Discrimination of the parasitoid Jaliscoa hunteri (Hymenoptera): Pteromalidae) on a natural hot and a factitious one
Mass rearing of beneficial organisms on the natural host is usually very expensive. For this reason, easier hosts to cultivate are sought for reducing production costs; however, they may lose their effectiveness in the field. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the discrimination c...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Chapingo Serie Zonas Áridas |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revistas.chapingo.mx:article/404 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.chapingo.mx/zonas_aridas/article/view/r.rchsza.2021.20.2 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Picudo del chile avispa parasítica ovoposición control biológico Pepper weevil parasitic wasp oviposition biological control |
| Sumario: | Mass rearing of beneficial organisms on the natural host is usually very expensive. For this reason, easier hosts to cultivate are sought for reducing production costs; however, they may lose their effectiveness in the field. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the discrimination capacity of the Jaliscoa hunteri parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on its natural host (Anthonomus eugenii Cano) or a factitious one (Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius). Essays were carried out in artificial oviposition units in the laboratory by using wild females of J. hunteri collected in field and females from a colony of 13 generations raised on a factitious host. The origin of the females used in the research did not affect the oviposition preference and the feeding on the host; however, wild and laboratory females preferred the natural host over the factitious one. |
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