Biocontrol Science and Technology (2001) 11, 13-20

B. Pintureau and P. Bolland (2001)
A Trichogramma species showing a better adaptation to high temperature than its symbionts
Biocontrol Science and Technology 11 (1), 13-20
Abstract: High temperature cures Wolbachia endocytobionts in their symbiotic Trichogramma hosts reproducing by thelytokous parthenogenesis, and restores a bisexual reproduction. This restoration occurs at a lower temperature in T. cordubensis than in T. pretiosum. High temperature affects host biological characteristics to a lesser extent in T. cordubensis than in T. pretiosum. Therefore, adaptive differences to thermal conditions not only exist among Wolbachia symbionts but also among their Trichogramma hosts, and these differences appear to be independent in the two partners.
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Database assignments for author(s): Bernard Christian Jacques Pintureau

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Trichogramma cordubensis (parasitoid)
Trichogramma pretiosum (parasitoid)