The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser

Ficus deltoidea Jack (Moraceae), a dioecious fig tree with seven varieties can be found in Peninsular Malaysia. Their lives mutually depend on fig wasps, Blastophaga spp. (Agaonidae), to disperse pollen, which in turn supports the offspring's growth. Blastophaga quadrupes is the only described...

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Main Author:	Mohammad Naser, Nur Badrina
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Longevity
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88749/1/88749.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.887492024-01-02T02:18:02Z The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser 2023 Mohammad Naser, Nur Badrina Longevity Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants Ficus deltoidea Jack (Moraceae), a dioecious fig tree with seven varieties can be found in Peninsular Malaysia. Their lives mutually depend on fig wasps, Blastophaga spp. (Agaonidae), to disperse pollen, which in turn supports the offspring's growth. Blastophaga quadrupes is the only described pollinator of this intriguing fig tree species. However, fig wasps of different varieties are known to differ in several entomophily traits. Yet to know how different they are in emergence behaviour, longevity outside figs, and offspring sex ratio, which are likely influenced by their identity. Molecular phylogeny is required to further clarify their relatedness, true identities, and genetic distances. Blastophaga spp. of var. angustifolia, var. deltoidea, and var. trengganuensis were collected in Banting, Batu Pahat, and Tembila oil palm plantations, respectively. Studies on fig wasps of var. trengganuensis were restricted and only managed to allow phylogeny due to different growth. Emergence and longevity were studied using 36–50 male figs, which resulted in approximately 800 and 1,300 female foundress individuals of var. angustifolia and var. deltoidea, respectively. Blastophaga spp. foundresses of both var. angustifolia and var. deltoidea mostly emerged between 9:00 a.m. and 13:00 p.m. (Class 2), with a high frequency of emergence occurring and rushing within the earliest cohorts (Cohort 1) of diurnal periods. 2023 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88749/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88749/1/88749.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Applied Sciences Mohd Hatta, Siti Khairiyah
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language	English
advisor	Mohd Hatta, Siti Khairiyah
topic	Longevity Longevity
spellingShingle	Longevity Longevity Mohammad Naser, Nur Badrina The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser
description	Ficus deltoidea Jack (Moraceae), a dioecious fig tree with seven varieties can be found in Peninsular Malaysia. Their lives mutually depend on fig wasps, Blastophaga spp. (Agaonidae), to disperse pollen, which in turn supports the offspring's growth. Blastophaga quadrupes is the only described pollinator of this intriguing fig tree species. However, fig wasps of different varieties are known to differ in several entomophily traits. Yet to know how different they are in emergence behaviour, longevity outside figs, and offspring sex ratio, which are likely influenced by their identity. Molecular phylogeny is required to further clarify their relatedness, true identities, and genetic distances. Blastophaga spp. of var. angustifolia, var. deltoidea, and var. trengganuensis were collected in Banting, Batu Pahat, and Tembila oil palm plantations, respectively. Studies on fig wasps of var. trengganuensis were restricted and only managed to allow phylogeny due to different growth. Emergence and longevity were studied using 36–50 male figs, which resulted in approximately 800 and 1,300 female foundress individuals of var. angustifolia and var. deltoidea, respectively. Blastophaga spp. foundresses of both var. angustifolia and var. deltoidea mostly emerged between 9:00 a.m. and 13:00 p.m. (Class 2), with a high frequency of emergence occurring and rushing within the earliest cohorts (Cohort 1) of diurnal periods.
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author	Mohammad Naser, Nur Badrina
author_facet	Mohammad Naser, Nur Badrina
author_sort	Mohammad Naser, Nur Badrina
title	The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser
title_short	The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser
title_full	The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser
title_fullStr	The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser
title_full_unstemmed	The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser
title_sort	emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of blastophaga spp. fig wasps from ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / nur badrina mohammad naser
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
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The emergence behaviour, longevity and flower utilisation of Blastophaga spp. fig wasps from Ficus deltoidea and their phylogeny / Nur Badrina Mohammad Naser

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