Claim · model-written summary
Egg parasitism averaged 40.0% in sorghum.
Sorghum
HeliothisNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Over the study period, egg parasitism averaged 3.2% in alfalfa, 28.3% in corn, 14.8% in cotton, 24.6% in potatoes, and 40.0% in sorghum”
e1“Heliothis spp. eggs and larvae were collected from alfalfa, corn, cotton, and sorghum”
Title
G. J. Puterka; J. E. Slosser; J. R. Price Environmental Entomology 1985. doi:10.1093/ee/14.4.441
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- Observation Egg parasite complex comprised 66.0% Trichogramma pretiosum.
- Observation Egg parasite complex comprised 29.0% Telenomus heliothidis.
- Observation Egg parasite complex comprised 5.0% other parasite species.
- Observation Egg parasitism averaged 3.2% in alfalfa.
- Observation Egg parasitism averaged 28.3% in corn.
- Observation Egg parasitism averaged 14.8% in cotton.
- Observation Egg parasitism averaged 24.6% in potatoes.
- Observation Larval parasitism averaged 34.4% in alfalfa.
- Observation Larval parasitism averaged 9.0% in corn.
- Observation Larval parasitism averaged 29.1% in cotton.
- Observation Larval parasitism averaged 60.0% in potatoes.
- Observation Larval parasitism averaged 38.6% in sorghum.
- Observation Five parasite species were reared from Heliothis eggs.
- Observation Twenty parasite species were produced from larval collections.
- Observation Campoletis sonorensis dominated the parasite complex in alfalfa and potatoes during April and May.
- Observation Tachinid parasites did not appear until June.
- Observation Microplitis croceipes, Eucelitoria bryani, and Archytas marmoratus were common from June through October.
- Observation Larval parasitism was higher than egg parasitism in most crops.
- Observation Parasitism across crops averaged 19.4% for small, 34.3% for medium, and 25.9% for large larvae.