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Hoch, G; Solter, LF; Schopf, A.
(2009): Treatment of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae) host larvae with polydnavirus/ venom of a braconid parasitoid increases spore production of entomopathogenic microsporidia
BIOCONTROL SCI TECHN. 2009; 19: 35-42. FullText FullText_BOKU

Abstract:: Female Glyptapanteles liparidis (Hym., Braconidae) were irradiated in a caesium-137 irradiator; these wasps oviposit nonviable eggs along with polydnavirus and venom into the host (=pseudoparasitization). When Lymantria dispar larvae were infected with microsporidian species for which they are permissive or semi-permissive hosts, spore production was higher in pseudoparasitized than in unparasitized larvae.
Authors BOKU Wien:: Hoch Gernot; Schopf Axel
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