Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that buckwheat, phacelia, alyssum and coriander can enhance A. ervi fitness without benefiting its aphid host.
- Taxon
- Buckwheate0
- Interactor
- A ervi
Aphidius ervie0other - Outcome
- enhance the fitness of A ervi without benefiting its aphid hoste0
Verbatim
e0“Buckwheat phacelia alyssum and coriander can therefore enhance the fitness of A ervi without benefiting its aphid host”
t0“Floral nectar”
Title
S.A. Araj; S.D. Wratten; A.J. Lister A; et al. Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference 2006. doi:10.30843/nzpp.2006.59.4537
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Buckwheat increased Aphidius ervi survival 45 times over water.
- Intervention effect Buckwheat increased Aphidius ervi survival 34 times over phacelia, alyssum or coriander.
- Intervention effect Buckwheat increased Dendrocerus aphidum survival 56 times over water.
- Intervention effect Buckwheat increased Dendrocerus aphidum survival 35 times over other flowering plants.
- Observation The authors warn that hyperparasitoid fitness may increase relatively more than parasitoid fitness, depending on nectar source.