@article{article_328478, title={Investigations on host and host egg preference of Trichogramma brassicae, T. cacoeciae and T. evanescens}, journal={Plant Protection Bulletin}, volume={57}, pages={423–432}, year={2017}, DOI={10.16955/bitkorb.328478}, author={Özder, Nihal and Kara, Gürkan}, keywords={Trichogramma brassicae,Trichogramma cacoecia,Trichogramma evanescens,host age,host preference}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">This study was designed to determine the preference of
host and host eggs of <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:10pt;">Trichogrammma
brassicae Bezdenko, T. cacoeciae
Marchal and T. evanescens Westwood
(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) at laboratory conditions ( </span> </font> </span>25±1 0C <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">temperature </span>, 65-70% <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">relative humidity, 16/8 hour light/dark period) on <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:10pt;">Ephestia kuehniella Zeller and Cadra
cautella Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Eggs of different ages were
evaluated. All of the three parasitoids species preferred to 1 day old eggs
than the 2 or 3 days old eggs of E.
kuehniella and C. cautella. Significantly
higher parasitized eggs were determined as 1 day old eggs of E. kuehniella. Wasps reared from each
source were tested on the source host and target host. Under the conditions E. kuehniella was a good host. We found
that being reared on alternate host </span> </font> ( <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:10pt;">C. cautella </span> </font>) decreased the parasitized
eggs on the target E. kuehniella. </span> <b> <u> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> </u> </b> </p> <p> <b> <u> </u> </b> </p> <b> <u> </u> </b>}, number={4}, publisher={TARIM VE ORMAN BAKANLIĞI EĞİTİM VE YAYIN DAİRESİ BAŞKANLIĞI}