Color and Height Influence the Effectiveness of an Artificial Feeding Site for a Larval Endoparasitoid, Cotesia Vestalis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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An effective means of supplying food to Cotesia vestalis, the larval endoparasitoid of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, was examined in a laboratory and an experimental small greenhouse. Compared to the red and blue boards, yellow boards significantly attracted parasitoids in the laboratory and in the small greenhouse, the yellow feeding site was more effectively utilized by parasitoids than the white one. The parasitoid tended to utilize a feeding site hung 50 cm above ground more than one hung 200 cm above ground, hence we concluded that color and height were important factors for the recognition of the feeding sites by C. vestalis.

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Creator MITSUNAGA Takayuki SHIMODA Takeshi MUKAWA Shigeyuki KOBORI Youichi GOTO Chie SUZUKI Yoshito YANO Eizi
Subject

Plutella xylostella

artificial food supply

integrated pest management (IPM)

Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Available Online
NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 46
Issue 2
spage 161
epage 166
DOI 10.6090/jarq.46.161
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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