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characteristics of braconid wasp
In braconid …living within their hosts, or ectoparasitic, living on their hosts. Endoparasitic females lay an egg or eggs in the larvae or eggs of the host. The braconid larva remains within the host’s body at least until it enters the resting stage (pupa). The pupa may be formed in the body… Read More
definition
In parasitism Parasites may be characterized as ectoparasites—including ticks, fleas, leeches, and lice—which live on the body surface of the host and do not themselves commonly cause disease in the host; or endoparasites, which may be either intercellular (inhabiting spaces in the host’s body) or intracellular Read More
effect on plant roots
In plant disease: Nematode diseases Many important ectoparasites feed on plant roots—dagger nematodes (Xiphinema), stubby-root nematodes (Trichodorus), spiral nematodes (Rotylenchus and Helicotylenchus), sting nematodes (Belonolaimus), and pin nematodes (Paratylenchus). Leaf, or foliar, nematodes (Aphelenchoides species) and bulb and stem nematodes (Ditylenchus dipsaci) cause severe losses in vegetable and ornamental bulb crops, clovers Read More
life cycle of Platyhelminthes
In flatworm: Development …majority of the Monogenea are ectoparasitic (externally parasitic) on fish. The eggs hatch in water. The larva, known as an oncomiracidium, is heavily ciliated (has actively moving hairlike projections) and bears numerous posterior hooks. It must attach to a host before it can grow and mature. In some species (e.g.,… Read More
