endoparasitism

biology

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characteristics of braconid wasp

  • Braconid wasp (Apanteles)
    In braconid

    Braconids are either endoparasitic, 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…

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definition

  • dodder
    In parasitism

    …disease in the host; or endoparasites, which may be either intercellular (inhabiting spaces in the host’s body) or intracellular (inhabiting cells in the host’s body). Intracellular parasites—such as bacteria or viruses—often rely on a third organism, known as the carrier, or vector, to transmit them to the host. Malaria, which…

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effect on plants

  • blight
    In plant disease: Nematode diseases

    species), cosmopolitan in distribution, are endoparasites that cause severe losses to hundreds of different crop and ornamental plants by penetrating roots and making their way through the tissues, breaking down the cells as they feed. They deposit eggs from which new colonies develop. After a root begins to decline in…

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