Assessing the suitability of flowering herbs as parasitoid food sources: flower attractiveness and nectar accessibility

By Felix L. Wäckers. 2004

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

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Nectar accessibility determines fitness, flower choice and abundance of hoverflies that provide natural pest control (2016, background): “Nectar and pollen-providing field margins are increasingly created to eliminate this constraint (Landis, Wratten & Gurr 2000; Marshall & Moonen 2002; W€ackers 2004; Bianchi, Booij & Tscharntke 2006; Van Rijn et al. 2008; Hogg et al. 2011; Tschumi et al. 2015).”
Diversification Practices: Their Effect on Pest Regulation and Production (2008, unknown): “…the mere presence of flowering plants in an agroecosystem is not always sufficient to guarantee nectar supply for parasitoids (Baggen and Gurr 1998; Wäckers 2004) and identification of the key flowering plants for certain parasitoids is required to guarantee the enhancement of natural enemies.”
Effects of flower attractiveness and nectar availability in field margins on biological control by parasitoids (2008, background): “Parasitoids may show a variable response to olfactory cues emitted by flower species (Wäckers, 2004).”
The evolution of floral scent: the influence of olfactory learning by insect pollinators on the honest signalling of floral rewards (2009, background): “insect’s brain size does not limit its ability to learn odours: insects as large as the American cockroach Periplaneta americana and as minute as Microgastrine parasitoid wasps learn (Vet &Groenewold 1990;Wackers 2004).”
Habitat manipulation to mitigate the impacts of invasive arthropod pests (2010, background): “However, flower attractiveness is not strictly related to other floral attributes such as nectar accessibility (Wäckers 2004), so additional experiments are needed to fully evaluate the suitability of flowering plants for natural enemies.”
Agroecosystem management and biotic interactions: a review (2011, background): “In Switzerland, major studies have been carried out since the start of the 1990s to determine the species composition of flower strips most favourable for all sorts of beneficial zoophagous species (Nentwig 1992, 1998; Nentwig et al. 1998; Wäckers 2004).”
Sustainable pest regulation in agricultural landscapes: a review on landscape composition, biodiversity and natural pest control (2006, background): “However, insects are selective in their use of flowering plant species (Patt et al. 1997; Wäckers 2004) and specific plants may provide food for either pest species or natural enemies (Baggen et al. 1999; Wäckers 2001).”
Pick and Mix: Selecting Flowering Plants to Meet the Requirements of Target Biological Control Insects (2012, background): “For instance, the impact of fl oral nectar on longevity and fecundity of D. semiclausum has been found to be much more pronounced in the fi eld than in the laboratory (Steppuhn and W ä ckers, 2004 ; Winkler et al ., 2006 ).”
Nutritional value of floral nectar sources for flight in the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia glomerata (2006, background): “vulgare are located at the base of a relatively wide and short corolla (Wäckers, 2004).”
The impact of adult diet on parasitoid reproductive performance (2017, background): “Carbohydrate sources such as sugar, nectar and honeydew are not always readily available in the agro-ecosystems, and this may play a detrimental role in biocontrol programs, since longevity directly affects the impact of parasitoids as biological control agents (Wäckers 2004).”
Selective flowers to enhance biological control of cabbage pests by parasitoids (2012, background): “Many parasitoids require sugar resources, such as floral nectar, to cover their nutritional needs (Wäckers 2004).”