 1971, Root 1973, Smith 1976b, Speight & Lawton 1976). Carabids
(Dempster 1969, Speight & Lawton 1976, Thiele 1977), syrphids (Pollard
1971, Smith 1976b), and coccinellids (Bombosch 1966, Perrin 1975) are
abundant in weed diversified systems. Relevant examples of cropping systems
in which the presence of specific weeds has enhanced the biological control
of particular pests are numerous. The potential for managing weeds as useful
components of agroecosystems is great, but not all weeds promote biological
control (see Powell et al. 1986). Leius (1967) found that the presence of wild flowers in apple
orchards resulted in an 18X increase in parasitism of tent caterpillar pupae
over nonweedy orchards; parasitism of tent caterpillar eggs increased 4X, and
parasitism of codling moth larvae increased 5X. A cover crop of bell beans, Vicia faba L. in rain fed apple orchards in northern California
decreased infestations by codling moth. This lower moth infestation was
correlated significantly with increased numbers of predators in the Aranae,
Coccinellidae, Syrphidae and Chrysopidae, which were present on the trees
(Altieri & Schmidt 1985). Similar observations were made by Dickler
(1978) in Germany. In New Jersey peach orchards, control of the oriental
fruit moth increased in the presence of ragweed, Ambrosia sp., smart weed, Polygonum sp., lambsquarter, Chenopodium album
L., and goldenrod, Solidago
sp. Such weeds provided alternate hosts for the parasitoid Macrocentrus ancylivorus Rohwer (Bobb 1939).
O'Connor (1950) suggested the use of a cover crop in coconut groves in the
Solomon Islands to improve the biological control of coreid pests by an ant, Oecophylla smaragdina subnitida
Emery. In Ghana, coconut served this purpose by providing sufficient shade
for cocoa to support high populations of Oecophylla
longinoda Latreille which
maintained the cocoa crop free of cocoa caspids (Leston 1973). Annual crops
diversified with cover crops also suffer less damage. Brust et al. (1986)
reported dramatically higher predation rates of Lepidoptera larvae (black
cutworms, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel), armyworms, Pseudaletia unipunctata Haworth, stalk
borers, Papaipema nebris (Guenée) and European
corn borers, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) tethered to
corn sown into a grass/legume mixture than to corn in monoculture. Carabid beetles
were more abundant to the living mulch system and were among the larval
predators in both systems. Because farming in a region differs in energy inputs, levels of
crop diversity and successional stages, variations in insect dynamics may
occur that are difficult to predict. However, low pest potentials may be
expected in agroecosystems that show traits as follows: (1) high crop
diversity through mixtures in time and space (Cromartie 1981, Altieri &
Letourneau 1982, Risch et al. 1983, Andow & Risch 1985, Nafus &
Schreiner 1986). (2) Discontinuity of monoculture in time through rotations,
use of short maturing varieties, use of crop-free or host free periods, etc.
(Stern 1981, Lashomb & Ng 1984). (3) Small scattered fields creating a
structural mosaic of adjoining crops, and uncultivated land which potentially
provide shelter and alternative food for natural enemies (van Emden 1965,
Altieri & Letourneau 1982). Pests also may proliferate in these
environments depending on plant species composition (Altieri & Letourneau
1984, Collins & Johnson 1985, Levine 1985, Slosser et al. 1985, Lasack
& Pedigo 1986). But the presence of low levels of pest populations and/or
alternate hosts may be necessary to maintain natural enemies in the area. (4)
Farms with a dominant perennial crop component. Orchards are considered to be
more stable as permanent ecosystems than are annual crop systems. Because
orchards suffer less disturbance and are characterized by greater structural
diversity, possibilities for the establishment of biological control agents
are generally higher, especially if floral undergrowth diversity is
encouraged (Huffaker & Messenger 1976, Altieri & Schmidt 1985).
