CHEMICAL CUES INDUCED FROM FLY-OVIPOSITION MEDIATE THE HOST-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF FOPIUS ARISANUS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE), AN EFFECTIVE EGG PARASITOID OF BACTROCERA DORSALIS (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE), WITHIN A TRITROPHIC CONTEXT

Chemical Cues Induced from Fly-Oviposition Mediate the Host-Seeking Behaviour of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Effective Egg Parasitoid of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), within a Tritrophic Context

Fopius arisanus is a solitary endoparasitoid that parasitizes a variety of tephritid species.Native to the Indo-Australian region, it is currently exploited worldwide as a biological control agent due to its exceptional efficiency in reducing Hair Care pest populations.The efficiency of any biological control program is affected by the host locatio

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Moving apart together: co-movement of a symbiont community and their ant host, and its importance for community assembly

Abstract Background Species interactions may affect spatial dynamics when the movement of one species is determined by the presence of another one.The most direct species-dependence of dispersal is vectored, usually cross-kingdom, movement of immobile parasites, diseases or seeds by mobile animals.Joint movements of species should, however, not be

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A multilayer system to boost the robustness of fingerprint authentication against presentation attacks by fusion with heart-signal

Vulnerability to presentation attacks (PAs) remains one of the main security concerns of the widely used fingerprint-based authentication systems, especially for unattended and remote applications.PAs can Breast Pads be carried out by presenting artifact, corpse, or conformant samples to a biometric sensor with the intention of circumventing the sy

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A new critical methodology of cosmopoliticization

A critical methodology of cosmopoliticization describes a new theoretically guided approach of empirical analysis to capture phenomena and quality of cosmopoliticization.The study and interpretation of cosmopoliticization and cosmopolitanism needs a critical pivot that draws on empirical issues and social facts to some extent to advance the theoriz

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