NDLI: Suitability of a Novel Diet for a Parasitic Wasp, Cotesia plutellae

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Author	Soyelu, Olalekan J.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The braconid Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a major solitary, larval endoparasitoid of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). The impact of dietary protein was investigated in the laboratory by comparing performance of C. plutellae on honey, which is commonly used to rear the parasitoid, to that on a novel diet made of honey and protein-rich beebread. Cotesia plutellae was highly stimulated by honey and honey-beebread, with a feeding response exceeding 95%, a level that is comparable with its responses to fructose, glucose, and sucrose. The ability of honey-beebread to support host-parasitoid colonies was also comparable with that of honey. However, parasitoids raised on honey-beebread suppressed diamondback moths in rearing cages 3 weeks before the honey-fed wasps. The development time of C. plutellae reared on honey with or without beebread showed no significant difference, but adult wasps lived longer on honey-beebread. Mean developmental periods from oviposition to pupation and from pupation to adult emergence were 8 and 6 days, respectively. Adult wasps raised on honey-beebread outlived their conspecifics that were raised on honey by at least 4 days. Honey-beebread showed potential as a good food for rearing C. plutellae in the laboratory, and its benefit in parasitoid production is discussed.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.013.8601
Starting Page	86
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15362442
e-ISSN	15362442
Journal	Journal of Insect Science
Volume Number	13
Language	English
Publisher	University of Wisconsin Library
Publisher Date	2013-09-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	University of Wisconsin Library
Subject Keyword	Insect Science Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Insect Science

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