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Environ Entomol

Title:		Preference and performance of Anagrus nilaparvatae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae): effect of infestation duration and density by Nilaparvata lugens (Homoptera: Delphacidae)
Author(s):		Xiang C; Ren N; Wang X; Sumera A; Cheng J; Lou Y;
Address:		"Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China"
Journal Title:		Environ Entomol
Year:		2008
Volume:		37
Issue:		3
Page Number:		748 - 754
DOI:		10.1603/0046-225x(2008)37[748:papoan]2.0.co;2
ISSN/ISBN:		0046-225X (Print) 0046-225X (Linking)
Abstract:		"The effect of Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) infestation duration and density on the host preference and performance of Anagrus nilaparvatae Pang et Wang, an egg parasitoid of rice planthoppers, was determined. The results showed that the parasitoid preferred N. lugens eggs on the plants infested with 10 gravid N. lugens females for 1 d to those plants infested with 10 gravid females for 2 or 3 d. It was also found to prefer N. lugens eggs on plants infested with 10 or 20 adult females after 24 h of infestation to those plants infested with 5 or 80 females. The parasitoid's offsprings had lower survival rates, fecundities, female ratios, indexes of capacity for population increase, and longer developmental durations on plants when they were infested with high N. lugens density (80 adult females per plant). However, the performance of the parasitoid on plants infested with low N. lugens density (5 female adults per plant) was similar to those on plants with intermediate N. lugens density (10 or 20 adult females per plant). Low preference of the parasitoid for N. lugens eggs on plants with heavy or light infestation levels may be correlated with low host suitability and detectability, respectively. The result implies an important role of herbivore-induced rice volatiles in the host preference of the parasitoid A. nilaparvatae, by which the parasitoid perceives the host and its suitability"
Keywords:		Animals Female Hemiptera/parasitology/*physiology *Host-Parasite Interactions Oryza/*parasitology Ovum/parasitology Pheromones/*physiology Population Density Wasps/*physiology;
Notes:		"MedlineXiang, Caiyu Ren, Nan Wang, Xia Sumera, Afsheen Cheng, Jiaan Lou, Yonggen eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2008/06/19 Environ Entomol. 2008 Jun; 37(3):748-54. doi: 10.1603/0046-225x(2008)37[748:papoan]2.0.co; 2"