The geographic mosaic of coevolution predicts parasite virulence should be locally adapted to the host community. Cotesia parasitoid wasps adapt to local lepidopteran species possibly through their symbiotic bracovirus. The virus, essential for the parasitism success, is at the heart of the complex coevolutionary relationship linking the wasps and their hosts. The large segmented genome contain...

We evaluated the effectiveness of using a blend volatiles that attract Cotesia vestalis , specialist parasitoid wasp diamondback moth (DBM) larvae, to control DBM larvae on cabbage plants under open field conditions. set three dispensers synthetic C. attractant together with one sugary-food feeder in plot (10 m × 1 m; treated plot) side pesticide-free agricultural (approximately 20 m) from June...

Upon herbivore feeding, plants emit complex bouquets of induced volatiles that may repel insect herbivores as well as attract parasitoids or predators. Due to differences in the temporal dynamics of individual components, the composition of the herbivore-induced plant volatile (HIPV) blend changes with time. Consequently, the response of insects associated with plants is not constant either. Us...