Dr. Tara D. Gariepy

The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii is currently the most important pest of pepper crops in North America where it poses a high risk to the cultivation of peppers. To address the current need for new management tools for the pepper weevil, we have initiated a research project which aims to identify the natural enemies associated with the immature life stages of the pest in Canada. From work conducted in 2016, parasitoids belonging to three hymenopteran families including Pteromalidae (Jaliscoa hunteri Crawford, Pteromalus anthonomi Ashmead), Eupelmidae (Eupelmus pulchriceps Cameron) and Braconidae (Nealiolus spp., Bracon spp.) were reared out from field-collected peppers, some of whom represent new records of species able to target the pepper weevil. Together with other ongoing research initiatives, these new natural enemy records may provide opportunities for the development of novel tools for the management of the pepper weevil in North America.

Konopka, J.K., Haye, T., Gariepy, T., Mason, P., Gillespie, D., McNeil, J.N. (2017). An exotic parasitoid provides an invasional lifeline for native parasitoids, 7(1), 277-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2577

Vincent, C., Boyetchko, S.M., Gariepy, T.D., et Mason, P.G. (2016). « La lutte biologique: principes, mode d’emploi, verrous et non-dits. », In Symposium «La lutte biologique: regards transatlantiques» (O. Carisse, C. Vincent, C. Regnault-Roger orgs.), Académie d’Agriculture de France, Paris, France, 9 mars 2016. (Présentation)

Cossentine, J.E., Blatt, S.E., Mason, P.G., Brauner, A.M., Franklin, J.L., Robertson, M.C., et Gariepy, T.D. (2015). « Understanding parasitism of Dasineura mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Canadian apple orchards. », Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Quebec and Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 2015. (Affiche)

Cossentine, J.E., Mason, P.G., Brauner, A.M., Fraser, H.M., Grigg-McGuffin, K., Appleby, M.E., Gariepy, T.D., Blatt, S.E., Franklin, J.L., Robertson, M.C., et Hueppelsheuser, T. (2015). « Apple Leaf Curling Midge: Identifying the Natural Enemy Complex. », Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, February 2015.

Gariepy, T.D., Bruin, A.J., Haye, T., Milonas, P., et Vétek, G. (2015). « Occurrence and genetic diversity of new populations of Halyomorpha halys in Europe. », Journal of Pest Science, 88(3), p. 451-460. doi : 10.1007/s10340-015-0672-0

Cutler, G.C., Gariepy, T.D., De Silva, E.C.A., et Hillier, N.K. (2015). « High rates of parasitism of blueberry spanworm (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) by Ichneumonidae and Tachinidae in commercial lowbush blueberry fields. », Journal of Pest Science, 88(2), p. 219-223. doi : 10.1007/s10340-015-0650-6

Haye, T., Gariepy, T.D., Hoelmer, K., Rossi, J.-P., Streito, J.-C., Tassus, X., et Desneux, N. (2015). « Range expansion of the invasive brown marmorated stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys: an increasing threat to field, fruit and vegetable crops worldwide. », Journal of Pest Science, 88(4), p. 665-673. doi : 10.1007/s10340-015-0670-2

Leskey, T.C., Hamilton, G., Biddinger, D., Buffington, M.L., Dieckhoff, C., Dively, G., Fraser, H.M., Gariepy, T.D., Hedstrom, C., et Herbert, A. (2014). Datasheet for Halyomorpha halys (Stål),(Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and invasive species compendium.