2017
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox048
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Sugar Diet Affects Odor Reception but Variation in Sugar Concentration Plays Minimal Role in the Response of the Parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), to Host-Related Plant Volatiles

Abstract: Parasitoids utilize various sugar resources in nature, and rely on odor cues from plants to locate their food and hosts. However, lack of sugar in the diet may negatively impact odor reception in parasitoids, thus affecting foraging efficiency. We used Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a larval endoparasitoid of Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), as a model species to test the hypothesis that variation in sugar diet of parasitoids affects their olfactory response to hos… Show more

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“…This may have an impact on their potential as biological control agents. Other physiological factors such as level of nutrition may also have significant effect on olfactory plasticity in parasitoids 11, 44 . This creates an opportunity for augmentation of parasitoids after field releases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This may have an impact on their potential as biological control agents. Other physiological factors such as level of nutrition may also have significant effect on olfactory plasticity in parasitoids 11, 44 . This creates an opportunity for augmentation of parasitoids after field releases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The method was described as Burrows et al. 66 with some modifications. Firstly, a group of 16 L. boulardi female parasitoids for each assay were anesthetized using CO 2 and put into the Y-tube.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A Y-tube behavioral assay was performed using the method reported by Burrows et al with minor modifications. 39 Briefly, 3-day-old Leptopilina female parasitoids were anesthetized using CO 2 and placed in the central arm of a Y-tube (base: 6.5 cm, arms: 6.5 cm with 60°angle at the Y-junction, inner diameter: 1.0 cm). Some 20 min later, the wasps recovered from the anesthesia, and were immediately gathered at the bottom of central arm.…”
Section: Y-tube Behavioral Assaymentioning
confidence: 99%