Aphidius ervi SA strain genome
Aphidius ervi
Adult parasitoids (males and females) were collected live and stored in 1.5 ml centrifuge tubes containing ethanol 95% at -20°C until DNA extraction
strain
Sitobion avenae (SA)
age
adult
dev_stage
adult
sex
pooled male and female
tissue
whole body
biomaterial_provider
Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
breeding_history
Aphidius ervi parasitoids were reared in fresh host plants containing wasp-naïve aphids from the same aphid host from which they emerged under controlled conditions [16 h light: 8 h dark, 20°C]. Grain aphids were maintained on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). These lineages were propagated for approximately 75 generations under controlled conditions . Each week, fresh host plants containing wasp-naïve aphids were introduced into the A. ervi rearing cages for parasitoid population maintenance, together with vials containing diluted honey and water for adult parasitoid feeding. Further reduction of intra-population genetic differences was accomplished by establishing isofemale parasitoid lines. These isofemale lines were maintained as described previously and propagated for approximately 10 generations before wasps' collection for genomic sequencing.
collected_by
Gabriel Ballesteros
isolation_source
These lineages were first collected as parasitized aphids (recognizable as mummies) from fields of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Chile: Region de Los Rios.
lat_lon
39.51 S 73.7 W
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal