Northern Research Station

Title: Parasitoids attacking emerald ash borers in western Pennsylvania and their potential use in biological control

Author: Duan, J.J.; Fuester, R.W.; Wildonger, J.; Taylor, P.B.; Barth, S.; Spichiger, S-E.

Date: 2009

Source: In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009; 2009 January 13-16; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-51. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 68.

Station ID: OTHER-NRS-p-51

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Current biological control programs against the emerald ash borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) have primarily focused on the introduction and releases of exotic parasitoids from China, home of the pest origin. However, recent field surveys in Michigan indicate that some North American native or extant parasitoids have become associated with EAB and play some role in suppressing the local populations of EAB. The objective of the present study is twofold: (1) to investigate if any extant parasitoid guilds have become associated with emerald ash borers in western Pennsylvania, where the pest was first discovered in 2007; and (2) to study the most abundant parasitoid for future development of augmentative biological control programs against EAB.

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Duan, J.J.; Fuester, R.W.; Wildonger, J.; Taylor, P.B.; Barth, S.; Spichiger, S-E.  2009.  Parasitoids attacking emerald ash borers in western Pennsylvania and their potential use in biological control.   In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009; 2009 January 13-16; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-51. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 68..