The influence of flower morphology and nectar quality on the longevity of a parasitoid biological control agent

By H. D. Vattala, S. Wratten, Craig B. Phillips, Felix L. Wäckers. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Felix L. Wäckers
2. S. Wratten
3. E. Brennan
4. G. Gurr
5. P. Rijn
6. M. Gillespie
7. N. Desneux
8. J. Lundgren

In Insect Science

1. Felix L. Wäckers
2. P. Rijn
3. S. Wratten
4. E. Brennan
5. G. Gurr
6. M. Gillespie
7. N. Desneux
8. J. Lundgren

Citations in the corpus

• Secondary plants used in biological control: A review (2012, background): “They attract beneficial insects, such as parasitoid wasps and predatory flies, with extrafloral nectaries or flowers with readily accessible pollen and nectar which are not otherwise available in a monoculture (Landis et al. 2000; Vattala et al. 2006; Nafziger and Fadamiro 2011).”
• Attractiveness of common insectary and harvestable floral resources to beneficial insects (2011, background): “Both plant species have flowers with short corollae (Vattala et al., 2006), which increases the availability of nectar to beneficial insects, while the nectaries of flower species with deep corollae, such as tansy phacelia and nasturtium (Baggen et al.”
• Agronomic aspects of strip intercropping lettuce with alyssum for biological control of aphids (2013, background): “…and Wright, 1998; Hogg et al., 2011a; Johanowicz and Mitchell, 2000; Karrou, 1998; Nafziger and Fadamiro , 2011; Pumarino and Alomar, 2012; Sivinski et al., 2006; Vattala et al., 2006 ), the agronomic interactions between alyssum and associated economic crops such as lettuce have been neglected.”
• Nectar accessibility determines fitness, flower choice and abundance of hoverflies that provide natural pest control (2016, background): “However, the contribution of nectar sugar composition in explaining the suitability of flowers as a food source is less conclusive (Vattala et al. 2006; Pinheiro et al. 2013).”
• Nutritional aspects of non-prey foods in the life histories of predaceous Coccinellidae (2009, background): “Except for the smallest of species, coccinellids (like other large entomophages; Tooker and Hanks, 2000; Galletto and Bernardello, 2004; Vattala et al., 2006) are largely excluded from floral nectar when it occurs deep within the corolla.”
• The impact of adult diet on parasitoid reproductive performance (2017, background): “…al. (2001) reported no differences in fecundity for the pteromalid parasitoids D. basalis and A. calandrae, as well as for the braconid H. prosopidis, three putative hymenopteran parasitoids of Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) when fed on sugarcane or without food supplements.”
• Beyond nectar provision: the other resource requirements of parasitoid biological control agents (2016, background): “A diversity of work has investigated the importance of floral morphology (Vattala et al., 2006; Cawoy et al., 2008; Sivinski et al., 2011), spatial and temporal arrangement of resources (Lee & Heimpel, 2005; Frank et al., 2008; Segoli & Rosenheim, 2013), and the amount, density, and diversity of…”