Biocontrol Science and Technology (2009) 19, S35-S42

Gernot Hoch, Leellen F. Solter and Axel Schopf (2009)
Treatment of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae) host larvae with polydnavirus/venom of a braconid parasitoid increases spore production of entomopathogenic microsporidia
Biocontrol Science and Technology 19 (S1), S35-S42
Abstract: Female Glyptapanteles liparidis (Hym., Braconidae) were irradiated in a caesium-137 irradiator; these wasps oviposit nonviable eggs along with polydnavirus and venom into the host (=pseudoparasitization). When Lymantria dispar larvae were infected with microsporidian species for which they are permissive or semi-permissive hosts, spore production was higher in pseudoparasitized than in unparasitized larvae.
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Database assignments for author(s): Gernot Hoch, Axel Schopf

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.
	Lymantria dispar
Glyptapanteles liparidis (parasitoid)	Lymantria dispar
Vairimorpha necatrix (entomopathogen)	Lymantria dispar
Nosema portugal (entomopathogen)	Lymantria dispar