Effect of Carbohydrate Nutrition on Egg Load and Population Parameters of Four Trichogramma Species
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Parasitoids
2.2. Hosts
2.3. Egg Load and Mature Eggs
2.4. Population Parameters
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Result
3.1. Egg Load
3.2. Mature Eggs
3.3. Population Parameters
3.4. Age-Specific Fecundity and Cumulative Fecundity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | T. dendrolimi | T. chilonis | T. leucaniae | T. ostriniae | ||||
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Honey | Water | Honey | Water | Honey | Water | Honey | Water | |
Female adult longevity (days) | 10.18 ± 0.23 c | 1.61 ± 0.08 e | 15.33 ± 0.23 a | 1.33 ± 0.34 f | 13.05 ± 0.25 b | 1.79 ± 0.07 e | 15.48 ± 0.30 a | 2.05 ± 0.08 d |
Fecundity (F) | 146.64 ± 1.89 b | 78.49 ± 1.60 c | 173.53 ± 5.26 a | 40.15 ± 0.39 d | 83.69 ± 3.43 c | 32.45 ± 1.33 f | 80.45 ± 3.32 c | 35.47 ± 0.73 e |
Oviposition days | 9.39 ± 0.22 c | 1.61 ± 0.08 e | 13.88 ± 0.21 a | 1.33 ± 0.34 f | 10.18 ± 0.37 c | 1.79 ± 0.07 e | 11.33 ± 0.28 b | 2.05 ± 0.08 d |
Net reproduction rate (R0) (offspring) | 130.0 ± 4.8 b | 68.9 ± 2.7 c | 147.4 ± 7.3 a | 33.3 ± 1.5 d | 73.2 ± 4.0 c | 28.5 ± 1.1 e | 68.1 ± 3.6 c | 29.4 ± 1.4 de |
Intrinsic rate of increase r (day−1) | 0.4178 ± 0.0048 a | 0.3895 ± 0.0049 b | 0.3933 ± 0.0048 b | 0.3301 ± 0.0048 c | 0.3373 ± 0.0049 c | 0.2918 ± 0.0045 d | 0.3317 ± 0.0053 c | 0.2940 ± 0.0047 d |
Finite rate of increase (λ) (day−1) | 1.5186 ± 0.0133 a | 1.4761 ± 0.0070 b | 1.4818 ± 0.0070 b | 1.3911 ± 0.0067 c | 1.4011 ± 0.0068 c | 1.3388 ± 0.0060 d | 1.3934 ± 0.0073 c | 1.3417 ± 0.0063 d |
Mean generation time (T) (days) | 11.65 ± 0.10 b | 10.87 ± 0.09 c | 12.69 ± 0.14 a | 10.62 ± 0.07 d | 12.73 ± 0.12 a | 11.46 ± 0.11 b | 12.72 ± 0.13 a | 11.49 ± 0.10 b |
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Wang, Y.; Iqbal, A.; Mu, M.-Y.; Zang, Z.-Y.; Hou, Y.-Y.; Zang, L.-S. Effect of Carbohydrate Nutrition on Egg Load and Population Parameters of Four Trichogramma Species. Agronomy 2022, 12, 3143. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123143
Wang Y, Iqbal A, Mu M-Y, Zang Z-Y, Hou Y-Y, Zang L-S. Effect of Carbohydrate Nutrition on Egg Load and Population Parameters of Four Trichogramma Species. Agronomy. 2022; 12(12):3143. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123143
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yong, Asim Iqbal, Ming-Yue Mu, Zhuo-Yi Zang, Yang-Yang Hou, and Lian-Sheng Zang. 2022. "Effect of Carbohydrate Nutrition on Egg Load and Population Parameters of Four Trichogramma Species" Agronomy 12, no. 12: 3143. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123143