Larval and/or Adult Exposure to Intraguild Predator Harmonia axyridis Alters Reproductive Allocation Decisions and Offspring Growth in Menochilus sexmaculatus
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plants and Insects
2.2. Pre-Experimental Procedures
2.3. Oviposition Responses by M. sexmaculatus Females
2.4. Offspring Growth
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Oviposition Responses by M. sexmaculatus Females
3.2. Offspring Growth
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Yu, X.; Tang, R.; Liu, T.; Qiu, B. Larval and/or Adult Exposure to Intraguild Predator Harmonia axyridis Alters Reproductive Allocation Decisions and Offspring Growth in Menochilus sexmaculatus. Insects 2023, 14, 496. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14060496
Yu X, Tang R, Liu T, Qiu B. Larval and/or Adult Exposure to Intraguild Predator Harmonia axyridis Alters Reproductive Allocation Decisions and Offspring Growth in Menochilus sexmaculatus. Insects. 2023; 14(6):496. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14060496
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Xinglin, Rui Tang, Tongxian Liu, and Baoli Qiu. 2023. "Larval and/or Adult Exposure to Intraguild Predator Harmonia axyridis Alters Reproductive Allocation Decisions and Offspring Growth in Menochilus sexmaculatus" Insects 14, no. 6: 496. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14060496