| Title: | Risk taking of educated nematodes |
| Author(s): | Willett DS; Alborn HT; Stelinski LL; Shapiro-Ilan DI; |
| Address: | "Cornell University, Entomology Department, Cornell AgriTech, Geneva, NY, United States of America. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL, United States of America. University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, FL, United States of America. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, SE Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, Byron, GA, United States of America" |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0205804 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Nematode parasites rely on successful host infection to perpetuate their species. Infection by individual nematode parasites can be risky, however; any one individual could be killed by the host's immune response. Here we use a model system to show that environmental cues and parasite past experience can be used by entomopathogenic nematodes to reduce individual risk of infection. Past parasite experience can more than double the infective virulence (number of host invaders) of a given cohort of entomopathogenic nematode parasites. This plasticity in individual parasite risk-taking and associated infection can be used to manage infection of parasitic nematodes: enhancing biological control with entomopathogenic nematodes and developing behavioral and chemical strategies to reduce infection by vertebrate and plant parasitic nematodes" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/drug effects/*physiology Cues Host-Parasite Interactions/immunology Models, Biological Moths/immunology/*parasitology Nematoda/drug effects/*physiology Pest Control, Biological/methods Plants/chemistry/parasitology *Risk-Taking Vi;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineWillett, Denis S Alborn, Hans T Stelinski, Lukasz L Shapiro-Ilan, David I eng 2018/10/26 PLoS One. 2018 Oct 25; 13(10):e0205804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205804. eCollection 2018" |
