Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species

Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead), a solitary koinobiont larval–prepupal endoparasitoid of fruit flies, was introduced into Kenya for testing and final release against the recently discovered invasive species, Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White in Africa. Laboratory experiments were co...

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Autores principales: Mohamed, S.A., Ekesi, S., Hanna, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92261
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author Mohamed, S.A.
Ekesi, S.
Hanna, R.
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description Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead), a solitary koinobiont larval–prepupal endoparasitoid of fruit flies, was introduced into Kenya for testing and final release against the recently discovered invasive species, Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White in Africa. Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine host preference, host acceptability for oviposition and physiological suitability of B. invadens and five other indigenous tephritid fruit fly species –Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), Ceratitis cosyra (Walker), Ceratitis rosa Karsch, Ceratitis fasciventris (Bezzi) and Ceratitis anonae Graham – for the development of D. longicaudata. Females of D. longicaudata visited all host-larval patches, and were also attracted to these hosts at comparable levels. Acceptability, successful development of parasitoid progenies and their sex ratio varied widely across hosts. C. capitata yielded the highest parasitoid numbers whereas B. invadens was the only host that yielded a female-biased sex ratio. Larvae of B. invadens, C. rosa, C. fasciventris and C. anonae mounted differential immune reaction towards D. longicaudata eggs. Although, the parasitoid performed poorly on the target host B. invadens, it was able to form new association with C. cosyra and C. capitata. The prospect of using this parasitoid in biological control of African indigenous fruit flies is discussed.
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spelling CGSpace922612024-05-15T05:11:16Z Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species Mohamed, S.A. Ekesi, S. Hanna, R. bactrocera invadens ceratitis new associations opiine tephritidae Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead), a solitary koinobiont larval–prepupal endoparasitoid of fruit flies, was introduced into Kenya for testing and final release against the recently discovered invasive species, Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White in Africa. Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine host preference, host acceptability for oviposition and physiological suitability of B. invadens and five other indigenous tephritid fruit fly species –Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), Ceratitis cosyra (Walker), Ceratitis rosa Karsch, Ceratitis fasciventris (Bezzi) and Ceratitis anonae Graham – for the development of D. longicaudata. Females of D. longicaudata visited all host-larval patches, and were also attracted to these hosts at comparable levels. Acceptability, successful development of parasitoid progenies and their sex ratio varied widely across hosts. C. capitata yielded the highest parasitoid numbers whereas B. invadens was the only host that yielded a female-biased sex ratio. Larvae of B. invadens, C. rosa, C. fasciventris and C. anonae mounted differential immune reaction towards D. longicaudata eggs. Although, the parasitoid performed poorly on the target host B. invadens, it was able to form new association with C. cosyra and C. capitata. The prospect of using this parasitoid in biological control of African indigenous fruit flies is discussed. 2008-12 2018-04-24T08:40:22Z 2018-04-24T08:40:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92261 en Limited Access Wiley Mohamed, S.A., Ekesi, S. & Hanna, R. (2008). Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species. Journal of Applied Entomology, 132(9‐10), 789-797.
spellingShingle bactrocera invadens
ceratitis
new associations
opiine
tephritidae
Mohamed, S.A.
Ekesi, S.
Hanna, R.
Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species
title Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species
title_full Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species
title_fullStr Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species
title_short Evaluation of the impact of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata on Bactrocera invadens and five African fruit fly species
title_sort evaluation of the impact of diachasmimorpha longicaudata on bactrocera invadens and five african fruit fly species
topic bactrocera invadens
ceratitis
new associations
opiine
tephritidae
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92261
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