Data from: Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia

The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is native to Asia where it is an occasional pest of soybean, Glycine max (L.). Aphis glycines was found during 2000 in North America and since then has spread throughout much of the area where soybean is grown. In Asia, A. glycines seldom reaches damaging levels; however in North America, it has become the most important insect pest of soybean, decreasing yields and incurring large control costs. Field surveys and exclosure experiments in China showed that natural enemies can limit soybean aphid abundance. A project to find, evaluate, and introduce Asian natural enemies into North America was initiated in 2001, with an emphasis on parasitoids. To ensure that introductions of exotic parasitoids would have minimum impact on non-target species, we tested host specificity of all candidates for introduction. These data sets provide results of no-choice laboratory experiments on host specificity of 13 populations in seven species from three species complexes in the genus Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). They also provide results of experiments on the mechanisms of host specificity in three parasitoid species with narrow host ranges.
See the included README file list for more details on methods and citations for these data files. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Data dictionary for data from: Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia. File Name: data_dictionary_host_specificity_of_Aphelinus.csvResource Title: Collection information for Aphelinus species from soybean aphid for: Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia. File Name: Aphelinus_soybean_aphid_culture_data.csvResource Title: Parasitism of aphid species by Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid. File Name: Aphelinus_soybean_aphid_host_use.csvResource Title: Parasitism of Aphis species by Aphelinus coreae. File Name: Aphelinus_coreae_with_Aphis_species.csvResource Title: Parasitism of Aphis species by Aphelinus glycinis. File Name: Aphelinus_glycinis_with_Aphis_species.csvResource Title: Parasitism of Aphis species by Aphelinus rhamni. File Name: Aphelinus_rhamni_with_Aphis_species.csvResource Title: Summary behavior of Aphelinus coreae exposed to various aphid species. File Name: Aphelinus_coreae_behavior_summary.csvResource Title: Detailed behavior of female Aphelinus coreae and various aphid species. File Name: Aphelinus_coreae_behavior_detailed.csvResource Title: Summary behavior of female Aphelinus glycinis exposed to various aphid species. File Name: Aphelinus_glycinis_behavior_summary.csvResource Title: Detailed behavior of female Aphelinus glycinis and various aphid species. File Name: Aphelinus_glycinis_behavior_detailed.csvResource Title: Summary behavior of female Aphelinus rhamni exposed to various aphid species. File Name: Aphelinus_rhamni_behavior_summary.csvResource Title: Detailed behavior of female Aphelinus rhamni and aphid species. File Name: Aphelinus_rhamni_behavior_detailed.csvResource Title: README file list for Data from: Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia. File Name: file_list_HostSpecificityAphelinusAsia.txt

大豆蚜虫，学名 Aphis glycines Matsumura（同翅目：蚜科），原产于亚洲，在当地大豆（学名 Glycine max L.）上偶见为害。Aphis glycines 于2000年在北美被发现，自此以来已扩散至大豆种植区域的大部分地区。在亚洲，A. glycines 很少达到造成损害的水平；然而在北美，它已成为大豆最重要的虫害，导致产量下降并产生巨大的控制成本。中国的田间调查和隔离实验表明，天敌可以限制大豆蚜虫的密度。一项旨在寻找、评估和将亚洲天敌引入北美的研究项目于2001年启动，重点关注寄生蜂。为确保引入的外来寄生蜂对非靶标物种的影响最小，我们对所有候选引入物种进行了宿主特异性测试。这些数据集提供了来自大豆蚜虫的亚洲Aphelinus物种（膜翅目：蚜小蜂科）13个种群在7个物种中3个物种复合体中的宿主特异性实验室实验结果。它们还提供了关于具有狭窄宿主范围的3个寄生蜂物种宿主特异性机制实验结果。详见所附README文件中的方法及参考文献详细信息。本数据集包含以下资源：

资源标题：来自大豆蚜虫亚洲Aphelinus物种宿主特异性数据的数据字典。文件名：data_dictionary_host_specificity_of_Aphelinus.csv

资源标题：用于亚洲大豆蚜虫Aphelinus物种采集信息的收集。文件名：Aphelinus_soybean_aphid_culture_data.csv

资源标题：Aphelinus物种对蚜虫物种的寄生。文件名：Aphelinus_soybean_aphid_host_use.csv

资源标题：Aphelinus coreae 对Aphis物种的寄生。文件名：Aphelinus_coreae_with_Aphis_species.csv

资源标题：Aphelinus glycinis 对Aphis物种的寄生。文件名：Aphelinus_glycinis_with_Aphis_species.csv

资源标题：Aphelinus rhamni 对Aphis物种的寄生。文件名：Aphelinus_rhamni_with_Aphis_species.csv

资源标题：暴露于各种蚜虫物种的Aphelinus coreae的行为总结。文件名：Aphelinus_coreae_behavior_summary.csv

资源标题：雌性Aphelinus coreae与各种蚜虫物种的详细行为。文件名：Aphelinus_coreae_behavior_detailed.csv

资源标题：暴露于各种蚜虫物种的雌性Aphelinus glycinis的行为总结。文件名：Aphelinus_glycinis_behavior_summary.csv

资源标题：雌性Aphelinus glycinis与各种蚜虫物种的详细行为。文件名：Aphelinus_glycinis_behavior_detailed.csv

资源标题：暴露于各种蚜虫物种的雌性Aphelinus rhamni的行为总结。文件名：Aphelinus_rhamni_behavior_summary.csv

资源标题：雌性Aphelinus rhamni与蚜虫物种的详细行为。文件名：Aphelinus_rhamni_behavior_detailed.csv

资源标题：来自大豆蚜虫亚洲Aphelinus物种宿主特异性数据的README文件列表。文件名：file_list_HostSpecificityAphelinusAsia.txt