Table 2.

Parameters used for the aphid population growth simulation model.

Name	Unit	Range	Reference	Details
Start population	Individuals	5	Greenhouse Exp1
Start age	days	10–25	Greenhouse Exp1	Drawn at random
Daily mortality	Percentage	4	Pavela et al., 2004	Linear declining survival with age
Reproductive status		Yes-no	Life history Exp2	Age-dependent probabilitya
Reproduction	Individuals	2.75–3.51	Life history Exp2 Ellis et al., 1996	Poisson distribution, age-dependentb Power analysis: 2.75–3.45, in steps of 0.05
Maximum age	Days	25	Hughes, 1963
Duration	Days	14	Greenhouse Exp1

^aProbability to reproduce is age-dependent, see Supplementary Table S1 in Supplementary Material 1 for parameterization.

^bDaily reproduction is age-dependent and the maximum mean depends on nematode presence, see Supplementary Table S1 in Supplementary Material 1 for parameterization.