Table 15.2 The main natural enemies evaluated against aphids in greenhouse crops in Iran
Natural enemies
Host aphids Crops
References
Predators
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Coccinella
septempunctata
Linnaeus
A. gossypii
cucumber
Mollashahi et al. (2009)
M. rosae
Rose
Amin Afshar et al. (2014)
Hippodamia variegata
(Goeze)
A. gossypii
Cucumber
Mojib Hagh Ghadam and Yousefpour
(2012), Mollashahi et al. (2012)
M. persicae
M. rosae
Adalia bipunctata
(Linnaeus)
M. persicae
Jalali et al. (2010)
Propylea
quatuordecimpunctata
(Linnaeus)
A. gossypii
broad bean Keshavarz et al. (2015)
A. fabae
Diptera: Syrphidae
Scaeva albomaculata
(Macquart)
M. persicae different
greenhouse
crops
Fathipour et al. (2005)
M. rosae
Rose
Jalilian (2015)
Eupeodes corollae
(Fabricius)
M. persicae different
greenhouse
crops
Fathipour et al. (2005)
Episyrphus balteatus
(De Geer)
M. persicae different
greenhouse
crops
Fathipour et al. (2005)
Diptera: Cecidomyiidae
Aphidoletes
aphidimyza (Rondani)
A. gossypii
Cucumber
Hosseini et al. (2010), Madahi et al.
(2013), Moayeri et al. (2013), Malkeshi
et al. (2015)
Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Chrysoperla carnea
(Stephens)
A. gossypii
Takalloozadeh (2015)
M. persicae
Hemiptera: Miridae
Deraeocoris lutescens
(Schilling)
M. persicae sweet
pepper
Azimizadeh et al. (2012)
Hemiptera:
Anthocoridae
A. gossypii
Cucumber
Hosseini et al. (2010), Moayeri et al.
(2013)
Orius laevigatus
(Fieber)
Parasitoids
Hymenoptera: Braconidae
Aphidius matricariae
Haliday
M. persicae cucumber
and pepper
Zamani et al. (2007), Rashki et al.
(2009), Norouzi (2011), Tazerouni et al.
(2016c)
A. gossypii
cucumber
and pepper
Talebi et al. (2006), Zamani et al. (2012),
Tazerouni et al. (2017)
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