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Encarsia sophia  Girault and Dodd and  Eretmocerus mundus  Mercet (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are important biological control agents of  Bemisia tabaci  Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) because of their outstanding parasitic and destructive host-feeding ability. This study evaluated their parasitism and host-feeding capacity at five  B. tabaci  SSA1 host densities (10, 40, 60, 100 and 140) on three cassava genotypes (Alado alado, NAROCASS 1 and NASE 14) in the screenhouse. The results revealed that host density and parasitoid species had significant effects ( P  &lt; 0.001) on host feeding and parasitism of  B. tabaci  SSA1, while cassava genotype had no effect ( P  &gt; 0.05). Both  E. mundus  and  E. sophia  females killed more hosts by parasitism and host feeding with increased host density;  E. mundus  parasitised 1.5 and 40.2 nymphs at host density of 10 and 140 nymphs, respectively. At all host densities,  E. sophia  killed more hosts by feeding while  E. mundus  parasitised more hosts. However,  E. mundus  caused more total nymph death than  E. sophia  at all host densities. At a host density of 100 nymphs,  E. mundus  killed 38.9 nymphs compared to the 22.4 nymphs killed by  E. sophia . In conclusion, the two parasitoids had a density-dependent relationship with the host, irrespective of species which bodes well for biological control programs. Thus, the deployment of these hymenopteran parasitoids in areas with high  B. tabaci  SSA1 populations through augmentative release would offer commendable pest population suppression. The interaction of cassava genotype with parasitoid species improved biocontrol efficiency, hence as long as a glabrous cassava genotype is planted, efficacy is enhanced.

Effect of Bemisia tabaci SSA1 host density and cassava genotype on host feeding capacity and parasitism by two Hymenoptera parasitoid species