The impact of adult diet on parasitoid reproductive performance

G Benelli, G Giunti, A Tena, N Desneux, A Caselli… - Journal of Pest …, 2017 - Springer
Diet is one of the most common influences on parasitoid reproductive traits. The life span,
mating ability, fecundity, fertility and sex ratio of parasitoids can be affected by the quality of …

Nonreproductive effects of insect parasitoids on their hosts

PK Abram, J Brodeur, A Urbaneja… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The main modes of action of insect parasitoids are considered to be killing their hosts with
egg laying followed by offspring development (reproductive mortality), and adults feeding on …

The life-cycle

MA Jervis, MJW Copland, KS Shameer… - Jervis's Insects as Natural …, 2023 - Springer
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Potential for biological control of the vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae (Diptera: Agromyzidae), in Australia with parasitoid wasps

PM Ridland, PA Umina, EI Pirtle… - Austral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, poses a risk to vegetable and
nursery production in mainland Australia since established in Cape York in 2015. Effective …

Improvements in the Rearing of the Tachinid Parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae): Influence of Adult Food on Female Longevity and Reproduction …

ML Dindo, M Rezaei, P De Clercq - Journal of Insect Science, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Exorista larvarum (L.), a polyphagous gregarious larval parasitoid of lepidopterans,
can be mass produced both in vivo, using the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella …

Mechanisms underlying the nonconsumptive effects of parasitoid wasps on aphids

KS Ingerslew, DL Finke - Environmental Entomology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Natural enemies need not consume herbivores to suppress herbivore populations.
Behavioral interactions can adversely impact herbivore fitness from reduced time feeding …

The thelytokous strain of the parasitoid Neochrysocharis formosa outperforms the arrhenotokous strain in reproductive capacity and biological control of agromyzid …

F Ye, Y Yang, Y Zhang, L Pan… - Pest management …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Both arrhenotoky (sexual reproduction of females and asexual reproduction
of males) and thelytoky (asexual reproduction of females) occur within the order …

Effect of different feeding sources on lifespan and fecundity in the biocontrol agent Torymus sinensis

L Picciau, A Alma, C Ferracini - Biological Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Torymus sinensis Kamijo (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) is a biocontrol agent released
to control outbreaks of the Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu …

Thelytokous strains have better biocontrol potential than arrhenotokous strains: the parasitoid Neochrysocharis formosa on the invasive tomato leafminer Tuta …

H Wang, YJ Gu, RR Song, C Zhang… - Entomologia …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Tuta absoluta, a destructive tomato pest worldwide, has recently invaded China.
Neochrysocharis formosa, a host-feeding parasitoid wasp, has thelytokous (TH) and …

Quality of aphid honeydew for a parasitoid varies as a function of both aphid species and host plant

LS Monticelli, A Tena, M Idier, E Amiens-Desneux… - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Honeydew ie, the sugar-rich excretion of phloem-sap feeders, is the most available sugar
source in agroecosystems which enables parasitoids to increase their fitness. For the …