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Number of attacks by Trichogramma dendrolimi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) affects the successful parasitism of Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) eggs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2017

J. Huang ,
H.-Q. Hua ,
L.-Y. Wang ,
F. Zhang  and
Y.-X Li
J. Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
H.-Q. Hua
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
L.-Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
F. Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
Y.-X Li*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
*
*Author for correspondence Fax/Phone: 862584395868 E-mail: yxli@njau.edu.cn
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Abstract

In laboratories, the parasitism rate of Ostrinia furnacalis (Güenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) eggs by Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) is low; however, efforts to control O. furnacalis with T. dendrolimi in the field have been successful. In this study, the effects of the number of attacks by T. dendrolimi against O. furnacalis eggs and diet of O. furnacalis larva on wasp development were investigated. The results indicated that more attacks increased significantly not only the successful parasitism rate of O. furnacalis eggs by T. dendrolimi, but also the percentage of host eggs that failed to develop into either O. furnacalis larvae or T. dendrolimi. Both the size and female proportion of T. dendrolimi offspring decreased as the number of attacks increased. The number of T. dendrolimi eggs laid in per host egg increased significantly as the ratio of wasps to host eggs increased from 1:5 to 3:5. Host diet also significantly affected the developmental time of immaturity and the emergence rate of adults of T. dendrolimi. These results illustrate how inundative releases of T. dendrolimi can successfully control O. furnacalis despite the fact that pest parasitism by the subsequent wasp generation decreases sharply in the field. The suitability of O. furnacalis eggs to T. dendrolimi and the superparasitism effects on offspring of T. dendrolimi are discussed.

Keywords

Trichogramma dendrolimiOstrinia furnacalisinundative releaseattack numbersuccessful parasitismsizefemale proportion
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 107 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 812 - 819
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