Effect of supplementary nutrition on the reproduction and mating behaviour of Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Autor: | Anqi Dai, Junqi Jiang, Zhihao Cai, Yanzhang Huang, Zhenkun Mao |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
animal structures media_common.quotation_subject reproductive efficiency Zoology Hymenoptera 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences braconidae Parasitoid Lepidoptera genitalia supplementary nutrition Mating parasitoid Pyralidae media_common Larva biology plodia interpunctella fungi biology.organism_classification 010602 entomology QL1-991 mating ability Insect Science behavior and behavior mechanisms hymenoptera Reproduction habrobracon hebetor Braconidae natural enemy |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Entomology, Vol 117, Iss 1, Pp 393-399 (2020) |
ISSN: | 1802-8829 1210-5759 |
Popis: | To improve the mass production of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) the effects of supplementary nutrition on its reproduction and mating behaviour were investigated using Plodia interpunctella Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larva as a host. The survival of mated male wasps was markedly prolonged after feeding with five different types of nutrients and that of unmated males was markedly prolonged except when provided with yeast solution. Providing female wasps with supplementary nutrition did not affect their longevity. When H. hebetor reproduced sexually and was supplied with an abundance of hosts, females produced 101.0 and 96.7 female offspring, respectively, when fed 20% sucrose or 20% honey solutions, however, when provided with only ten hosts the provision of supplementary nutrition did not affect the number of female offspring they produced. The 20% maltose, 20% sucrose and 20% honey solutions significantly promoted the courtship behaviour of male wasps, and the 20% yeast and 20% honey solutions increased the mating success of males paired with virgin females. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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