Biodiversity and pathogenicity of bacteria associated with the gut microbiota of beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 350-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardahan Eski ◽  
İsmail Demir ◽  
Mustafa Güllü ◽  
Zihni Demirbağ
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Spodoptera Exigua ◽  
Beet Armyworm ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Factors Affecting Parasitization of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Sex Ratio of the Parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

2001 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Glynn Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Spodoptera Exigua ◽  
Beet Armyworm ◽  
Cotesia Marginiventris ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Female Progeny ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Biological factors hypothesized to affect parasitization by Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an endoparasitoid of larvae of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), as well as its sex ratio, were examined in the laboratory. Highest parasitization occurred when (1) adult female parasitoids were closely associated with hosts, (2) adult female parasitoids were 1 day old, (3) a host:female parasitoid ratio of between 10:1 and 30:1 was maintained, (4) second-instar beet armyworms were used as hosts, and (5) adult female parasitoids were exposed to hosts for 24 h. Percentage of female progeny was higher when females were closely associated with second instars.

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