Flight responses in a wind tunnel of the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes to three spring and three summer host plants of Heliothis spp. |
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Authors: | J P Kaas G W Elzen and S B Ramaswamy |
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Institution: | (1) ARS, SIML, USDA, P.O. Box 346, 38776 Stoneville, MS, USA;(2) Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762 Mississippi State, MS, USA |
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Abstract: | Flight responses of the parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to two phenological stages of spring host plants (crimson clover, Trifolium incarnatum L., hairy vetch, Vicia villosa Corbiere, and cutleaf geranium, Geranium dissectum L.) and summer host plants (cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L., and soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr.) of Heliothis virescens (F.), were measured in a dual choice situation in a wind tunnel. Preflowering clover was more attractive than preflowering geranium, followed by preflowering vetch. Clover was preferred over geranium in flowering stages as well. No within species differences were detected for the two phenological stages. Preflowering and flowering cotton and soybean were preferred over preflowering and flowering sorghum. The findings could be important in pre-determining release sites for M. croceipes in the field. |
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Keywords: | Host plant attractivity parasitoid Heliothis wind tunnel Microplitis spring host plant summer host plant |
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