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Effects of water stress on emission of volatile organic compounds by Vicia faba, and consequences for attraction of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus bas…
2017
When plants are damaged by herbivorous insects, blends of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are induced and released and can also be used by parasitoids to locate hosts. The aim was to determine whether VOCs induced by water stress affect the plant-herbivore-para- sitoid system represented by broad bean (Vicia faba; Fabales: Fabaceae) stink bug (Nezara viridula; Hetero- ptera: Pentatomidae) egg parasitoid (Trissolcus basalis; Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). The effects of water stress (expressed as the percentage fraction of transpirable soil water [FTSW] supplied) alone and in combination with N. viridula damage (feeding plus oviposition) were deter- mined according to: (1) the behavioural r…
Contrasting reproductive traits of competing parasitoids facilitate coexistence on a shared host pest in a biological control perspective
2022
BACKGROUND: Interspecific competition in insect parasitoids is an important ecological phenomenon that has relevant implications for biological pest control. To date, interspecific intrinsic (=larval) competition has been intensively studied, while investigations on extrinsic (=adult) competition have often lagged behind. In this study we examined the role played by parasitoid reproductive traits and host clutch size on the outcome of extrinsic competition between Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) and Ooencyrtus telenomicida (Vassiliev), two egg parasitoids of the pest Nezara viridula (L). Laboratory experiments were conducted by allowing both parasitoid species to exploit an egg mass made of …
Supplementary material 3 from: Lefort M, Wratten S, Cusumano A, Varennes Y, Boyer S (2017) Disentangling higher trophic level interactions in the cab…
2018
Exploratory statistics addressing sequencing depth per country and MOTU rarefaction.
Supplementary material 2 from: Lefort M, Wratten S, Cusumano A, Varennes Y, Boyer S (2017) Disentangling higher trophic level interactions in the cab…
2018
Supporting Information 2
Supplementary material 1 from: Lefort M, Wratten S, Cusumano A, Varennes Y, Boyer S (2017) Disentangling higher trophic level interactions in the cab…
2018
OSR aphid mummy collection. Sampling location and size / Amplification success of mummies' DNA extracts by Illumina sequencing.