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Interactions between the solitary endoparasitoid, Meteorus gyrator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its host, Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), infected with the entomopathogenic microsporidium, Vairimorpha necatrix (Microspora: Microsporidia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

R.E. Down ,
F. Smethurst ,
H.A. Bell  and
J.P. Edwards
R.E. Down*
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK
F. Smethurst
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK
H.A. Bell
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK
J.P. Edwards
Affiliation:
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK
*
*Fax: +44(0)1904 462 111 E-mail: r.down@csl.gov.uk
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Abstract

Infection of Lacanobia oleracea(Linnaeus) larvae with the microsporidium Vairimorpha necatrix(Kramer) resulted in significant effects on the survival and development of the braconid parasitoid, Meteorus gyrator(Thunberg). Female M. gyrator did not show any avoidance of V. necatrix-infected hosts when they were selecting hosts for oviposition. When parasitism occurred at the same time as infection by the pathogen, or up to four days later, no significant detrimental effects on the parasitoid were observed. However, when parasitism occurred six to eight days after infection, a greater proportion(12.5–14%) of hosts died before parasitoid larvae egressed. Successful eclosion of adult wasps was also reduced. When parasitism and infection were concurrent, parasitoid larval development was significantly faster in infected hosts, and cocoons were significantly heavier. However, as the time interval between infection and parasitism increased, parasitoid larval development was significantly extended by up to two days, and the cocoons formed were significantly (c. 20%) smaller. Vairimorpha necatrix spores were ingested by the developing parasitoid larvae, accumulated in the occluded midgut, and were excreted in the meconium upon pupation.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 133 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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