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Parasitoid Wasp Culturing and Assay to Study Parasitoid-induced Reproductive Modifications in Drosophila [PDF]
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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Cuticular Hydrocarbon Polymorphism in a Parasitoid Wasp. [PDF]
J Chem Ecol, 2023 AbstractCuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are major constituents of the cuticular lipid layer of insects. They serve not only as a barrier to desiccation, but often additionally mediate communication at close range. The compositions of the CHC profiles, i.e., the specific compounds and their relative amounts, usually differ between species.
Pokorny T, Ruther J.
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Parasitoid Wasp Community Dynamics in Vineyards Following Insecticide Application
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 In order to integrate parasitoid wasps in agroecosystems as biological control agents, we need to understand how insecticides affect the parasitoids in the crops and their surroundings.
Efrat Gavish-Regev, Tamar Keasar
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Immune Cell Production Is Targeted by Parasitoid Wasp Virulence in a Drosophila-Parasitoid Wasp Interaction. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 The interactions between Drosophila melanogaster and the parasitoid wasps that infect Drosophila species provide an important model for understanding host–parasite relationships. Following parasitoid infection, D. melanogaster larvae mount a response in which immune cells (hemocytes) form a capsule around the wasp egg, which then melanizes, leading to ...
Trainor JE, Kr P, Mortimer NT.
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In silico prediction of neuropeptides in Hymenoptera parasitoid wasps. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Parasitoid wasps of the order Hymenoptera, the most diverse groups of animals, are important natural enemies of arthropod hosts in natural ecosystems and can be used in biological control.
Juhua Chang, Jianhua Zhao, Xiaoli Tian
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Parasitoid wasp virulence [PDF]
Fly, 2013 In nature, larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster are commonly infected by parasitoid wasps. Following infection, flies mount an immune response termed cellular encapsulation in which fly immune cells form a multilayered capsule that covers and kills the wasp egg.
Nathan T. Mortimer
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First record of Schizoprymnus rimosus(Hym: Braconidae) from Iran [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2021 During faunistic survey of parasitoid wasps in Ardabil province at 2019-2020, a parasitoid species from Braconidae was collected.The parasitoid wasp identified as Schizoprymnus rimosus Tobias, 1966 and confirmed by Dr.
Z. Feli Kohikheili +3 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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High hemocyte load is associated with increased resistance against parasitoids in Drosophila suzukii, a relative of D. melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Among the most common parasites of Drosophila in nature are parasitoid wasps, which lay their eggs in fly larvae and pupae. D. melanogaster larvae can mount a cellular immune response against wasp eggs, but female wasps inject venom along with their eggs
Balint Z Kacsoh, Todd A Schlenke
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