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Substrate and food effects on biotic potentialities of Encarsia formosa (Hym., Aphelinidae)
Author(s) -
Ganteaume A.,
Tabone E.,
PoinsotBalaguer N.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0931-2048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1996.tb01564.x
Subject(s) - aphelinidae , biology , fecundity , pupa , longevity , parasitoid , biological pest control , sugar , host (biology) , horticulture , botany , toxicology , ecology , larva , population , food science , demography , genetics , sociology
With the aim of improving the dispatches of Encarsia formosa to the agriculturist's greenhouses increasing wasp efficiency, a new method of conditioning by changing the substrate of black pupae was performed. Three groups of parasites to which pupae were glued with or without sugar and compared to a control were studied. This new method of conditioning (pupae were removed from the host‐plant then glued on a cardboard plaquette) did not disturb the wasp's biological potentialities (daily fecundity, longevity) and adding sugar increased the daily fecundity.