http://ricehoppers.net Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ricehoppers.net/2012/01/searching-efficiency-of-egg-parasitoid-enhanced-by-sesame-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-24392 Geoff Gurr Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:28:03 +0000 http://ricehoppers.net/?p=4103#comment-24392 It's good to see this posting. Zhu Ping Yang has been doing a great job over the last year examining the effects of nectar on ricehopper parasitoids. He has amassed a large body of rather exciting results demonstrating attraction to and enhanced longevity, realised fecundity from access to sesame flowers on the part of two parasitoid species. With current work by him based at IRRI the study is being broadened to include predatory species. I think this will lead to a number of international journal papers later this year. It’s good to see this posting. Zhu Ping Yang has been doing a great job over the last year examining the effects of nectar on ricehopper parasitoids. He has amassed a large body of rather exciting results demonstrating attraction to and enhanced longevity, realised fecundity from access to sesame flowers on the part of two parasitoid species. With current work by him based at IRRI the study is being broadened to include predatory species. I think this will lead to a number of international journal papers later this year.

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