Sometimes orchard sanitation practices may interfere with the performance of
natural enemies, as is the case with sanitation to remove mummied almond
fruit from almond and walnut trees that serve as overwintering reservoirs for
parasitized hosts (Legner 1983a). (5) High crop densities and the presence of tolerable
levels of weeds (Shahjahan & Streams 1973, Altieri et al. 1977, Sprenkel
et al. 1979, Mayse 1983, Andow 1983a, Buschman et al. 1984, Ali & Reagan
1985). (6) High genetic diversity resulting from the use of variety mixtures
or several lines of the same crop (Perrin 1977, Whitham 1983, Gould 1986,
Altieri & Schmidt 1987). The above generalizations can serve in the planning of a
vegetation management strategy in agroecosystems; but they must take into
account local variations in climate, geography, crops, local vegetation,
inputs, pest complexes, etc., which might cause increases of decreases in the
potential for pest development under some conditions. The selection of
component plant species also can be critical. Systematics studies on the
quality of plant diversification with respect to the abundance and efficiency
of natural enemies are needed. While 59% of the 116 species of entomophages
in documented studies reviewed by Andow (1986) exhibited increased abundance
when plant species were added to the system, 10% decreased in abundance and
20% were variable, sometimes increasing and other times decreasing. Nafus
& Schreiner (1986) found lower parasitism rates in intercropped corn. The
addition to squash decreases the abundance of Coleomegilla maculata
(DeGeer) on squash because of a nonuniform distribution of prey (Andow &
Risch 1985). However, Orius tristicolor (White), a
generalist predator, is more abundant on squash when corn is interplanted,
and plant architecture and the nonuniform distribution of prey are beneficial
(Letourneau 1988). Plant density and diversity may interact negatively to
determine ground beetle emigration rates (Perfecto et al. 1986). Mechanistic
studies to determine the underlying elements of plant mixtures that enhance
or disrupt colonization and population growth of natural enemies allow a more
precise planning of cropping schemes and increase the chances of a desired
effect beyond the current levels. Management of Crops With Mechanical Devices.--Manipulating the environment with mechanical devices may
disturb the system depending on its severity and frequency. Low input,
perennial systems would present an extreme contrast to mechanized annual crop
production systems, for example. But slight modifications in cultural
practices for sowing, maintaining and harvesting annual crops can effect
substantial changes in natural enemy populations which bring them nearer to
those observed in less disturbed perennial counterparts (Arkin & Taylor
1981, Barfield & Gerber 1979, Blumberg & Crossley 1983, Herzog &
Funderburk 1985). Cultivation & Habitat Disturbance.--Modern tillage practices reflect attempts to limit
mechanical disturbance of the soil; and there is an emphasis on surface
tillage and no tillage as alternative to plow tillage in order to control
soil erosion, enhance crop performance, use energy more efficiently (Sprague
1986) and reduce soil breeding chloropid eye gnats (Legner 1970 ). Minimum tillage systems can conserve and enhance
natural enemies of important pests (Legner 1970 , House & All 1981, Luff 1982, Blumberg & Crossley
1983, All & Musick 1986), altho each case must be considered
independently. Plowing, disking and other manipulations of the soil or breeding
habitat can affect ground or waste-dwelling arthropods, whether they inhabit
the soil consistently or intermittently (Legner 1970 , Legner et al. 1973-1980). The extent of
direct mortality depends on their distribution with respect to soil depth and
their phenologies. Less directly put potentially as important effects are
caused by the removal of resources and natural enemies associated with living
undergrowth and plant residues. The impact of natural enemies on crop pests
in such systems, and the casual links between tillage practices, numbers of
natural enemies, and level of biological control has been shown in only a few
cases (Risch et al. 1983, Letourneau 1987). Significantly higher densities of carabids, including Amara spp., Pterostichus spp. and Amphasia spp occurred in no
tillage systems and were the major factor reducing black cutworm damage below
that achieved in conventional corn systems (Brust et al. 1985). Other studies
show that herbivore damage is reduced in no tillage fields despite similar
predator abundance in tilled and nontilled fields. For example, reduced
rootworm, Diabrotica spp.,
damage to corn in nontilled fields compared to plowed fields reflected lower
herbivore densities (Stinner et al. 1986). Although spider density was
highest in nontilled systems, predators in general did not exhibit higher
densities. Probably efficiency rather than abundance of predators/parasitoids
are enhanced and the vegetative component may be important by providing
alternative resources to entomophages. Foster & Ruesink (1984) showed
that the flowering weeds associated with reduced tillage in corn are
important nectar sources that increase survival and fecundity of Meteorus rubens (Nees) an important parasitoid of the black
cutworm. Ants are generalist
predators sensitive to tillage practices in agroecosystems (Risch &
Carroll 1982). Altieri & Schmidt (1984) reported greater species richness,
abundance and predation pressure in uncultivated orchard systems than in
those cultivated twice in six weeks. Both lack of nest disturbance and
habitat suitability due to vegetational cover may be important causes of
greater ant abundance. Similar results were predicted for a highly effective
predator of bollworm, Iridomyrmex
pruinois (Rogers) in
Arkansas cotton fields (Kirkton 1970) based on field observations. Carroll
& Risch (1983) and Letourneau (1983) sampled ant activity in lowland
tropical Mexico where farming practices are in transition between
slash-and-burn and mechanized cropping practices. The number of ant species
at tuna baits in maize fields was similar whether they had been plowed or
sown into slash (20-23 spp.). But in central Texas, spring plowing decreased
ant species richness from 12 species to 2 species. Among the species that
were no longer present at baits after plowing were those that prey on Solenopsis invicta Buren queens. Pests can be suppressed directly by plowing the soil (Watson
& Larsen 1968) and burying stubble (Holmes 1982). Talkington & Berry
(1986) significantly reduced the adult emergence of the pyralid moth pest Fumibotys fumalis (Guenée), in peppermint fields by burying the
prepupae into the soil; tillage depth was directly correlated with control.
In locations where natural enemies are not effective, deep burial of infested
stubble may be necessary (Umeozor et al. 1985). However, a study by Telenga
& Zhigaev (1959) on the beet weevil, Bothynoderes
punctiventris Germer, shows
how differential effects on pests and their natural enemies can be achieved
through carefully planned tillage practices. Although >90% of the weevil
eggs were destroyed by deep plowing, surface tillage with a disk increased
the survival of a parasitoid on the eggs, which caused a greater level of
pest control. Nilsson (1985) found that an average of 4X as many parasitoids
of Meligethus sp. pollen
beetles emerged from fallow fields or from plots of rape that had direct
drilling of winter wheat than emerged from disk harrowed or plowed plots.
