Optimal Conditions for Diapause Survival of <i>Aprostocetus fukutai</i>, an Egg Parasitoid for Biological Control of <i>Anoplophora chinensis</i>

Optimal Conditions for Diapause Survival of <i>Aprostocetus fukutai</i>, an Egg Parasitoid for Biological Control of <i>Anoplophora chinensis</i>

<i>Aprostocetus fukutai</i> is a specialist egg parasitoid of the citrus longhorned beetle <i>Anoplophora chinensis</i>, a high-risk invasive pest of hardwood trees. The parasitoid overwinters as diapausing mature larvae within the host egg and emerges in early summer in sync...

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Main Authors: Xingeng Wang, Nathalie Ramualde, Ellen M. Aparicio, Matteo Maspero, Jian J. Duan, Lincoln Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
<i>Anoplophora</i>
<i>Aprostocetus</i>
classical biological control
egg parasitoid
diapause
invasive forest pest
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/6/535

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