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    Effects of selected physical and chemical treatments of Colorado potato beetle eggs on host acceptance and development of the parasitic wasp, Edovum puttleri (1999)
    Springer
    Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 90 (1999), S. 237-245 
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    ISSN: 1570-7458
    Keywords: physical and chemical effects ; parasitization ; Colorado potato beetle ; Leptinotarsa decemlineata ; Coleoptera ; Chrysomelidae ; Edovum puttleri ; Hymenoptera ; Eulophidae ; UV irradiation ; host age ; freezing ; kairomone
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Effects of various physical and chemical treatments of Colorado potato beetle [Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)] eggs on parasitization and development of the egg parasitoid Edovum puttleri (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) were investigated. UV irradiation did not affect host acceptance but reduced host suitability for UV exposure times ≥90 min. Susceptibility of host eggs to UV irradiation varied with host age; eggs were most vulnerable to damage from irradiation at 12, 18, and 24 h post-oviposition. The rate of parasitization also was influenced by host age. Percent parasitization was greatest in freshly laid eggs and 24–30 h old eggs. Seventy-seven percent of host eggs frozen at −20 °C (5 min) were parasitized by E. puttleri, but extended exposure of eggs to −20 °C reduced both acceptance and suitability. Host eggs that had been washed with hexane (removal of kairomone and sticky layer) also were parasitized. After 5 min of washing, application of kairomone significantly increased the rate of parasitism (from 74.7% to 88.2%), but with longer periods of washing, kairomone application had no significant effect on percent parasitism. Thus, the sticky material(s) coating the egg did not appear to be essential for parasitization to occur. Our results provide effective methods and times for treating Colorado potato beetle eggs to maximize parasitization and development of E. puttleri.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026425813762
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    In vitro rearing of Edovum puttleri, an egg parasitoid of the Colorado potato beetle – development from egg through the pupal stage (1998)
    Springer
    BioControl 43 (1998), S. 1-16 
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    ISSN: 1573-8248
    Keywords: artificial diet ; Coleoptera ; Chrysomelidae ; Eulophidae ; Hymenoptera ; metamorphosis ; molting
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract A variety of semi-defined artificial diets were developed and tested for their ability to support the in vitro development of Edovum puttleri. In the most effective diet, 2.6% of E. puttleri pupated. This diet contained high levels of hen egg yolk combined with Manduca sexta larval hemolymph, or with a mixture of M. sexta egg homogenate and larval hemolymph. Egg homogenate alone (without the addition of hemolymph) was not capable of supporting the parasitoid's development. Thus, hemolymph appears to contain unidentified factor(s) important for inducing pupation of the wasp. Addition of M. sexta pupal fat body tissue extract (in place of hemolymph) also promoted pupation of E. puttleri. Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) larval hemolymph could not replace M. sexta larval hemolymph. Fractionation irreversibly reduced the growth-promoting effects of M. sexta larval hemolymph. However, the most effective fraction contained components whose molecular weights were ≥1000 kd. In diets that were devoid of insect materials, the best results were achieved when hen egg yolk, FreAmine, yeast extract, lactalbumin, trehalose, fetal bovine serum and bovine milk were included. This is the first report of an artificial diet for in vitro rearing an eulophid parasitoid from the egg through the pupal stage.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009955804243
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    3-oxoecdysteroid 3β-reductase in various organs of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) (1991)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 17 (1991), S. 93-106 
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    ISSN: 0739-4462
    Keywords: ketoreductase ; 3-dehydroecdysone ; ecdysone ; Chemistry ; Food Science, Agricultural, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Extracts of brains, subesophageal ganglia, Malpighian tubules, mandibular glands, proctodaea, salivary glands, testes, and fat body from mature fifth-stage European corn borer larvae contain a 3-oxoecdysteroid 3β-reductase that converts 3-dehydroecdysone to an RIA-detectable ecdysteroid that has the same retention time (on HPLC and TLC) as ecdysone. Enzyme activity is destroyed by boiling, exposure to organic solvents, and treatment with trypsin. The reductase has a molecular weight in the range of 24-37 kD and is dependent upon the presence of NADPH for activity. Under the conditions utilized here, subesophageal ganglia, proctodaea, and brain extracts exhibited the highest specific activity; mandibular glands, testes, salivary glands, and Malpighian tubules had moderate specific activity; and fat body had the least. Based on total organ activity, however, fat body and salivary glands had the greates activity; testes, Malpighian tubules, mandibular glands, and proctodaeum had moderate activity; and brain and subesophageal ganglion had the least.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arch.940170204
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