PMID- 35437949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220620 LR - 20220620 IS - 1526-4998 (Electronic) IS - 1526-498X (Linking) VI - 78 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Jul TI - Penetrance during Wolbachia-mediated parthenogenesis of Trichogramma wasps is reduced by continuous oviposition, associated with exhaustion of Wolbachia titers in ovary and offspring eggs. PG - 3080-3089 LID - 10.1002/ps.6934 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Thelytokous Wolbachia-infected Trichogramma wasps are superior to bisexual uninfected wasps regarding biological control programs. However, continuous oviposition weakens the parthenogenesis-inducing (PI) strength of Wolbachia. Whether this reduced PI strength relates to decreases in the titer of Wolbachia in the ovary and offspring eggs of Trichogramma remains unclear. Here, using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) methods, we investigated how the penetrance of Wolbachia-mediated parthenogenesis, Wolbachia density, and distributions of two Wolbachia-infected Trichogramma species, T. pretiosum (TP) and T. dendrolimi (TD), were influenced by different host access treatments [newly-emerged virgin females (NE), 7-day-old females without access to host eggs (NAH), and 7-day-old virgin females with access to host eggs (AH)]. RESULTS: Continuous oviposition decreased Wolbachia PI strength and titers in TP and TD. Continuous oviposition in AH decreased Wolbachia titers in abdomen and offspring eggs of TP and TD females, compared with NAH and NE; NAH had a lower thorax Wolbachia titer than NE. The numbers of parasitized host eggs and offspring wasps, and emergence rates of offspring deposited by AH were lower than those of NE and NAH, for either species. CONCLUSION: Weakened PI strength, driven by continuous oviposition in Trichogramma wasps, is associated with Wolbachia titer exhaustion in ovary and offspring eggs. Wolbachia density is dependent on PI strength in Trichogramma wasps, highlighting the side effects of continuous oviposition regarding thelytokous Wolbachia-infected Trichogramma in biological control programs. (c) 2022 Society of Chemical Industry. CI - (c) 2022 Society of Chemical Industry. FAU - Zhou, Jin-Cheng AU - Zhou JC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5904-0387 AD - College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, P. R. China. AD - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China. FAU - Shang, Dan AU - Shang D AD - College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, P. R. China. FAU - Qian, Qian AU - Qian Q AD - College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, P. R. China. FAU - Zhang, Chen AU - Zhang C AD - College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, P. R. China. FAU - Zhang, Li-Sheng AU - Zhang LS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9578-0094 AD - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China. FAU - Dong, Hui AU - Dong H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0084-8699 AD - College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, P. R. China. LA - eng GR - Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (CAAS-ZDRW202108)/ GR - Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities of Liaoning Province (LR2019061, LJKZ0646)/ GR - Major Projects of China National Tobacco Corporation (110202001032 (LS-01))/ GR - Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (2020-BS-137)/ GR - Projects of Guizhou Tobacco Corporation (201936, 201937, and 201941)/ GR - Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (32102275, 32172476)/ GR - Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province/ GR - Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program/ GR - China National Tobacco Corporation/ GR - National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220503 PL - England TA - Pest Manag Sci JT - Pest management science JID - 100898744 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Ovary MH - Oviposition MH - Parthenogenesis MH - Penetrance MH - *Wasps/genetics MH - *Wolbachia/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - biological control OT - egg parasitoid OT - endosymbiont OT - reproduction OT - thelytokous parthenogenesis EDAT- 2022/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/19 06:04 PHST- 2022/04/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/01/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/19 06:04 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ps.6934 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pest Manag Sci. 2022 Jul;78(7):3080-3089. doi: 10.1002/ps.6934. Epub 2022 May 3.