Kirankumar, G.N., Suroshe, S.S., Chaitanya, M., Srinivas, K., Keerthi, M.C., & Chander, S. 2025 Functional response of temperature tolerant and control strain of Aenasius arizonensis against different densities of Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley. Phytoparasitica 53: 37

Keywords:

biological control

heat-treatment

natural enemies

Notes: The current experiment evaluated the performance of temperature-tolerant (36ºC) and control strain (27ºC) of A. arizonensis against varying densities (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64) of the third instar P. solenopsis nymphs in the laboratory conditions of respective temperatures, 65 ± 5% RH and 12L: 12D photoperiod. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to explore the functional response of temperature-tolerant strains of A. arizonensis from India. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-025-01260-z