INFLUENCE OF ALUMINUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ON BIOLOGICAL FEATURES AND HOST HEMOCYTES OF Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) WITH ITS ENDOPARASITOID Pimpla turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Authors : Ezgi Çoğal, Zülbiye Demirtürk, Fevzi Uçkan

Pages : 197-208

Doi:10.31467/uluaricilik.1475411

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Publication Date : 2024-11-18

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Nanoparticles (NPs) are released directly or indirectly into nature with increased production and consumption, and their effects on insects, which occupy a large place in the ecosystem, are of interest. There is also interest in the potentially toxic effects of NPs applied to hive pests on parasitoids, honey bees, and host-parasitoid relationships. The influence of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) NPs on the biological features of the hive pest Galleria mellonella, total counts of hemocyte, and hemocyte types; as well as on the biological features of the endoparasitoid Pimpla turionellae were investigated. The data obtained revealed that Al2O3 NPs caused a decrease in the larval, pupal, and adult development time of G. mellonella. The immature developmental time of P. turionellae was reduced. It was also demonstrated that Al2O3 NPs decreased the total counts of hemocytes in G. mellonella larvae; granulocyte, spherulocyte, oenocytoid, and prohemocyte counts decreased at all NP concentrations, while plasmatocyte counts increased. The data showed that Al2O3 NPs affected the biological properties of the hive pest model organism G. mellonella and indirectly affected its endoparasitoid P. turionellae. In addition, Al2O3 NPs showed a suppressive effect on cellular immune system responses, decreasing hemocyte counts. Our study results suggest that honey bees, honeycomb pests, and parasitoids may be negatively affected by NPs, which have increased in recent years as environmental pollutants, and that NPs may have insecticidal effects.
Keywords : Alüminyum oksit nanopartikülü, Biyolojik özellikler, Galleria mellonella, Hemosit, Pimpla turionellae