Effect of Host Plant Quality on Parasitoid Ecology

Parasitoids have a complex relationships with interspesific and intraspesific species within their environment. Their relationships with host herbivor and host plants have an important place in parasitoid ecology. The host plants have direct and indirect effects on the survival of parasitoids. These effects may vary according to the chemical and morphological properties of the host plant. Chemical and morphological characteristics of a plant determine its quality. Plant quality having a tremendous role for the suitability of host herbivor for parasitoid. In this article, the effects of host plant quality on the performance and behavioural activities of parasitoids have been described.