INTER·RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN Galleria melfonelfa L. (LEPIDOPTERA: GALLERIDAE), Apanteles galleriae Wilk. (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDE) AND THE FUNGUS Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) VUILL. | ||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
| Article 7, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2004, Pages 457-463 PDF (88.52 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2004.239505 | ||
| Authors | ||
| H. M. Mansour,; M. M. Metwally, | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The parasitoid females of Ap < /em>ante/es gal/eriae Wilk. laid its eggs in both healthy and fungus-infected Gal/eria mel/onella larvae. The percentage of parasitism and the number of eggs laid per parasitoid female were not affected by the fungus Beauveria b assiana infection. The highest mortality of the host (G. mel/onel/a) and the least number of parasitoids (A. gal/eriae) emerged when the host larvae were infected with B. bassiana immediately atter parasitization. When G. mel/onel/a was infected by the fungus. this caused mortality of different stages of the parasitold inside the host, being 45.3, 8.6 and 2.5% for larval. pupal and adult stages, respectively. Developmental durations were 1.44. 12.50, 1.48 and 4.60 days in healthy hosts and 1.99, 12.50. 1.85 and 7.00 days in fungus infected ones for eggs, larvae, prepupae and pupae, respectively. Longevity was 7.48 and 4.21 days, and life cycle amounted 27.50 and 23.00 days for adult female reared from healthy and infected hosts. respectively. | ||
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