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Impact of a nonnative parasitoid species on intraspecific interference and offspring sex ratio
Scientific Reports, 2021 In an assemblage of multiple predators sharing a single prey species, the combined effects of the component species may scale unpredictably because of emergent interspecific interactions.
Yao Zhuo Zhang +3 more
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Insects, 2021 Temperature is particularly important for ectotherms, including endoparasitoid wasps that develop inside another ectotherm host. In this study, we tested the impact of three temperatures (20 °C, 25 °C and 30 °C) on the host–parasitoid immune interaction ...
Fanny Cavigliasso +3 more
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Multiple ant species tending lac insect Kerria yunnanensis (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) provide asymmetric protection against parasitoids. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 This study investigated the effects of ant attendance on the parasitoid community and parasitism of lac insect Kerria yunnanensis aggregations in Yunnan province, China.
Youqing Chen +4 more
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Bio-Protocol, 2023 In nature, parasitoid wasp infections are a major cause of insect mortality. Parasitoid wasps attack a vast range of insect species to lay their eggs.
Madhumala Sadanandappa +2 more
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Host-parasitoid dynamics and the success of biological control when parasitoids are prone to allee effects. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 In sexual organisms, low population density can result in mating failures and subsequently yields a low population growth rate and high chance of extinction.
Anaïs Bompard +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2016 A new species, Umairia chidambaramensis Manickavasagam & Ayyamperumal, is described from Tamil Nadu, India. A key to the known species of Umairia Hayat is given, and additional distribution records of 10 species of aphelinids from India are also ...
Sagadai Manickavasagam +2 more
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Analyzing the Mass-Rearing System of the California Red Scale Parasitoid Aphytis melinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Results from studies to improve mass rearing production of the parasitoid Aphytis melinus De Bach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are presented. Parasitoid production was carried out following standard commercial procedures using an alternative host ...
Castillo, María L. +1 more
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Natural Enemies of Cranberry Fruitworm, \u3ci\u3eAcrobasis Vaccinii\u3c/i\u3e, (Lepidoptera: Pyraudae) in Michigan Highbush Blueberries [PDF]
, 2017 A two-year study was conducted in Michigan highbush blueberries to determine the complex of parasitoids attacking cranberry fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii. Eight parasitoid species and one fungal pathogen were collected.
Howitt, Angus J +3 more
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Parasitoid complex of fall armyworm, spodoptera frugiperda, in Ghana and Benin [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access Journal; Published online: 21 Jan 2020The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, a moth originating from the American continent, has recently invaded most African countries, where it is seriously threatening food security as a pest of cereals.
Agboyi, L.K. +11 more
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2023 Background Aphids often harbor bacterial symbionts that confer resistance to biotic and abiotic stress. Previous studies have primarily examined the direct effects of symbiont infection on parasitoid success but less on aphid population dynamics under ...
Yue Man +7 more
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