Novel insights into courtship and mating behavior of Anastatus japonicus enhance pest control and mass-rearing efficiency [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe solitary egg endoparasitoid, Anastatus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), holds substantial potential for effectively controlling hemipterous and lepidopterous pests.
Muhammad Yasir Ali +6 more
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Eriogyna pyretorum (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) parasitoid species investigated in Fujian, China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Eriogyna pyretorum Westwood is a notorious defoliator of Camphora officinarum Nees that causes large economic and ecological losses in planted forests. To understand the importance of suppressing the population of E.
Hao Yu Lin +4 more
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Effects of Cold Storage on Host Antheraea pernyi Egg Quality for the Egg Parasitoid Anastatus fulloi Sheng and Wang [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Chinese silkworm (Antheraea pernyi) eggs are used as factitious hosts of Anastatus fulloi, and refrigeration of these eggs is essential for large-scale rearing of A. fulloi. We studied the effects of cold storage of A.
Can Zhao +4 more
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Parasitoids of the invasive Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) in Bulgaria [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2022 The southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) is a polyphagous species that causes economic damages to many crops in Bulgaria. The aim of this study was to identify the parasitoid species that could suppress the populations of Nezara viridula ...
Mariya Hristozova, Adelina Harizanova
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Selection and validation of reference genes for RT-qPCR-based analyses of Anastatus japonicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Helicopteridae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 RT-qPCR remains a vital approach for molecular biology studies aimed at quantifying gene expression in a range of physiological or pathological settings.
Zixin Liu +8 more
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Mechanisms Responsible for Larval Diapause in Anastatus japonicus Ashmead, Shown by Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses [PDF]
InsectsDiapause enables insect survival in unfavorable environments. The parasitic wasp A. japonicus, a natural enemy of several fruit-tree pests, undergoes larval diapause. Previous work has shown that larval diapause in A.
Junjian Xiao +6 more
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Effects of Freezing Lycorma delicatula Egg Masses on Nymph Emergence and Parasitization by Anastatus orientalis. [PDF]
Front Insect Sci, 2022 Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), native to China, was first detected in Pennsylvania, U.S. in 2014. This polyphagous pest can feed on over 70 plant species including agricultural crops, like grapes, that have high economic value ...
Gómez-Marco F, Hoddle MS.
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2017 Six species of Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) were described from China in Chinese by J.K. Sheng and coauthors in 1997 and 1998: A. dexingensis, A. flavipes, A. fulloi, A. huangi, A. meilingensis and A. shichengensis.
Lingfei Peng, Lu Tang, Gary A.P. Gibson
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Temperature and Photoperiodic Response of Diapause Induction in Anastatus japonicus, an Egg Parasitoid of Stink Bugs [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Anastatus japonicus Ashmead is a widely used biological control agent against stink bugs that can be successfully reared using the large eggs of the Chinese silkworm.
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Lethal Male Combat of Anastatus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), an Egg Parasitoid of Lepidopterous and Hemipterous Pests [PDF]
InsectsAggressive interactions between males are common when victors gain increased mating success but can result in severe injury or death for the defeated.
Muhammad Yasir Ali +6 more
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