Microplitis croceipes

Tomberlin, J. K., M. Tertuliano, G. Rains and W. J. Lewis, Conditioned Microplitis croceipes Cresson (Hymenopteria Braconidae) Detect and Respond to 2,4 DNT Development of a Biological Sensor, 7. Forensic Sci., Sept. 2005, Vol. 50, No. 5, 5 pages. Paper ID JPS2005014, Available online at www.astm.org... 

Rains, G. C., Tomberlin, J. K., M. D Alessandro and W. J. Lewis, Limits of Volatile Chemical Detection of a Parasitoid Wasp, Microplitis croceipes, and an Electronic Nose A Comparative Study, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Vol. 47(6) 2145-2152, 2004. 

Microplitis croceipes Helicoverpa and Heliothis spp. Cotton, cowpea, + McCall et al., 1993 Turlings et al.,... 

McCall, P. J., Turlings, T. C. J., Lewis, W. J. and Tumhnson, J. H. (1993). Role of plant volatiles in host location by the specialist parasitoid Microplitis croceipes Cresson (Braconidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Insect Behavior 6 625-639. 

Nordlund, D. A. and Sauls, . E. (1981). Kairomones and their use for management of entomophagous insects. 11. Effect of host plants onkairomonal activity of frass from Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) larvae for the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 7 1057-1061. 

Takasu, K. and Lewis, W. J. (1995). Importance of adult food sources to host searching of the larval parasitoid Microplitis croceipes. Biological Control 5 25-30. 

The diet of the host may play a significant role in host preference. Hendry et al. (1976) reported that corn contains tricosane, the kairomone for Tricho-gramma evanescens which was first isolated from Heliothis zea, a com feeder. Sauls et al. (1979) reported that the frass of H. zea reared on different diets differed significantly in its kairomonal activity for Microplitis croceipes. Thus, the preference for a given host may be influenced by the food consumed by the host, possibly, a particular host might be able to escape parasitoidism by feeding on certain plants or food resources. 

Edson, K. M. and Vinson, S. B. (1976) The function of the anal vesicle in respiration and excretion in the braconid wasp, Microplitis croceips. J. Insect Physiol, 2, 1037-43. 

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