Effects of temperature and superparasitism on quality and characteristics of thelytokous Wolbachia-infected Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) during mass rearing

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 18114 - 12
• Main Authors: Zhou, Jin-Cheng, Li, Yuan-Yuan, Liu, Quan-Quan, Ning, Su-Fang, Che, Wu-Nan, Cong, Bin, Dong, Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.12.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/326; 631/601; Age; Animals; Biological control; Confidence intervals; Control programs; Eggs; Fecundity; Female; Females; Fertility; Genetic Fitness; Host-Parasite Interactions - physiology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hymenoptera - growth & development; Hymenoptera - microbiology; Lepidoptera - parasitology; Life span; Male; Males; Mass rearing; multidisciplinary; Offspring; Ovum - parasitology; Parasitism; Parasitoids; Parthenogenesis; Pest control; Pest Control, Biological - methods; Pests; Phenotypes; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Superparasitism; Temperature; Temperature effects; Trichogramma; Wolbachia; Wolbachia - physiology

Thelytokous Wolbachia- infected Trichogramma spp. are widely used egg parasitoids against lepidopteran pests in biological control programs. Wolbachia may manipulate host wasps for superparasitism and is sensitive to temperature. To explore effects of temperature and superparasitism, we compared fit...