Although the effect of these practices on parasitization were not studied, a
regional use of direct-drilling was recommended. Studies in northern Florida
by Altieri & Whitcomb (1979a,b) have shown that weed species composition
changes markedly according to the date of plowing. Early winter plowing
stimulated populations of golden rod, Solidago
altissima L. and 58 predator
species which feed on the aphids, Uroleucon
spp, and other herbivores associated with this weed. However, plowing in
mid-autumn caused camphor weed populations to be enhanced along with the 30
predator species associated with herbivores of this weed. Mowing, Harvesting & Weed Control.--When crops are pruned or mowed, arthropods may move from
the cut plant material and there will be a period of new growth. These can
have important consequences on the performance and synchrony of natural
enemies. Weeding can also stimulate crop colonization by associated
arthropods, the extent to which movement will occur depending on distance and
arthropod mobility, but some weeding operations leave associated arthropods
intact and promote such movement. When patches of stinging nettle, Urtica dioica L., are cut in late spring, predators are forced to
move into crop fields (Perrin 1975). Also Coccinellidae have been observed to
move to orchard trees in southeastern Slovakia when grass weed cover was cut
(Hodek 1973). Alfalfa strip-cutting systems typically
illustrate how natural enemy movement prompted by vegetation cutting can
occur. Van den Bosch & Stern (1969) compared densities of several
predators, including Geocoris
pallens Stal, Nabis americoferus Caryon, Orius
tristicolor, Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens), and Hippodamia spp. in strip-cut
and solid cut fields. Movement out of the field was uncommon even for these
mobile predators in strip-cut fields; most moved onto adjacent plants so that
on a field wide basis these predators were conserved. Strip cutting also
reduced mortality of Aphidius
smithi Sharman & Rao by
providing shelter from adverse physical conditions and host scarcity. Host
availability for the parasitoid, Cotesia
medicaginis (Muesebeck) in
alfalfa was altered through a different mechanism, however. Oviposition rates
of the alfalfa butterfly, Colias
philodice eurytheme Godart, peak on new
growth following harvest, which causes periodicity in the availability of
early instar larvae. Strip cropping can spread the vulnerable stages more
evenly over time and thus favor the maintenance of A. medicaginis
populations over the season. When fire is used to prepare land for cropping by the "slash and burn" practice or to reduce crop
residue, the affects on resident natural enemies and incoming colonists can
be serious. Burning of old fallow vegetation in a tropical slash and burn
system decreased ant abundance and foraging activity for more than four
months (Saks & Carrol 1980). Although fire has been used as a tool for
direct control of pests (Komareck 1970), generalizations on its effect on
natural enemies are not possible. An isolated study showed that controlled
burning increased spider and ant densities and biomass due to increased food
supply for herbivores in the form of succulent plant growth after the burn
(Hurst 1970). Chemical Usage.--Although the
influence of water and fertilizer applications on herbivores is complex
(Scriber 1984, Louda 1986), fertilizer and herbivory levels may be causally
related through changes in plant quality or phenology that affect the
dynamics of predator/prey and host/parasitoid interactions. However,
pesticides have direct detrimental effects on natural enemies and their use
in environmental management must be limited to situations where they are
timed carefully or selectively applied. Perhaps the use of behavior modifying
chemicals (Lewis & Nordlund 1985) will provide new tools for the
manipulation of biological control agents, but to date practical deployment
has not resulted (Chiri & Legner 1983, 1986). Fertilizer.--Changes on the physiological conditions of crops caused
by soil amendments may have consequences for pest management, which depend on
soil variability, the growth, developmental and biochemical responses of the
plant, the direct effects of such changes on herbivores and the secondary
impact on natural enemies. Much work has been done on herbivore response to
fertilizers that increase nitrogen levels in plants. Mattson (1980) believed
that foliage N-level is a major regulator of herbivory rate. Although insects
often improve their survival, fecundity and growth rates when plant quality
is increased (higher N), general statements on the direct responses of
herbivores to nitrogen fertilizer are not possible because of the array of
responses by different species (Scriber 1984). Experiments on links between
soil amendments and pest management relate to the effects on the pest via
their response to resistant and susceptible varieties under conditions of
different sources or levels of Ca, Mg, N, P, K or S (Kindler & Staples
1970, Culliney & Pimentel 1986, Shaw et al. 1986, Manuwoto & Scriber
1984). Thus the natural enemy's environment is affected by soil amendments
through changes in plant quality as well as by the concomitant changes in the
herbivores. The direct effects of fertilizer on biological control are not
well known. Many herbivores exhibit marked increases in population growth on
nitrogen enriched hosts. There is an obvious concern for the ability of
natural enemies to track their prey/hosts under conditions. There were no
differences in biological control of mites detected on apple trees treated
with three levels of nitrogen fertilizer (Huffaker et al. 1970). Although the
fecundity of Panonychus ulmi (Koch) increased with the
nitrogen level up to a 4X increase, when Amblyseius
potentillae (Garman)
predators were not present, the predators were able to compensate for most of
the increased prey density. However, fertilized cotton plots exhibited higher
levels of Heliothis zea (Boddie) than did controls
despite significantly higher population densities of Hippodamia convergens
Guerin-Meneville, Coleomegilla
maculata langi Timberlake and Orius insidiosus (Say) in fertilized cotton (Adkisson 1958).
