Abstract
Aphidophagous species of ladybirds have generally proved ineffective biocontrol agents, whereas many coccidophagous species have proved very effective, especiallyRodolia cardinalis (Caltagirone & Doutt, 1989). Two hypotheses have been proposed to account for this pattern: the optimum food utilization/satiation hypothesis (Mills, 1982) and the generation time ratio hypothesis (Kindlmann & Dixon, 1996). In this paper the extensive literature on ladybirds is used to test these hypotheses.
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Chez les coccinelles, les espèces aphidiphages se sont montrées généralement peu efficaces comme agents de lutte biologique, à l’inverse de nombreuses espèces coccidiphages qui se sont révélées très efficaces, telleRodolia cardinalis (Caltagirone & Doutt, 1989). Deux hypothèses ont été proposées pour expliquer ce phénomène : l’hypothèse de l’utilisation optimale de la proie/ satiété (Mills, 1982) et l’hypothèse du rapport des durées de développement des générations (Kindlmann & Dixon, 1996). Dans cette étude, la vaste littérature existant sur les coccinelles est utilisée pour tester ces hypothèses.
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Dixon, A.F.G., Hemptinne, J.L. & Kindlmann, P. Effectiveness of ladybirds as biological control agents: Patterns and processes. BioControl 42, 71–83 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02769882
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