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Feng Zhu

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Symbiotic polydnavirus and venom reveal parasitoid to its hyperparasitoids

2018

Symbiotic relationships benefit organisms in utilization of new niches. In parasitoid wasps, symbiotic viruses and venom that are injected together with wasp eggs into the host caterpillar suppress immune responses of the host and enhance parasitoid survival. We found that the virus also has negative effects on offspring survival when placing these interactions in a community context. The virus and venom drive a chain of interactions that includes the herbivore and its food plant and attracts the hyperparasitoid enemies of the parasitoid. Our results shed new light on the importance of symbionts associated with their host in driving ecological interactions and highlight the intricacy of how…

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineWasps01 natural sciencesMultitrophic interactionParasitoidHerbivore-induced plant volatilesGene Expression Regulation PlantLaboratory of EntomologyTrophic levelPlant-mediatedLarvaMultidisciplinarybiologyPolydnavirusHerbivore-induced plant volatilePlantsBiological SciencesWaspPE&RCOrganische ChemieBiosystematiekInteraction networkinternationalLarvaSymbiosiButterfliesZoology010603 evolutionary biologyHost-Parasite Interactions03 medical and health sciencesMultitrophic interactionsSymbiosisButterflieAnimalsSymbiosisCaterpillarSalivaEcosystemHerbivoreParasitic waspVenomsHost (biology)AnimalOrganic ChemistryfungiPlantLaboratorium voor Entomologiebiology.organism_classificationVenom030104 developmental biologySettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataPolydnaviridaeHerbivoreBiosystematicsEPS
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Parasitic wasp-associated symbiont affects plant-mediated species interactions between herbivores

2018

Abstract Microbial mutualistic symbiosis is increasingly recognised as a hidden driving force in the ecology of plant–insect interactions. Although plant-associated and herbivore-associated symbionts clearly affect interactions between plants and herbivores, the effects of symbionts associated with higher trophic levels has been largely overlooked. At the third-trophic level, parasitic wasps are a common group of insects that can inject symbiotic viruses (polydnaviruses) and venom into their herbivorous hosts to support parasitoid offspring development. Here, we show that such third-trophic level symbionts act in combination with venom to affect plant-mediated interactions by reducing colon…

0301 basic medicineHerbivore colonisationInsecta[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]tritrophic interactionWaspsVenomParasitoidchenilleLaboratory of EntomologyTrophic levelbiologyEcologyPolydnavirusHost-Parasite Interactionfood and beveragesplant–insect interactionsHerbivore colonisation parasitoid plant–insect interactions polydnaviruses tritrophic interactionsPE&RCsymbiosisParasiteinternationalpolydnaviruse[SDE]Environmental Sciencespolydnavirussymbioseécologie des populationsinteraction plante insecteherbivoreplant–insect interactionHost-Parasite Interactions03 medical and health sciencesSymbiosisAnimalsParasitesHerbivoryguêpeCaterpillarparasitoidEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsHerbivoreAnimaltritrophic interactionsfungi15. Life on landplant-insect interactionsLaboratorium voor Entomologiebiology.organism_classificationplant insect interactionherbivore colonisationpolydnavirusesColonisationSettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata030104 developmental biologycaterpillarEPS
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Data from: Parasitic wasp-associated symbiont affects plant-mediated species interactions between herbivores

2018

Microbial mutualistic symbiosis is increasingly recognised as a hidden driving force in the ecology of plant–insect interactions. Although plant‐associated and herbivore‐associated symbionts clearly affect interactions between plants and herbivores, the effects of symbionts associated with higher trophic levels has been largely overlooked. At the third‐trophic level, parasitic wasps are a common group of insects that can inject symbiotic viruses (polydnaviruses) and venom into their herbivorous hosts to support parasitoid offspring development. Here, we show that such third‐trophic level symbionts act in combination with venom to affect plant‐mediated interactions by reducing colonisation o…

tritrophic interactionsfungifood and beveragesPieris brassicaeplant-insect interactionsPE&RCLaboratorium voor EntomologieLife sciencespolydnavirusesmedicine and health careCgBVherbivore colonizationMedicineBrassica oleraceaPlutella xylostellaEPSLaboratory of EntomologyCotesia glomerataparasitoid
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