Chiang (1970) showed that fertilized corn fields (50 tons manure/acre) had
significantly fewer (ca. 1/2) corn rootworms than did unfertilized controls.
Although ground beetles and spiders were not affected, the populations of
phytophagous and predaceous mites were 3X higher in manure treatment plots.
Through three seasons of field and laboratory experiments Chiang (1970)
concluded that mit predation accounted for 20% control of corn rootworm under
natural field conditions and 63% control when manure was applied. Other
effects of fertilizers on natural enemies may be predicted based on the
combined information of relevant studies. For example it is known that the
parasitoid Diaretiella rapae (McIntosh) attacks the
green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) more readily
when the aphid is associated with Brassica
spp. (Read et al. 1970), the mustard oils in crucifers serving as
attractants. It has also been shown that some glucosinolates are inversely
related to nitrogen level (Wolfson 1980), and thus soil fertility may have
profound effects on pest control by limiting the production of semiochemicals
that play an important role in mediating interactions between plants,
herbivores and natural enemies. The synchrony of predators with their prey can be modified by the
frequency and levels of fertilizer applications. Low nutritive quality of
host plants may cause immature herbivores to develop more slowly, and thus
increase their availability to natural enemies (Feeny 1976, Moran &
Hamilton 1980, Price et al. 1980). A predaceous pentatomid was found to
regulate more efficiently the Mexican bean beetles on nutritionally poor
plants than on highly fertilized ones (Price 1986). Host plant phenology can
also be driven by fertilizer inputs, and Hogg (1986) suggested that the
timing of square availability was one factor influencing predation and
parasitism rates of H. zea in cotton. Changes in nutritive quality of host plants as influenced by
fertilizer may indirectly affect the survival and reproduction of natural
enemies by determining prey quality. Although direct examples of fertilizer
effects have not been demonstrated, nitrogen content is known to be an
important aspect of prey quality. Nitrogen content may be responsible for
higher egg production by H. convergens when fed apterate
instead of alate green peach aphids (Wipperfürth et al. 1987). Analagous
effects may occur in the case of prey of different quality due to host plant
conditions. Zhody (1976) observed that size, fecundity and longevity of Aphelinus asychis (Walker) was dependent on the food composition of
the host Myzus persicae. But low quality food
can also impair the ability of a host to encapsulate a parasitoid (El-Shazley
1972a,b). Nutrients in the host plant can also modify toxic effects to
parasitoids (Duffey & Bloem 1986) and influence their sex ratio
(Greenblatt & Barbosa 1981). Host size is often an important determinant
of egg fertilization by ovipositing females (Charnov 1982). Although studies on
direct effects of nitrogen on crop architecture and subsequent effects on
searching efficiency are not available, some studies indicate that these
interactions can occur. The sex ratio of Diadegma
reared from larvae of Plutella
xylostella L. from field plots
over a wide range of nitrogen fertilizer inputs showed a significant trend
for female bias in heavy fertilized plots. Soil nutrient levels are known to influence plant size, leaf
area, canopy closure and crop architecture, and these conditions define
searching area for natural enemies (Kemp & Moody 1984). Predator/prey or
parasitoid/host contact rates are a function of habitat preference, searching
area, prey density and dispersion patterns. Fye & Larsen (1969) found
that the searching efficiency of Trichogramma
spp. was dependent on structural complexity. Hutchison & Pitre (1983) did
not find this effect with Geocoris
punctipes (Say) on H. zea, however. Shady conditions resulting from overgrowing
vegetation reduce parasitism levels of Pieris
spp. (= Artogeia spp.) by Cotesia glomerata (L.) (Sato & Ohsaki 1987) by deterring the
parasitoid. The levels of key chemical constituents in the soil can
indirectly affect natural enemies by influencing weed composition in a field.
In Alabama fields with low soil potassium were dominated by buckhorn
plantain, Plantiago lanceolata L. and curly dock, Rumex crispus L., while fields with low soil phosphorus were
dominated by showy crotalaria, Crotalaria
spectabilis Roth, morning
glory, Ipomoea purpurea Roth, sicklepod, Cassia obtusifolia L., Geranium
carolinianum L. and coffee
senns, Cassia occidentalis L. (Hoveland et
al. 1976). Soil pH can influence the growth of weeds, e.g., weeds of the
genus Pteridium occur on
acid soils while Cressa sp.
inhabits only alkaline soils. Other species of Compositae and Polygonaceae
are found growing in saline soils (Anon. 1969). Water.--Plant quality and RH at the field level can be
influenced by flooding fields, draining land and furrow, drip or sprinkler
irrigation. The desert valleys of southeastern California are suitable
habitat for the predaceous earwig Labidura
riparia (Pallas) due to
favorable conditions produced by irrigation (van den Bosch & Telford
1964). Much of the experimental work on the effects of plant stress from water
conditions has targeted herbivores (Miles et al. 1982, Bernays & Lewis
1986, Louda 1986). Water availability can affect palatability, feeding
duration, developmental time, migration, survival and fecundity of
plantfeeders. Therefore, many important effects of water conditions on
natural enemies are indirect and are mediated through changes in host/prey
abundance and dispersion or through qualitative changes. For example, rape
plants under drought conditions had increased proline levels and an
associated shift in the balance of free amino acids (Miles et al. 1982).
