Multigenerational Insecticide Hormesis Enhances Fitness Traits in a Key Egg Parasitoid, <i>Trichogramma chilonis</i> Ishii

Hormesis for the intractable pests can be dreadful, but for natural enemies of pests, it is a puissant strategy in optimizing their mass rearing. We report multigenerational stimulatory effects of widely used insecticide, imidacloprid, on the demographic traits of an important egg parasitoid <i&g...

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Published in:	Agronomy
Main Authors:	Aishwarya Ray, Basana-Gowda Gadratagi, Dhanendra Kumar Rana, Farman Ullah, Totan Adak, Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi Govindharaj, Naveenkumar B Patil, Annamalai Mahendiran, Nicolas Desneux, Prakash Chandra Rath
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Subjects:	biological control demographic parameters hormesis imidacloprid sublethal effects
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/6/1392