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The performance of Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on different host plants

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Oomyzus sokolowskii Kurdjumov is a larval endoparasitoid of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L., which is one of the most destructive pests of cruciferous vegetables worldwide. The performance of O. sokolowskii parasitizing P. xylostella on cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis), pakchoi (Brassica chinensis), cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata), and broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) was determined under laboratory conditions. Our results showed that O. sokolowskii performed best on cauliflower compared with the others, with the greatest net reproductive rate (R o = 34.99), intrinsic rate of increase (r m = 0.196), offspring emerged/host larva (9.0), percentage of parasitized host larvae with adults emerged (67.6 %), adults produced (43.6/female), and the shortest developmental time from egg to adult (15.8 days). Chinese cabbage-, pakchoi-, cabbage-, and cauliflower-adapted O. sokolowskii performed the best in percentage of parasitized host larvae with adults emerged, offspring adults produced per female, and offspring produced per host larva when parasitizing fourth instar P. xylostella larvae on cauliflower. The percentage of host-adapted female O. sokolowskii parasitizing different host-adapted fourth instar P. xylostella larvae was similar. Based on our results, we suggest that O. sokolowskii had performed best on cauliflower, which might be the best host plant to rear O. sokolowskii.

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This work was partially supported by the National Basic Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China (973 Program, 2012CB114105), the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest (201303019), and China Agriculture Research System (CARS-25-B-06). We are grateful for the assistance of all staff and students in the Key Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Northwest A&F University at Yangling, Shaanxi, China.

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Li, XW., Niu, YQ. & Liu, TX. The performance of Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on different host plants. Appl Entomol Zool 49, 67–75 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-013-0225-z

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