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The effect of leguminous plant species on Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and its egg parasitoid Uscana lariophaga (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. van Huis  and
M. de Rooy
A. van Huis*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
M. de Rooy
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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* Fax: 31 317 484821 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The performance of the egg parasitoid Uscana lariophaga Steffan was studied when reared on eggs of the bruchid storage pest, Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius) developing in seeds of cowpea, chickpea and pigeonpea. The beetle laid more and larger eggs on pigeonpea than on cowpea and chickpea, indicating that there was not a trade-off between number and size of the eggs. The bruchid larvae reared on pigeonpea exhibited a longer development time and a higher mortality than those reared on cowpea and chickpea. The resulting males weighed less than those reared on cowpea and chickpea. The trichogrammatid U. lariophaga parasitized more eggs when C. maculatus was reared on chickpea than when reared on the other hosts. Parasitoid larvae developed slowest and had the highest mortality in eggs of C. maculatus reared on pigeonpea compared to those reared on cowpea and chickpea; the sex ratio (% of females) of the resulting adults was also higher. The high mortality and long development time of C. maculatus reared on pigeonpea indicated that this legume was less favourable to C. maculatus than chickpea or cowpea. This was probably also true for the parasitoid since the mortality was higher and development longer in eggs of C. maculatus reared on pigeonpea compared to those reared on cowpea and chickpea. Therefore, when host eggs were larger and of lower nutritional quality, the proportion of female egg parasitoids was greater.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 93 - 99
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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