Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper

Dalbulus maidis is the most important leafhopper pest of maize in the Americas. Anagrus virlai is an egg parasitoid commonly associated with the corn leafhopper. We evaluated whether the performance of A. virlai is dependent on different diets provided during 24 hr or throughout adult female lifetim...

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Main Authors: Hill, Jorge Guillermo, Aguirre, María Belén, Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto, Virla, Eduardo Gabriel, Luft Albarracin, Erica
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Published: Wiley 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14896
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jen.12762
https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12762
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author Hill, Jorge Guillermo
Aguirre, María Belén
Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
Virla, Eduardo Gabriel
Luft Albarracin, Erica
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Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
Hill, Jorge Guillermo
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Virla, Eduardo Gabriel
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Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
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description Dalbulus maidis is the most important leafhopper pest of maize in the Americas. Anagrus virlai is an egg parasitoid commonly associated with the corn leafhopper. We evaluated whether the performance of A. virlai is dependent on different diets provided during 24 hr or throughout adult female lifetime. Additionally, functional response of A. virlai on D. maidis eggs using maize leaves containing honeydew plus honey was described. A. virlai is a mostly pro-ovigenic autogenic species whose females are able to parasitize eggs immediately after emergence. We found that wasps oviposit the majority of their eggs in the first day of their adult life. Realized lifetime fecundity and lifetime potential fecundity did not differ significantly among treatments, but longevity and egg production increased when honey was added to diet. Data were consistent with an intermediate functional response between type II and III, but closer to type II, indicating a high parasitism rate at low host densities and a decrease in the oviposition rate at high host densities, due to a possible egg limitation. Our results suggest that carbohydrate food sources (honeydew and honey) might not be the factor limiting reproductive success during the first 24 hr. Food supply, however, might influence egg maturation and survivorship of wasps, thus potentially enhancing biological pest control when hosts are scarce in the course of the first few days of adulthood.
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spelling INTA148962023-08-10T15:19:14Z Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper Hill, Jorge Guillermo Aguirre, María Belén Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto Virla, Eduardo Gabriel Luft Albarracin, Erica Dalbulus maidis Dieta Producción de Huevos Suministro de alimentos Anagrus virlai Control Biológico Diet Egg Production Food Supply Biological Control Chicharra Chicharrita de Maiz Dalbulus maidis is the most important leafhopper pest of maize in the Americas. Anagrus virlai is an egg parasitoid commonly associated with the corn leafhopper. We evaluated whether the performance of A. virlai is dependent on different diets provided during 24 hr or throughout adult female lifetime. Additionally, functional response of A. virlai on D. maidis eggs using maize leaves containing honeydew plus honey was described. A. virlai is a mostly pro-ovigenic autogenic species whose females are able to parasitize eggs immediately after emergence. We found that wasps oviposit the majority of their eggs in the first day of their adult life. Realized lifetime fecundity and lifetime potential fecundity did not differ significantly among treatments, but longevity and egg production increased when honey was added to diet. Data were consistent with an intermediate functional response between type II and III, but closer to type II, indicating a high parasitism rate at low host densities and a decrease in the oviposition rate at high host densities, due to a possible egg limitation. Our results suggest that carbohydrate food sources (honeydew and honey) might not be the factor limiting reproductive success during the first 24 hr. Food supply, however, might influence egg maturation and survivorship of wasps, thus potentially enhancing biological pest control when hosts are scarce in the course of the first few days of adulthood. EEA Bariloche Fil: Hill, Jorge Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos (PROIMI-Biotecnología); Argentina Fil: Aguirre, María Belén. Fundación para el Estudio de Especies Invasivas; Argentina Fil: Aguirre, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Virla, Eduardo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos (PROIMI-Biotecnología); Argentina Fil: Virla, Eduardo Gabriel. Fundación Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Entomología; Argentina Fil: Luft Albarracin, Erica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos (PROIMI-Biotecnología); Argentina 2023-08-10T15:12:19Z 2023-08-10T15:12:19Z 2020-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14896 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jen.12762 0931-2048 1439-0418 https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12762 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Jornal of Applied Entomology 144 (7) : 578-588. (August 2020)
spellingShingle Dalbulus maidis
Dieta
Producción de Huevos
Suministro de alimentos
Anagrus virlai
Control Biológico
Diet
Egg Production
Food Supply
Biological Control
Chicharra
Chicharrita de Maiz
Hill, Jorge Guillermo
Aguirre, María Belén
Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
Virla, Eduardo Gabriel
Luft Albarracin, Erica
Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
title Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
title_full Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
title_fullStr Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
title_full_unstemmed Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
title_short Influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid Anagrus virlai (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
title_sort influence of adult diet on fitness and reproductive traits of the egg parasitoid anagrus virlai hymenoptera mymaridae a potential biocontrol agent against the corn leafhopper
topic Dalbulus maidis
Dieta
Producción de Huevos
Suministro de alimentos
Anagrus virlai
Control Biológico
Diet
Egg Production
Food Supply
Biological Control
Chicharra
Chicharrita de Maiz
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14896
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jen.12762
https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12762
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