Progeny fitness determines the performance of the parasitoid Therophilus javanus, a prospective biocontrol agent against the legume pod borer
2021
Aboubakar Souna, Djibril | Bokonon-Ganta, Aimé, Hippolyte | Ravallec, Marc | Alizannon, Mesmin | Srinivasan, Ramasamy | Pittendrigh, Barry Robert | Volkoff, Anne-Nathalie | Tamò, Manuele | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [Nigeria] (IITA) ; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR) | Université d’Abomey-Calavi = University of Abomey Calavi (UAC) | Diversité, Génomes & Interactions Microorganismes - Insectes [Montpellier] (DGIMI) ; Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) | Michigan State University [East Lansing] ; Michigan State University System | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-Benin) ; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [Nigeria] (IITA) ; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR) | Cooperation and Cultural Action Service (SCAC) of the French Embassy in Cotonou N 898392E | CGIAR | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation OPP1082463
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Therophilus javanus (Bhat & Gupta) is an exotic larval endoparasitoid newly imported from Asia into Africa as a classical biological control agent against the pod borer Maruca vitrata (Fabricius). The parasitoid preference for the five larval instars of M. vitrata and their influence on progeny sex ratio were assessed together with the impact of larval host age at the time of oviposition on development time, mother longevity and offspring production. In a choice situation, female parasitoids preferred to oviposit in the first three larval instars. The development of immature stages of the parasitoid was observed inside three-day-old hosts, whereby the first two larval instars of T. javanus completed their development as endoparasites and the third larval instar as ectoparasite. The development time was faster when first larval instars (two- and three-day-old) of the host caterpillars were parasitized compared to second larval instar (four-day-old). The highest proportion of daughters (0.51) was observed when females were provided with four-day-old hosts. The lowest intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) (0.21 ± 0.01), the lowest rate of increase (λ) (1.23 ± 0.01), and the lowest net reproductive rate ( Ro ) (35.93 ± 6.51) were recorded on four-day-old hosts. These results are discussed in the light of optimizing mass rearing and release strategies.
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