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Parasitism and phenology of Dasineura mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Canadian apple (Rosaceae) orchards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2020

J.E. Cossentine ,
A.M. Brauner ,
J.L. Franklin ,
M.C. Robertson ,
P.N. Buhl ,
S. Blatt Open the ORCID record for S. Blatt [Opens in a new window] ,
T.D. Gariepy Open the ORCID record for T.D. Gariepy [Opens in a new window] ,
H. Fraser ,
M. Appleby  and
K. Grigg-McGuffin
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J.E. Cossentine
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, 4200 Highway 97, South, Summerland, British Columbia, V0H 1Z0, Canada
A.M. Brauner
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, 4200 Highway 97, South, Summerland, British Columbia, V0H 1Z0, Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
J.L. Franklin
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville Research and Development Centre, 32 Main Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia, B4N 1J5, Canada
M.C. Robertson
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, 4200 Highway 97, South, Summerland, British Columbia, V0H 1Z0, Canada
P.N. Buhl
Affiliation:
P.N. Buhl, Troldhøjvej 3, DK-3310Ølsted, Denmark
S. Blatt
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville Research and Development Centre, 32 Main Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia, B4N 1J5, Canada
T.D. Gariepy
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
H. Fraser
Affiliation:
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Horticulture Crops, 1 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 4Y2, Canada
M. Appleby
Affiliation:
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Horticulture Crops, 95 Dundas Street West, Brighton, Ontario, K0K 1H0, Canada
K. Grigg-McGuffin
Affiliation:
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Horticulture Crops, Blueline Road and Highway 3, Simcoe, Ontario, N3Y 4N5, Canada
P.G. Mason*
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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*Corresponding author. Email: peter.mason@canada.ca
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Abstract

The apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), an invasive alien pest established for many years in Nova Scotia, Canada, has invaded Ontario and British Columbia, Canada apple (Malus domestica Borkhausen; Rosaceae) orchards, damaging growing tips of trees. Molecular analysis indicated that Nova Scotia populations are genetically different from Ontario and British Columbia populations. Pheromone trap captures, oviposition on growing apple terminals, and the incidence of third instars indicate three D. mali generations in each province. Platygaster demades Walker (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), released in Nova Scotia in 1993, parasitised 34% of the third midge generation in that province and was reared from D. mali for the first time in 2016 in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Lyrcus nigroaeneus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitised up to 21% of D. mali in southwestern Ontario. Synopeas myles (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) was recorded from D. mali for the first time, one specimen in each of Nova Scotia and Ontario, and was the most important parasitoid in British Columbia. Synopeas myles parasitism in Okanagan and Similkameen, British Columbia orchards increased from 0% to a mean of 30% of D. mali larvae from 2014 to 2016. Other minor parasitoids included Platygaster tuberosula Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygasteridae) in all three provinces and Aphanogmus vicinus Förster (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) in British Columbia.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 152 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 355 - 373
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