TY  - JOUR
TI  - The performance of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Parasitoids Feeding on Honey Sources
AB  - The effectiveness of parasitoids as organism for biological control is attimes limited by food sources. Most of parasitoids rely on carbohydratefoods to enhance their longevity and reproductive capacity. Honey is themiraculous product of honey bees and is naturally delicious. Apreliminary study was conducted on the use of different kinds of honeyas food sources for the Trichogramma species. The value of honey as afood source for Trichogramma was evaluated by testing the influence ofseveral honey diets on parasitism and longevity in the laboratory. Themost commonly available honey is made from a variety of flowers, pine,citrus, chestnut, sunflower, and cotton. Trichogramma females fed onchestnut and sunflower honey parasitized relatively more than when fedon citrus honey. Trichogramma females fed on flower, sunflower, andcitrus honey survived drastically longer than females fed on chestnut andpine honey. These results showed that supplying sugar, sunflower, andflower honey to Trichogramma resulted in greater longevity and totalfecundity. Overall, feeding Trichogramma females on different kinds ofhoney had a negligible effect on parasitization but did certainly affectlongevity. Of the Trichogramma species evaluated, T. brassicae appearsto be the most suitable parasitoids regarding high parasitization andlonger life span.
AU  - bakir, sevgi
AU  - TUNÇBILEK, AYDIN SÜZÜ
AU  - Silici, Sibel
AU  - BİLBİL, Hüsniye
DO  - 10.15832/ankutbd.702736
PY  - 2021
JO  - Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 1300-7580
SP  - 400
EP  - 406
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/462452
ER  -