Roy, Helen E 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X.
2010
Sex wars and alien invaders.
In: Babendreier, Dirk; Aebi, Alexandre; Kenis, Marc; Roy, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X, (eds.)
Benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents.
IOBC, 87-90.
(IOBC/WPRS Bulletin, v. 58).
The susceptibility of Adalia bipunctata, infected with either Wolbachia, Rickettsia or Spiroplasma, to the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana was examined. Individuals infected with Wolbachia were no more susceptible to the fungal pathogen than uninfected (normal sex ratio) individuals. In contrast, ladybirds infected with either Rickettsia or Spiroplasma were more susceptible to B. bassiana. The evolutionary implications of these results are briefly discussed.
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