Cabbage aphids reached adulthood faster on stressed plants, and availability
of suitable hosts for parasitoids might thus be decreased both by the
duration of vulnerable stages and if the parasitoids require slower
development than the host, if plants are water stressed. The direct effects of water include mortality during irrigation
and impacts of RH. Ferro & Southwick (1984) and Ferro et al. (1979)
reviewed the importance of RH on small arthropods. Crop architecture and
watering regimes cause large deviations from ambient temperature and humidity
levels (Ferro & Southwick 1984) within foliage boundary layer
microhabitats. Irrigation of soybean caused a substantial decrease in canopy
temperature and a 16% increase in RH at 15 cm above the ground (Downey &
Caviness 1973). Prolonged periods of such irrigation effects can have
important consequences for natural enemies because developmental time and
therefore population growth and synchrony are related to temperature and RH.
This may be illustrated in the case of the tachinid Eucelatoria armigera
(Coquillett), which completes development at different rates depending on
temperature and host species (Jackson et al. 1969). Holmes et al. (1963)
showed that parasitism levels of the wheat stem sawfly by Bracon cephi (Gahan) were enhanced by soil moisture and
temperature levels that slow plant ripening. Force & Messenger (1964)
showed that a few degrees dramatically affect changes of the innate capacity
for increase (r) in parasitoids under laboratory conditions. Cotesia medicaginis reaches its maximum longevity at 55% RH;
longevity decreased markedly at levels above and below this value (Allen
& Smith 1958). However, it was not deemed an important factor in determining
parasitism levels of Colias
spp. larvae in alfalfa. But it is known that armored scale parasitoids in
arid citrus groves require irrigated conditions for maximum biological
control (DeBach 1958b). The vertical profile and general microclimate depend
not only on water inputs but on mulching, row direction, windbreaks and crop
spacing (Hatfield 1982). The severity of effects caused by drought conditions
depends on many factors, including availability of free water and nectar in
the habitat. Bartlett (1964) reported that caged Microterys flavus
(Howard) was able to function well at extremely low RH if provided with honey
and water. Semiochemicals.--The knowledge that parasitic insect behavior is
influenced by chemicals produced by their hosts stimulated considerable
interest in the use of semiochemicals for manipulating predators and
parasitoids in the field, especially for aggregating and/or retaining
released parasitoids in target areas (Gross 1981). The various opportunities
for and limitations of manipulating natural enemies with semiochemicals were
reviewed by Vinson (1977), Nordlund et al. (1981a,b, 1988), Powell (1986) and
Hagen (1986). Lewis et al. (1976) suggest that host or prey selection is the
most important step in the searching behavior of entomophagous insects that
can be manipulated to improve biological control. Semiochemicals should be
used to increase effective establishment of imported species, improving
performance and uniform distribution of released species throughout a target
area and optimizing abundance and performance of naturally occurring natural
enemies (Greenblatt & Lewis 1983). It is possible to devise three main
habitat management technique with semiochemicals: (1) strategies directed at
improving habitat characteristics such as the use of semiochemicals to make
crops more attractive or to define a more complex mosaic of local search
areas (Altieri et al. 1981). Gardner & van Lenteren (1986) nevertheless
give an exception. (2) Enhancing host plant characteristics; breeding
programs directed at improving chemical attractiveness of crops or crops with
extrafloral nectaries. (3) Mimicking high pest densities through applications
of diatomaceous earth or artificial eggs impregnated with kairomones (Gross
1981). Drift of Pesticides.--Low level inputs of insecticides to nontarget areas
result from aerial applications. Half the material applied to a field under
ideal conditions can drift a considerable distance downwind (Ware et al.
1970). Although a great deal is known about the effects of direct spraying of
various insecticides on natural enemies, there is not much experimental work
to determine the effects of low level inputs. Biological control can be
disrupted given sufficient frequency, intensity and toxicity of sprays (Ridgway
et al. 1976, Riehl et al. 1980). The ratio of natural enemies to herbivores
was increased by low, drift-level concentrations of carbaryl, and arthropod
abundance dropped significantly more in an old field than it did in a corn
monoculture. It was suggested that low concentrations of insecticides have
different effects on herbivores and natural enemies depending on whether the
nontarget habitat is a crop field or a field of natural vegetation which
serves as a source of colonizers. However, such impacts cannot be predicted
from a knowledge of effects at high concentrations (Risch et al. 1986). Drift
of chemicals may be minimized by making applications when winds are less than
2 m/sec, using adjuvants, formulating inert emulsions and using large droplet
sizes (Gebhardt 1981). Windbreaks surrounding field and regional wide spray
synchrony are forms of cooperative efforts for drift reduction of the effects
of low level pesticide applications. The application of herbicides to crop fields can have nontarget
effects similar to low level insecticide application. Baker et al. (1985)
showed that Orius spp. and Nabis spp. densities were
decreased by monosodium methanearsenate, but not the abundance of spiders, Geocoris spp., Hymenoptera and
coccinellids. Herbicides may also modify weed species composition in fields
and thereby affect natural enemies. Other Pollutants (Dust).--Dust and pollutants of different kinds may influence the
efficiency of predators and parasitoids. Environmental management includes
consideration of the placement of the sources and control of pollutant influx
with respect to agricultural fields. It has long been known that some pest
outbreaks are caused or enhanced by dust on crop foliage. Bartlett (1951)
found that many inert dusts rapidly killed Aphytis chrysomphali
(Mercet) and Metaphycus luteolus (Timberlake). DeBach
(1985a) demonstrated an increase in California red scale populations on
citrus trees in response to road dust. Mechanisms may be mechanical
interference or desiccation (Edmunds 1973). It is possible also that leaf
temperature, which can be raised 2-4°C by dust cover (Eller 1977) is a
factor. Planned placement of roads and timing of cultivation can reduce the
level of dust on crops. Strawberry growers in California profit from daily or
twice daily watering of roadways through the reduction in losses from mites,
as predaceous mites are apparently inhibited by dust. Gaseous air pollutants are more difficult to detect and to control. Sulphur dioxide is
a common effluent that has known negative effects on a variety of organisms
(Petters & Mettus 1982), including honeybees (Ginevan et al. 1980). But
acute exposure of female Bracon
hebetor (Say) to sulphur
dioxide in air causes no reduction in fertility and fecundity. Petters &
Mettus (1982) suggested that damage to parasitic wasps may develop in the
earlier stages or behavioral avoidance of contaminated areas may explain
reports of lower parasitoid and higher herbivore levels near sources of
sulphur dioxide pollution. Melanic morphs of the generalist coccinellid
predator Adalia bipunctata (L.) occur
disproportionately often in the vicinity of coal processing plants in Great
Britain. Although earlier investigators suggested a mechanism involving
selective toxicity of air pollutants, Muggleton et al. (1975) attributed the
differences to sunshine levels. Whether or not the coloration of such
predators affects their efficiency as biological control agents is unknown.
Other sources of contamination include auto traffic, drainage from selenium
rich soils (Gerling 1984), and ozone (Trumble et al. 1987). Literature
stresses effects on herbivores, and little is known about effects on natural
enemies. Lead as a contaminant from auto exhaust has been shown to
concentrate in higher trophic levels (Price et al. 1974). Some pollutants are
inadvertently added to the crop with soil amendments, such as sludge, manure
and chemical fertilizer (Wong 1985). Culliney et al. (1986) found a general
response of low arthropod diversity when sludge containing heavy metals and
toxic chemicals was applied to cole crops. Mechanisms Involved in Enhancing
Natural Enemies Insights into the biological mechanisms for environmental
management that enhances biological control can be obtained from an
examination of host selection processes of entomophages, which includes host
or prey habitat location, host or prey location and host or prey acceptance
(Vinson 1981). Designing crop habitats for effective biological control
requires an understanding of such mechanisms. During migration and habitat
location the effective environment may be the local area, a regional
landscape or a series of distant habitat patches with long distances between
them. The interplay of colonizer source location, wind patterns, vegetation
texture and host or prey density becomes important on a large scale. Maximum
levels of natural control require at the onset both sufficient numbers of
natural enemies and temporal synchrony of these invasions. Regional
environmental management for enhancing the success of habitat location by
natural enemies should focus on the arrangement of colonizer sources in
relation to target sites of potential pest problems as well as on timing of
natural enemy colonization. Rabb (1978) addressed these needs when he
criticized the propensity of single commodity, closed system approaches to
pest management in research and decision making as deficient for problems
which demand attention to large unit ecosystem heterogeneity. Natural enemies vary in their dispersal range, and migration
often occurs in high currents along paths of turbulent convection. Even weak
flying insects can disperse over long distances and across wide areas by
exploiting the ephemeral but very structured nature of air movement
(Wellington 1983). For example, robust hosts and minute parasitoids can
exhibit coupled displacement in long distance migration, as shown by the
Australian plague locust Chortoicetes
terminifera Walker and its
egg parasitoid Scelio fulgidus Crawford which
disperse independently on wind currents to the same location (Farrow 1981).
Cumulative numbers over a growing season may be irrelevant if immigration
rates of natural enemies are very slow in relation to rising levels of the
pest (Doutt & Nakata 1973, Letourneau & Altieri 1983, Williams 1984).
Information on source constitution, phenology and flight patterns are
necessary to design and manage regional scale agroecosystems for optimal
biological control. Flight capacity studies and mathematical models to
describe movement patterns based on continuous diffusion or discrete random
walk equations have focused on predicting dispersal and migration of
herbivores (Okubo 1980, Stinner et al. 1983, 1986). Biological information
coupled with predictive models of natural enemy movement may aid in
predicting synchrony (Duelli 1980), but many times synchronies are difficult
to achieve because local species are adapted to exploit natural conditions of
prey or host phenologies. For example, coccinellid beetles in California
estivate during times of prey availability; irrigated crops provide a
continuous food supply that was not available in an area before agricultural
expansion had occurred (Hagen 1962). While locating hosts or prey, factors such as the physical
texture of plant surfaces, structural attributes of plants, microclimatic
conditions and patch heterogeneity interplay. Flaherty (1969) showed enhanced
control of herbivorous mites on grape vines with Johnson grass cover. The
grass acted as a source of predaceous mites. In this study involving prey
location, and in the habitat location phase study of Doutt & Nakata
(1973), the cumulative total number of natural enemies was not as important
as the temporal synchrony with growing herbivore populations. During host or
prey acceptance and predation or parasitism, environmental factors operate
indirectly through their effects on host or prey behavior, host or prey
quality and alter levels of vulnerability of natural enemies to mortality
factors. Examples of the mechanisms of host or prey selection on all levels
of natural enemy behavior were given by many authors. Activities other than those directly associated with predation or
parasitism are migration to overwintering sites, mating, and the acquisition
and use of resources other than the primary prey or hosts. The interdependence
and variability of resource needs and factors such as proximity and
availability of resources in time become vital aspects of the environment.
These are factors of habitat suitability for natural enemies. A reduction of
the relative energy expenditure needed, in a particular environment, to
fulfill the resource needs of a particular parasitoid/predator will increase
its efficiency as a biological control agent. Conservation of natural enemies
through habitat management techniques adapted to the prevailing agronomic
schemes can be of great benefit. Small changes in agricultural practices may
increase natural enemy populations or enhance efficiency. But predators and
parasitoids are extremely diverse and each family represents a particular
range of responses to environmental modification. There are numerous examples
of habitat management techniques that have been shown to increase the
effectiveness an abundance of specific predator groups. Theoretical Aspects of Management Natural Enemy-Free Space.--Probably the most general level of theory to guide
habitat management for biological control is that of ecological and/or
evolutionary escape from predators/parasitoids. Price (1981) acknowledged in
his theory of natural enemy-free space, that pest irruption is a likely
consequence of agricultural practices that foster the spatial and temporal
isolation of herbivores from their natural enemies. Pest introduction to a
novel environment is a classic example (Price 1981, Altieri & Letourneau
1982, 1984; Risch 1987). Temporary release of pests also occurs under
conditions of insecticide caused pest resurgence and secondary pest
outbreaks. Evolutionary changes in native crop pests (Host shifts) is still
another process that may result in a reduction of predation/parasitism. Island Biogeographic
Theory.--Cultivated
areas are insular in nature, which has motivated several analogies regarding
crops as islands available for colonization by arthropods (Strong 1979, Price
& Waldbauer 1982, Simberloff 1985). The development of arthropod
communities in crops was analyzed using MacArthur & Wilson's (1967)
theory of island biogeography, which allows the prediction of colonization
rates and mortality/emigration rates, on a comparative basis, with respect to
crop area, distance from the sources of colonizers, and crop longevity
(assuming that the system has aspects of equilibrium). The species
composition, structure and abundance of arthropods colonizing a crop field
are the result of highly dynamic processes and the assumption of equilibrium
is often inappropriate, however. But some predictions from the theory seem
possible. One example is that species richness is positively correlated to
size on oceanic islands. Similarly in mainland communities, the number of
herbivores associated with a plant is a positive function of the local area
planned to or covered by that species (Strong 1979). Larger host islands
probably collect more individuals by random probability of encounter. Also,
patch detection by dispersers may increase with size. The effect of an
increase in the number of herbivores with an increase in size is important
for consideration in pest management strategies. But any increase in species
diversity must be defined by the proportion in each trophic level, and if possible
by the component species' biologies before it can be analyzed for pest
management potential. MacArthur & Wilson's (1967) model treated all
members of s species source pool as equivalent colonizers. The application of
this theory to dynamic and temporary crop islands requires the consideration
not only of the number of species and pattern of occurrence, but the order of
colonizer establishment by trophic level (Altieri & Letourneau 1984,
Robinson & Dickerson 1987). Extinction rates depend upon resource availability in a system.
Because the plants are supplied to the system or reset at certain intervals
(Levins & Wilson 1980), the resource base may be more predictable for
herbivores at least early in the season. The immigration rates of natural
enemies to large expanses of monoculture may be similarly increased, though
spread from the edges may be slow and thus favor the development of herbivore
populations. The equilibrium theory of biogeography does not allow for comparisons
of single, large crop fields versus a network of several small fields of the
same total area, yet the contrasting designs are likely to differ in terms of
suitability for biological control (Price 1976). Even though most theory based on island community development
poses questions and organizes thought on crop design, the barriers to its
application are (1) frequent disturbance of most crop fields reduces the
rigor and applicability of equilibrium models; (2) the few current empirical
data available on diversity, size and distance relationships do not
constitute a sufficient basis for environmental design recommendations
(Simberloff 1985); (3) the theory does not distinguish pests and beneficial
organisms (Stenseth 1981); (4) economic impact of changing island size must
be viewed as exceedingly risky until demands for more certainty in the theory
are met (Simberloff 1985). However, Liss et al. (1986) presented a
modification of the MacArthur & Wilson (1967) model that incorporates
colonizer source composition and changes in island habitats over time. Consumer Dynamics.--Studies of
consumer dynamics become important after the natural enemies are within the
habitat of their prey or hosts, in order to predict the outcome of their
interactions. Trophic interaction studies in manipulated and natural systems
have focused on two trophic levels, such as plant-herbivore, host-parasitoid
and predator-prey. Theory and data both demonstrate the regulation of
populations at the lower trophic level (plant, prey or host) by natural
enemies (Clark & Dallwitz 1975, Mattson & Addy 1975, Murdoch &
Oaten 1975, Podoler & Rogers 1975, Morrow 1977, Gilbert 1978, Hassell
1978, May & Anderson 1978, Clark & Holling 1979, Murdoch 1979,
McClure 1980, Kareiva 1982). On the other hand, natural enemies have been
ineffective in other cases studied (Southwood & Comins 1976, Strong et
al. 1984, Walker et al. 1984). The effectiveness of natural enemies as
regulators of herbivore populations depends not only on behavioral and developmental
responses of individual predators and on responses of the entire population
to changes in prey or host densities (Murdoch 1971, Murdoch & Oaten 1975,
Fox & Murdoch 1978), but also on variation in plant parameters such as
density, secondary compounds and associated plants species. The ability of
natural enemies to regulate the herbivores depends on the herbivore
population's intrinsic growth rate (r), which in turn reflects the quality of
the plant diet. Small changes in r caused by slight differences in plant
quality, such as variety, secondary chemistry, nutrients, may determine
whether or not parasitoids or predators can control the herbivore populations
(Lawton & McNeill 1980, Price et al. 1980). The effectiveness of
regulation also reflects subtle differences in the timing of population
events in both predator and prey populations (Hassell 1978, May &
Anderson 1978). Theory and data on interactions involving three trophic
levels in a complex habitat are ultimately more suitable as a basis for environmental
management strategies (Price 1986, Duffey & Bloem 1986, Barbosa &
Letourneau 1988). Therefore, the goal of such preemptive measures of pest
control is to avoid the provision of enemy-free space in agricultural
environments and instead to present pests simultaneously with deleterious
effects caused by their natural enemies and with selectively defensive or
suboptimal properties of their food plants. Studying systems as communities
of at least three trophic levels can contribute an understanding of complex
interactions that is different from that likely to be gained purely as a
byproduct of results from two level studies (Orr & Boethel 1986). Vegetation Diversity & Patch Size.--Two hypotheses were proposed by Root (1973) to explain
the tendency for low herbivore abundance in diverse vegetation. The Resource
Concentration hypothesis, which predicts that many herbivores, especially
those with a narrow host range, are more likely to find, survive and
reproduce on hosts that are in pure or nearly pure stands. The Enemies
hypothesis incorporates the third trophic level that Root (1973) predicted
that vegetation would provide more resources for natural enemies (e.g.,
alternate hosts, refugia, nectar and pollen) and thus herbivore irruption
would be rapidly checked by a higher diversity and abundance of natural
enemies. Sheehan (1986) extended the resource concentration concept to
predict that specialist natural enemies will respond to mixed vegetation
differently, and probably less favorably, than will generalist predators and
parasitoids, because of the importance of alternate prey for generalists. The
designation of host/prey specialization categories, however, tends to rely
only on one aspect of the resource spectrum of parasitoids and predators
(Letourneau 1987). A range of species characteristics, such as relative
vagility, resource needs, and habitat location cues may determine the
response of parasitoids and predators to vegetational diversity. Maintaining heterogeneity within an agroecosystem may also affect
the success of establishment of imported biological control agents. The
debate over the degree to which ultimate levels of regulation are attained by
single versus multi species releases in classical biological control
continues, but analyses of environmental factors as raw materials or as
constraints are rarely considered (Beirne 1985). Factors such as species
richness, climatic gradients and disturbance levels are important in
assessing the susceptibility of large scale communities to biological invasion
(Fox & Fox 1986). Optimal Foraging.--During the
host/prey selection process, natural enemies exhibit a chain of responses to
stimuli. The objectives of biological control are to exploit natural processes
that allow maximum prey encounter and foraging rates by natural enemies, and
therefore, this body of theory is useful for predicting enhancement
mechanisms and for evaluating the consequences of under and overexploitation.
The aggregation of foraging parasitoids in patches of higher host
density has been a critical feature thought to be responsible for successful
biological control (Beddington et al. 1978, may & Hassell 1981). Models
of optimal patch use predict predation/parasitism levels between patches,
based on host/prey densities (see Cook & Hubbard 1977, Waage 1979, Iwasa
et al. 1984), but the power of these models varies. Murdoch et al. (1985)
examined the importance of this searching behavior using the successful olive
scale/Aphytis paramaculicornia DeBach &
Rosen - Coccophagoides utilis Doutt system. These
parasitoids do not aggregate in areas of high host density. Waage (1983) did
find that Diadegma spp.
attacking Plutella xylostella (L.) aggregated in
patches with greater host density, yet the proportion of hosts parasitized at
high host densities was not greater. Roland (1986) found similar results with
Cyzenis albicans; whether or not the eggs are clumped, the level
of parasitism is similar. Predictive models can be used to clarify the mechanisms
involved in natural enemy behavior and their importance. It might be possible
to take advantage of the simple rules that foragers use for decisions on how
long to remain in a patch, which hosts or prey to seek and accept, when and
where they will oviposit and especially for hymenopterous parasitoids, what
the sex ratio will be. If these decisions are made in response to
environmental cues, then they are potential field tools (Kareiva & Odell
1987). Dicke et al. (1985) found that searching eucoilid parasitoids remained
longer in a patch with moderately higher kairomone concentrations regardless
of the actual density of Drosophila
melanogaster Meigen. Charnov
& Skinner (1985) recommended careful reflection of both the proximate
causes of such responses and the evolutionary causes as complementary
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& Rathet 1986). In any case, natural enemy response to environmental
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