An exotic parasitoid provides an invasional lifeline for native parasitoids
The introduction of an exotic species may alter food webs within the ecosystem and significantly affect the biodiversity of indigenous species at different trophic levels.
Joanna K. Konopka +5 more
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Oviposition experience promotes active reproductive behaviour in a synovigenic parasitoid [PDF]
Parasitoids are important insects that are commonly released into the environment to reduce the population sizes of pest species. The lifetime reproductive success of parasitoids mainly depends on host availability and the availability of mature eggs ...
Zi-Yin Wang +4 more
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Platygaster ingeniosus Matsuo & Yamagishi, sp. n. and P. urniphila Matsuo & Yamagishi, sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are described from Japan.
Kazunori Matsuo +5 more
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Background Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is one of the new alien destructive pests of maize and other 350 economic crops.
Hend O. Mohamed +2 more
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The Parasitoid Complex of Forest Tent Caterpillar, \u3ci\u3eMalacosoma Disstria\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), in Eastern Wyoming Shelterbelts [PDF]
A parasitoid complex affecting the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria, was investigated during 1978-79 in shelterbelts in eastern Wyoming.
Knight, G. A, Lavigne, R. J, Pogue, M. G
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The Discovery of Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in Michigan [PDF]
The invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), is a pest of growing economic importance in the United States, the control of which currently relies on pesticide applications.
Gut, Larry +4 more
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Tri-trophic effects of inter- and intra-population variation in defence chemistry of wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) [PDF]
The eVect of direct chemical defences in plants on the performance of insect herbivores and their natural enemies has received increasing attention over the past 10 years.
Bullock, J.M. +4 more
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Egg Parasitoids of Citrus Weevils in Guadeloupe
To determine parasitism and mortality factors affecting citrus weevils in Guadeloupe an explor atory trip to the island was taken in the summer of 2006. Guadeloupe was surveyed for egg parasi toids and other natural enemies with the intent of augmenting the parasitoid species that have al ready been imported and released to control the citrus root ...
Ulmer, Bryan +3 more
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No Intersexual Differences in Host Size and Species Usage in \u3ci\u3eSpalangia Endius\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) [PDF]
Spalangia endius were collected from fly pupae, primarily house fly and stable fly, from a poultry house in Indiana. Male and female wasps did not differ within and across host species in host size usage.
King, B. H
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Phenotypic plasticity and fitness in egg parasitoids [PDF]
Several proxies can be used to estimate the fitness of egg parasitoids: size, longevity, fecundity, mating ability and vagility. All these proxies are positively correlated with the lifetime fitness gain of an individual. However, the phenotypic plasticity, which is the ability of a genotype to produce distinct phenotypes depending on environmental ...
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