Claim · model-written summary
In no-choice leaf-disc tests, parasitization of N. ribisnigri reached 54%.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Interactor
- N. ribisnigri
Nasonovia ribisnigrie0pest - Second interactor
- A. abdominalisAphelinus abdominalise0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- parasitizede0
- Value
- 54%e0
Verbatim
e0“A. abdominalis successfully parasitized 54% and 60% of the offered N. ribisnigri and M. euphorbiae, respectively, with no significant difference.”
t0“lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri”
Title
Govinda Shrestha; Henrik Skovgård; Gadi V. P. Reddy; et al. PLoS ONE 2017. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184080
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation In no-choice leaf-disc tests, parasitization of M. euphorbiae reached 60%, with no significant species difference.
- Observation In a choice test, A. abdominalis preferred M. euphorbiae at 38% over N. ribisnigri at 30%.
- Observation A. abdominalis parasitized aphids at all tested feeding sites on lettuce plants.
- Association Aphid feeding behavior significantly affected parasitization rate.
- Observation Parasitization was higher for separately exposed M. euphorbiae than for N. ribisnigri on heart leaves.
- Observation Parasitization was higher for separately exposed N. ribisnigri than for N. ribisnigri on heart leaves.
- Observation The growth-chamber choice test also showed preference for M. euphorbiae.
- Observation Adult emergence of A. abdominalis exceeded 84% regardless of aphid species.
- Observation The A. abdominalis sex ratio was over 83% female regardless of aphid species.