Abstract
Galeopsomyia fausta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a thelytokous parasitic wasp attacking the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). To improve the performance of that wasp as a natural enemy, the nature of its uniparental reproduction was studied. It was found that the production of males can be induced by antibiotic treatments, but attempts to establish a biparental G. fausta line have failed. The reproductive barrier between antibiotic-induced males and conspecific females appears to be the non-receptivity of females. The results imply involvement of microorganisms in the thelytokous reproduction of G. fausta, but no Wolbachia was detected in polymerase chain reaction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 212-218 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Phytoparasitica |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank S. Domeratzky, M. Giladi and M. Zeidan tbr technical assistance, and N. Katzir for frnittul collaboration. This research was partially supported by a grant fi'om the United States-lsrael Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Jerusalem, Israel, and The Israel Science Foundation founded by the Academy of Sciences and Hunaanities.
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
Keywords
- Biological control
- Parthenogenesis
- Reproductive barrier
- Sex ratio
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