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As part of a general risk assessment study weinvestigated the overwintering abilities ofTrichogramma brassicae Bezd. (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae) in Northern Switzerland. Eggs of six host species parasitized by T. brassicae were exposed under outdoor conditions every two weeksbetween 26 September and 7 November 1998. Wefound that T. brassicae is able tooverwinter successfully on six lepidopteranspecies in the families Tortricidae, Noctuidae,Plutellidae, Pyralidae and Crambidae. Between75 and 100% emergence was observed in thefollowing spring for all of the six tested hostspecies exposed on 26 September. On laterexposure dates, spring emergence decreasedsignificantly and no development of T. brassicae offspring occurred from host eggsparasitized on 7 November.Emergence of T. brassicae from eggs ofEphestia kuehniella Zeller parasitized atweekly intervals in autumn 1999 occurred in thesame year until the end of October if the eggswere parasitized by 10 September. All offspringfrom eggs that were parasitized from 17September onwards went into diapause. Springemergence of T. brassicae adults wasobserved between end of April and beginning ofMay both in 1999 and 2000. Fecundity of T.brassicae females that overwintered on E.kuehniella was not significantly different fromthe fecundity of control females that werereared without diapause under optimalconditions at 25 °C. Our resultsdemonstrate that the egg parasitoid T.brassicae is able to overwinter successfullyin Northern Switzerland and has the potentialto establish in Switzerland. As a result,potential non-target effects are not locallyrestricted but may occur on a largegeographical scale.
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Babendreier, D., Kuske, S. & Bigler, F. Overwintering of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma brassicae in Northern Switzerland. BioControl 48, 261–273 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023661420247
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