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Physiological interactions between the host genus Heliothis and its guild of parasitoids
Author(s) -
Bradleigh Vinson S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/arch.940130107
Subject(s) - heliothis , biology , parasitoid , parasitism , heliothis virescens , lepidoptera genitalia , noctuidae , braconidae , host (biology) , hemolymph , tachinidae , zoology , botany , ecology
Factors produced in Hymenopteran parasitoids from their poison gland or from calyx region of the ovary or from both effect changes in host growth. In this review, the sources of these factors from parasitoids of Heliothis spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are described and their effects on host growth are compared. An evaluation of protein, amino nitrogen, and trehalose levels in the hemolymph of parasitized Heliothis indicates that each parasitoid species exerts a different effect on Heliothis . A number of parasitoid genera still remain to be evaluated relative to their effects on host growth before a relationship can be established between parasitoid taxon and effects of their parasitism on hosts.