Dynamic host-feeding and oviposition behavior of an aphid parasitoid Aphelinus asychis

BioControl - Tập 63 - Trang 533-542 - 2018
Yu-Jie Jia1, Tong-Xian Liu1
1State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, and Key Laboratory of Northwest Loess Plateau Crop Pest Management of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

Tóm tắt

In order to maximize the lifetime reproductive success of parasitoids, they should be induced to dynamically accept individual hosts that have different suitability for oviposition. Parasitoids tend to exhibit higher host-selective behavior when their egg load is limited, and are less selective if they are facing time constraints. Here, we evaluated the effects of parasitoid age on egg load, fecundity and host instar preference of a honey-fed aphid parasitoid, Aphelinus asychis Walker (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Host selective experiment was conducted to measure host-preference of honey-fed A. asychis females at different ages, using the second and fourth instars of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae as their hosts. The results showed that the choice of host-instar for oviposition was significantly influenced by the parasitoid age. Honey-fed parasitoids in the age groups of 1, 5, 10 and 20 days tended to parasitize predominantly second-instar aphids, whereas 15-days old parasitoids showed no significant preference of host instars. On the other hand, host-feeding preference was not affected by parasitoid age. Parasitoid females of all ages preferred younger aphids to older aphids. This result could help evaluate the effectiveness of A. asychis for biological control of M. persicae when they encountered mixed-instar aphids in the field. In addition, the results might be helpful in assessing the host killing effects of other host-feeding parasitoids.

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