Claim · model-written summary
Parasitization was higher for separately exposed N. ribisnigri than for N. ribisnigri on heart leaves.
- Taxon
- lettuce plants
Lactuca sativae0 - Interactor
- N. ribisnigri
Nasonovia ribisnigrie0pest - Second interactor
- A. abdominalisAphelinus abdominalise0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- percentages of M. euphorbiae or N. ribisnigrie0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- N. ribisnigri exposed only on heart leafe0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“A. abdominalis parasitized significantly higher percentages of M. euphorbiae or N. ribisnigri when aphids were exposed separately to parasitoids on whole lettuce plants as compared with N. ribisnigri exposed only on heart leaf.”
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 N. ribisnigri reached 54%.
- 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 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.