Smelling the wood from the trees: non-linear parasitoid responses to volatile attractants produced by wild and cultivated cabbage [PDF]
, 2011 Despite a large number of studies on herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), little is known about which specific compounds are used by natural enemies to locate prey- or host- infested plants.
Harvey, Jeffrey A. +14 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019 Parasitoid insects are important model systems for a multitude of biological research topics and widely used as biological control agents against insect pests. While the parasitoid lifestyle has evolved numerous times in different insect groups, research
Ken Kraaijeveld +4 more
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Sex allocation theory reveals a hidden cost of neonicotinoid exposure in a parasitoid wasp [PDF]
, 2015 P.R.W. was funded by the University of Stirling, C.V.B. and S.M.G. were funded by Nuffield Research Placements and N.C., J.G. and D.M.S. were funded by NERC (NE/J024481/1).Sex allocation theory has proved to be one the most successful theories in ...
Whitehorn, Penelope R +11 more
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Effect Host Plants on Parasitism Rate of the Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae (M'intosh) on the Aphid Brevicoryne brassicae L., [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2016 The experiments were carried out in laboratory at Plant Protection Institute, Sharkia branch, Sharkia Governorate during 2013-2014 seasons. The results indicate that the female of D. rapae accepted all stages of the cabbage aphid B. brassicae. The number
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Effects of volatiles from Maruca vitrata larvae and caterpillar-infested flowers of their host plant Vigna unguiculata on the foraging behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamae [PDF]
, 2010 The parasitoid wasp Apanteles taragamae is a promising candidate for the biological control of the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata, which recently has been introduced into Benin. The effects of volatiles from cowpea and peabush flowers and Maruca vitrata
Marcel Dicke +11 more
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Tri-trophic effects of seasonally variable induced plant defenses vary across the development of a shelter building moth larva and its parasitoid. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Plant chemical defenses can negatively affect insect herbivore fitness, but they can also decrease herbivore palatability to predators or decrease parasitoid fitness, potentially changing selective pressures on both plant investment in production of ...
Noah H Rose +2 more
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Population-related variation in plant defense more strongly affects survival of an herbivore than its solitary parasitoid wasp [PDF]
, 2011 The performance of natural enemies, such as parasitoid wasps, is affected by differences in the quality of the host’s diet, frequently mediated by species or population-related differences in plant allelochemistry. Here, we compared survival, development
Jeffrey A. Harvey +3 more
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Insects, 2022 The mass rearing of hymenopteran egg parasitoids requires an abundant supply of host eggs. The onset of reproductive diapause and subsequent decline in egg production poses a challenge for parasitoid rearing when using host colonies augmented by field ...
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Biodiversity of hymenopteran parasitoids
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 Parasitoid wasps are the most successful group of insect parasitoids, comprising more than half the known diversity of Hymenoptera and probably most of the unknown diversity. This lifestyle has enabled them to be used as pest control agents conferring substantial economic benefits to global agriculture.
Andrew Polaszek, Lars Vilhemsen
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Insects, 2022 Chelonus inanitus (L.) is an egg-larval parasitoid of noctuids Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and S. littoralis (Boisduval), whose mass rearing or real potential has not been targeted yet.
Antonio Jesús Magaña +5 more
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