Habituation and Associative Learning in<i>Drino bohemica</i>Mesn. (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Monteith, L. G.

doi:10.4039/ent95418-4

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“…For example, Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) females, experienced by contact with host feces, learned to recognize and fly to different volatile odors, even novel ones like vanilla, that were associated with the feces (Lewis and Tumlison, 1988). This learning also occurs in dipterans, and so far it has been observed in two tachinid species, Drino bohemica Mesnil (Monteith, 1963) and Ormia ochracea (Bigot) (Paur and Gray, 2011). Similarly, the capacity to avoid superparasitism by recognizing previously parasitized hosts has been documented in two solitary tachinids, Myiopharus doryphorae (Riley) and Myiopharus aberrans (Townsend), but the mechanisms involved are presently unclear (Lopez et al, 1995).…”

Section: Oviposition Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 89%

Production of Dipteran Parasitoids

Dindo¹,

Grenier²

2014

Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms

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Section: Oviposition Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 89%

Production of Dipteran Parasitoids

Dindo¹,

Grenier²

2014

Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms

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“…Observation time in olfactometer trials was 60 s, which minimized odor habituation occurring in the absence of a reward (i.e. hosts) in parasitoid females (Monteith 1963;Dudai 1989;Desneux et al 2004). Pilot experiments showed that odor habituation occurred faster when using odors of frass from larvae fed maize leaf disks than when using odors of frass from larvae fed on whole maize plants (as in Experiment 3).…”

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Attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris to host (Spodoptera frugiperda) frass is affected by transgenic maize

Desneux¹,

Ramírez-Romero

Bokonon-Ganta³

2010

Ecotoxicology

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We assessed in the laboratory the attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson) toward odors emitted by conventional maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) and Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) maize seedlings following actual or simulated injury by Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith), the parasitoid's host, and emitted by the host's frass, produced following consumption of conventional or Bt maize seedlings. Females of C. marginiventris exhibited similarly strong responses to conventional and Bt maize seedlings injured by the host or with simulated injury, and these were stronger than responses to clean air. In contrast, the responses of C. marginiventris females were consistently weaker toward host frass derived from Bt maize tissue compared to frass derived from conventional maize tissue. We hypothesized that the weakened response was due to a detrimental effect of Bt endotoxins, present in the Bt maize tissue, on the bacterial community present in the host's gut and frass, including bacteria that produce odors attractive to C. marginiventris. As an initial test of our hypothesis, we compared between the responses of C. marginiventris females to host frass produced following consumption of Bt maize and frass produced from conventional maize which had been treated with an antibiotic (tetracycline) to eliminate host gut bacteria. Our results showed that C. marginiventris females responded similarly weakly to host frass derived from conventional maize tissue treated with antibiotic and to frass derived from Bt maize tissue, treated or untreated with antibiotic, while they responded strongly to frass derived from conventional maize untreated with antibiotic, so provided initial, partial support for our hypothesis. We discussed the weakened response of C. marginiventris females to host frass derived from Bt maize in the context of plausible impacts of transgenic crop cultivars on parasitoid foraging and populations, and the implications for biological control of non-target, polyphagous pests, such as S. frugiperda.

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“…Pre-imaginal and post-imaginal conditioning (associative learning) are two examples of different forms of learning in parasitoids. Associative learning, or post-imaginal conditioning, has also been documented in parasitoids (Thorpe, 1938;Thorpe & Jones, 1937;Monteith, 1953;Vinson et al, 1977;Vet, 1983). Associative learning, or post-imaginal conditioning, has also been documented in parasitoids (Thorpe, 1938;Thorpe & Jones, 1937;Monteith, 1953;Vinson et al, 1977;Vet, 1983).…”

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Host‐habitat conditioning in the eulophid egg parasitoid, Edovum puttleri: effects of herbivore's host and its food plant

Jansson

Lashomb

1988

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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The egg parasitoid, Edovum puttleri Grissell, was cultured from eggs of two Leptinotarsa hosts, L. decemlineata (Say) and L. texana Schaeffer, and experienced on eggs from three L. decemlineata food plants, namely potato, Solanum tuberosum tuberosum L., eggplant, S. melongena L., and tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Host preference of the various cultures was determined using choice tests. Parasitoid choices were influenced by the Leptinotarsa rearing host. Wasps, reared from L. decemlineata eggs from a mixture of all three food plants and experienced on egg masses from all three food plants, preferred to parasitize egg masses from potato. Wasps, reared from L. texana eggs from silver leaf nightshade, S. elaeagnifolium L., and experienced on egg masses from all three food plants, preferred to parasitize egg masses from tomato. Choices were also influenced by the herbivores food plant that wasps were conditioned to. Wasps, reared from L. texana and experienced on egg masses from potato, preferred to parasitize egg masses from potato. Wasps, reared from L. decemlineata on potato and experienced on egg masses from potato, preferred to parasitize egg masses from potato. Wasps, reared from L. decemlineata on tomato and experienced on egg masses from tomato, did not display a distinct host preference. Within-egg mass parasitism (i.e., number of eggs per mass that were parasitized, probed, etc.) did not consistently differ among the three food plants. The implications of these data in parasitoid ecology and biological control programs for L. decemlineata are discussed.

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Habituation and Associative Learning inDrino bohemicaMesn. (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Production of Dipteran Parasitoids

Production of Dipteran Parasitoids

Attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris to host (Spodoptera frugiperda) frass is affected by transgenic maize

Host‐habitat conditioning in the eulophid egg parasitoid, Edovum puttleri: effects of herbivore's host and its food plant

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