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Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia

SIMPLE SUMMARY: It has been known that fig pollinating wasps can transfer nematodes when they enter receptive figs to deposit their eggs (male figs in male trees) and pollinate the flowers (female figs in female trees) of a dioecious fig tree. However, the fate of nematodes transferred into female f...

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Autores principales: Jauharlina, Oktarina, Hartati, Sriwati, Rina, Sayuthi, Muhammad, Kanzaki, Natsumi, Quinnell, Rupert J., Compton, Stephen G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9030183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447762
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13040320
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author Jauharlina,
Oktarina, Hartati
Sriwati, Rina
Sayuthi, Muhammad
Kanzaki, Natsumi
Quinnell, Rupert J.
Compton, Stephen G.
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Oktarina, Hartati
Sriwati, Rina
Sayuthi, Muhammad
Kanzaki, Natsumi
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: It has been known that fig pollinating wasps can transfer nematodes when they enter receptive figs to deposit their eggs (male figs in male trees) and pollinate the flowers (female figs in female trees) of a dioecious fig tree. However, the fate of nematodes transferred into female figs was unknown, since the pollinating wasps that enter female figs cannot reproduce. This study examined whether the nematodes transferred by pollinating wasps into female figs of Ficus hispida could develop and reproduce in the same way as in male figs. Three species of nematodes were found to develop within the male and female figs of F. hispida, with populations peaking at about the same time for both sexes of figs. Our findings showed that the female figs could support the growth and reproduction of the three nematodes; however, there was no pollinator offspring to transfer the nematodes out of the figs. The results provide a better understanding of the development of nematodes in male and female figs of a dioecious fig tree, which may also influence the biodiversity of the tropical ecosystem. ABSTRACT: Nematodes can grow within the inflorescences of many fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae); however, the feeding behaviour of most nematodes is not known. Fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) transfer nematodes into young figs upon the wasps’ entry into the figs to deposit their eggs. Most Asian fig trees, however, are functionally dioecious, and the pollinating wasps that enter female figs are unable to reproduce. They fail to produce the offspring required to carry the new generations of nematodes. We examined whether female figs of F. hispida can nonetheless support the development of phoretic nematode populations. Nematodes were extracted from male and female figs sampled in Sumatra, Indonesia, to compare the growth of their populations within the figs. We found three species of nematodes that grew within figs of male and female trees of F. hispida: Ficophagus cf. centerae (Aphelenchoididae), Martininema baculum (Aphelenchoididae) and Caenorhabditis sp (Rhabditidae). The latter species (Caenorhabditis sp.) has never been reported to be associated with F. hispida before. Nematode populations peaked at around 120–140 individuals in both sexes of figs, at the time when a succeeding generation of adult fig wasps appeared within male figs. The female figs could support the growth and reproduction of the three nematodes species; however, the absence of vectors meant that female figs remained as traps from which there could be no escape.
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spelling pubmed-90301832022-04-23 Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia Jauharlina, Oktarina, Hartati Sriwati, Rina Sayuthi, Muhammad Kanzaki, Natsumi Quinnell, Rupert J. Compton, Stephen G. Insects Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: It has been known that fig pollinating wasps can transfer nematodes when they enter receptive figs to deposit their eggs (male figs in male trees) and pollinate the flowers (female figs in female trees) of a dioecious fig tree. However, the fate of nematodes transferred into female figs was unknown, since the pollinating wasps that enter female figs cannot reproduce. This study examined whether the nematodes transferred by pollinating wasps into female figs of Ficus hispida could develop and reproduce in the same way as in male figs. Three species of nematodes were found to develop within the male and female figs of F. hispida, with populations peaking at about the same time for both sexes of figs. Our findings showed that the female figs could support the growth and reproduction of the three nematodes; however, there was no pollinator offspring to transfer the nematodes out of the figs. The results provide a better understanding of the development of nematodes in male and female figs of a dioecious fig tree, which may also influence the biodiversity of the tropical ecosystem. ABSTRACT: Nematodes can grow within the inflorescences of many fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae); however, the feeding behaviour of most nematodes is not known. Fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) transfer nematodes into young figs upon the wasps’ entry into the figs to deposit their eggs. Most Asian fig trees, however, are functionally dioecious, and the pollinating wasps that enter female figs are unable to reproduce. They fail to produce the offspring required to carry the new generations of nematodes. We examined whether female figs of F. hispida can nonetheless support the development of phoretic nematode populations. Nematodes were extracted from male and female figs sampled in Sumatra, Indonesia, to compare the growth of their populations within the figs. We found three species of nematodes that grew within figs of male and female trees of F. hispida: Ficophagus cf. centerae (Aphelenchoididae), Martininema baculum (Aphelenchoididae) and Caenorhabditis sp (Rhabditidae). The latter species (Caenorhabditis sp.) has never been reported to be associated with F. hispida before. Nematode populations peaked at around 120–140 individuals in both sexes of figs, at the time when a succeeding generation of adult fig wasps appeared within male figs. The female figs could support the growth and reproduction of the three nematodes species; however, the absence of vectors meant that female figs remained as traps from which there could be no escape. MDPI 2022-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9030183/ /pubmed/35447762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13040320 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Jauharlina,
Oktarina, Hartati
Sriwati, Rina
Sayuthi, Muhammad
Kanzaki, Natsumi
Quinnell, Rupert J.
Compton, Stephen G.
Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia
title Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia
title_full Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia
title_fullStr Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia
title_short Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia
title_sort association of fig pollinating wasps and fig nematodes inside male and female figs of a dioecious fig tree in sumatra, indonesia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9030183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447762
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13040320
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