Dietary restriction induces persistent multigenerational phenotypic effects in Phytoseiulus persimilis
Xia Chen, Keshi Zhang, Xiao Han, Yun Xu, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang · 2026
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Xia Chen and co-authors show, in a 2026 study, that a mother's diet echoes for generations in a predatory mite used to control crop pests. These mites hunt spider mites on crops, and food shortage in rearing could quietly weaken later generations' pest control.
Founders and their children were raised on low or high prey, then three generations feasted freely. By the fourth generation, mites from well-fed lines survived better and grew larger, at least among females. A fifth-generation cross experiment pinned egg size and female growth speed mainly on the mother's diet line, with father's history mattering only in some pairings. Rearing history, it seems, is inherited.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xia Chen, Keshi Zhang, Xiao Han, Yun Xu, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |