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Host-plant-mediated competition via induced resistance: interactions between pest herbivores on potatoes. 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Margaret E Lynch Ian Kaplan Galen P Dively Robert F Denno 《Ecological applications》2006,16(3):855-864
Plant-mediated competition among insect herbivores occurs when one species induces changes in plant chemistry, nutrition, or morphology that render plants resistant to attack by others. We explored plant-mediated interspecific interactions between the potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) and the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), two important pests on potatoes. Leafhoppers colonize fields in advance of beetles, and thus the possibility exists that previous feeding by leafhoppers induces changes in potato plants that have adverse consequences for beetles. The consequences of leafhopper-induced resistance for beetle performance were studied in the greenhouse, field cages, and in large open-field plots. Potato plants were exposed to four densities of leafhoppers (none, low, moderate, and high), and visible feeding symptoms were measured as percentage leaf curling, chlorosis, and necrosis. The oviposition preference, performance, and survivorship of Colorado potato beetles were then measured on the four categories of induced plants in field-cage and greenhouse settings. In open field plots, survival on the four categories of induced plants was determined by placing cohorts of beetle adults onto plants and measuring the densities of resulting eggs, larvae, and emerging Fl adults. Leafhopper-induced symptoms on potato plants were density dependent, with the percentage of curled, chlorotic, and necrotic leaves increasing with leafhopper density. Previous feeding by leafhoppers adversely affected oviposition and larval performance of beetles. Fewer egg masses were deposited on plants that incurred high levels of leafhopper feeding. Similarly, larval development was delayed and emerging adult beetles weighed less when fed induced foliage from the high leafhopper-density treatment. Beetles survived less well in the field on plants experiencing moderate and high levels of leafhopper feeding as evidenced by lower densities of eggs, larvae, and emerging F1 adults. Overall, leafhoppers and beetles competed through feeding-induced changes in plant quality. Notably, the asymmetric interaction took place at a large spatial scale in open field plots and had negative consequences that persisted to the next beetle generation. Ultimately, to establish an effective management strategy for crop pests such as leafhoppers, it is essential to consider the positive indirect effects of induced resistance along with the negative direct effects on crop yield. 相似文献
2.
Summary. Oviposition site selection of herbivorous insects depends primarily on host plant presence which is essential for offspring
survival. However, parasitoids can exploit host plant cues for host location. In this study, we hypothesised that herbivores
can solve this dilemma by ovipositing within high plant diversity. A diverse plant species composition might represent an
‘infochemical shelter’, as a potentially complex volatile blend can negatively affect the host location ability of parasitoids.
We examined this exemplarily for the egg-laying response of the generalist leaf beetle, Galeruca tanaceti, in relation to (1) host plant availability and (2) plant species diversity in the field. Further, we investigated the effect
of odours from mixed plant species compositions on (3) leaf beetle oviposition site selection and on (4) the orientation of
its specialised egg parasitoid, Oomyzus galerucivorus. In the field, egg clutch occurrence was positively related to the presence and quantity of two major host plants, Achillea millefolium (yarrow) and Centaurea jacea, and to the number of herbaceous plant species. In two-choice bioassays, female beetles oviposited more frequently on sites
surrounded by an odour blend from a diverse plant species composition (including yarrow) than on sites with a pure grass odour
blend. In the presence of yarrow odour and an odour blend from a diverse plant mixture (including yarrow) no difference in
the oviposition response was recorded. Experienced parasitoid females were attracted to yarrow odours, but showed no response
when yarrow odours were offered simultaneously with odours of a non-host plant. In conclusion, it could be shown in laboratory
bioassays that the parasitoid responds only to pure host plant odours but not to complex odour blends. In contrast, the herbivore
prefers to oviposit within diverse vegetation in the field and in the laboratory. However, the laboratory results also point
to a priority of host plant availability over the selection of a potential ‘infochemical shelter’ for oviposition due to high
plant diversity. 相似文献
3.
Beata Szafranek Elżbieta Synak Danuta Waligóra Janusz Szafranek Jan Nawrot 《Chemoecology》2008,18(4):205-216
Summary. The sampling behavior of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (CPB) involves examination of the surface
of potato leaves. It has been suggested that leaf surface compounds (volatiles and cuticular waxes) may be involved in host-plant
recognition, acceptance or discrimination. Here we report on the effect of leaf surface extracts of six Polish commercial
potato varieties on CPB feeding. We tested the influence of potato leaf surface extracts on CPB adult and larval feeding,
then separated the extracts with HPLC, and finally tested the effect of the HPLC-separated fractions on CPB feeding. The bioassays
were performed using potato leaf discs deprived of their original surface compounds. Applied to test discs at concentrations
ten times higher than natural (10 leaf area equivalent), the extracts deterred CPB adults and larvae from feeding. HPLC-separated
fractions composed of alkanes, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, wax esters, benzoic acid esters, fatty acid methyl, ethyl, isopropyl
and phenylethyl esters, aldehydes, ketones, methyl ketones, fatty acids, primary alcohols, β-amyrin and sterols did not affect
adult CPB feeding. Similarly, alkanes, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, wax esters, methyl ketones, sesquiterpene alcohols and
secondary alcohols had no effect on larval CPB feeding. The sterol fraction (cholesterol, β-sitosterol and stigmasterol) acted
as a phagostimulant to CPB larvae. We isolated a fraction demonstrating a phagodeterrent effect on CPB adults and larvae.
The qualitative composition of the deterrent fraction was quite similar in all potato extracts, but there were quantitative
differences between the varieties. Much further work is needed to identify the compounds that can produce the deterrent effect. 相似文献
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Summary. Surrogate leaves treated with methanolic leaf
surface extracts of Brassica napus L. (cv Express) plants
that received three different sulphur fertilisation treatments
showed even more marked differences by the oviposition
choice of Delia radicum L. than the potted plants. This
confirms that the oviposition preference of D. radicum is
mediated by chemical compounds on the leaf surface and
that the quality of host-plants in terms of their nutrition
status can be perceived by the female insect.The oviposition data were positively correlated with the
content of fractionated surface extracts containing either
CIF (cabbage identification factor; 1,2-dehydro-3-thia-
4,10,10b-triaza-cyclopenta[.a.]fluorine-1-carboxylic acid)
or glucosinolates. Electrophysiological recordings from the
tarsal chemoreceptor sensilla C5 and D3,4 showed that receptor
neurons react to glucosinolate- and CIF-fractions. We
found that the chemosensory activity of specific glucosinolate-
and CIF-receptor neurons corresponded with the
respective behavioural activity in the oviposition choice
assays. The responses of D. radicum to glucosinolates in
the electrophysiological recordings studies corresponded
to the observed oviposition preference on plants or artificial
leaves characterised with an higher amount of glucosinolates
on leave surfaces. The presented data suggested
that CIF and glucosinolates are involved in host-plant
preference of D. radicum and are perceived by tarsal
chemoreceptors. 相似文献
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Summary. In earlier investigations on host plant discrimination of leaf beetles glucosinolates were described as feeding stimulants
for the Brassicaceae specialist Phaedon cochleariae F. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). However, since these findings could not be confirmed in later studies offering 2-propenylglucosinolate
in concentrations corresponding to those detected in host plant leaf material, the identification of feeding stimulants of
this leaf beetle species remained unclear. In order to investigate which compounds of the host plant Sinapis alba (Brassicaceae) are involved in feeding stimulation, leaf extracts of different polarities were tested in bioassays with adults
of P. cochleariae. Number of feeding beetles and net consumption rates were highest on pea leaves painted with methanol extracts of S. alba, whereas weak feeding responses were also detectable for hexane extracts. In subsequent bioassay-guided fractionations of
methanol extracts with semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography, two distinct fractions, one containing glucosinolates
and another containing flavonoids, were found to stimulate beetles to feed to variable degrees. Other collected fractions
had zero activity. The combination of both active fractions evoked significantly higher consumption rates and stimulated more
beetles to feed than fractions tested individually. At least one compound of each fraction, among these the main glucosinolate
of S. alba, 4-hydroxybenzylglucosinolate, act additively. Effects of two different naturally-occurring ratios of glucosinolates and
flavonoids on the strength of feeding responses were investigated by use of extracts of two sets of host plants differently
exposed to radiation. One set was outdoors-exposed, whereas the second set was kept in the greenhouse. However, the feeding
behaviour of P. cochleariae was not affected by the significantly different relative compositions of both compound classes in the host material. In conclusion,
mustard leaf beetles need a combination of distinct plant metabolites acting in concert for feeding stimulation, whereby the
mere presence of these stimulants, but probably not the ratio of involved compounds, determines their feeding response. 相似文献
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Summary. Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa Laws. (Pinaceae), forests in Arizona have suffered from a nine-year period of drought and bark beetle, Ips lecontei Swaine (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), outbreaks. Abiotic and biotic stress in ponderosa pine results in the induced synthesis
of certain monoterpenes that may in turn affect bark beetle behavior and survival. In this study, we investigate whether induced
monoterpene production could result in a different monoterpene composition that remains stored in the needles or the trunk
resin of the tree. Needle and resin samples in addition to trunk cores were collected from ponderosa pines at three locations
in Arizona. Ungulate browsing induced a significant increase in limonene (P=0.010) and in chemodiversity (P=0.009), a measure
of the evenness of distribution among the monoterpenes present in needles. We compared the level of ‘stress’ of the trees
by measuring the thickness of annual rings in living trees and those that were killed by bark beetles. Where drought occurred,
the spacing of annual rings from the last 10 years of trees killed by bark beetles was significantly smaller (P=0.020) compared
to living trees. There was no difference in the monoterpene composition between the core sections of closest spacing of annual
rings (stressed years) compared to the sections of widest spacing, which indicates that monoterpenes are distributed evenly
throughout the extended resin system. In the area where the degree of drought was less overall, none of the individual monoterpenes
present in the resin was related to bark beetle killed trees. However, about half the living pines had resin in which one
of the major monoterpenes (α-pinene, Δ3-carene, and limonene) was absent, and these trees had a lower monoterpene chemodiversity compared to trees killed by bark
beetles. Trees with these three major monoterpenes, corresponding to the average relative proportion in living pines at that
location, may sustain higher selection and colonization by bark beetles. 相似文献
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Alexandra Bottcher Jorge Paulo Zolin Flávia Nogueira-de-Sá José Roberto Trigo 《Chemoecology》2009,19(1):63-66
The most frequently investigated defence mechanism among larvae of tortoise beetles is protection by faecal shields, which
generally present chemicals that are directly sequestered and/or modified from larval host-plants. In the present work we
investigate the tortoise beetle Chelymorpha reimoseri that feeds on the leaves of Ipomoea carnea fistulosa (Convolvulaceae), seeking for the importance of this mechanism to their larvae. We show that 4th instar larvae suffer low
predation regardless of the presence of shields in field and laboratory bioassays with ants and chicks. Chloroform extract
from larvae without shields provided high protection against predation as shown in bioassays in the field, as well as against
chicks, suggesting that C. reimoseri does not rely on the shield for protection. The aqueous extract of the shields did not show activity in such bioassays. The
compounds responsible for this protection have yet to be identified, and it remains an open question as to whether they are
sequestered from the host plant or de novo biosynthesized. This is the first record of chemical defence in cassidine beetles
without the need for faecal shields. These findings indicate that more attention should be paid to chemicals present in the
tissues of larvae and/or adults of tortoise beetles; the protective compounds sequestered from host plants or de novo biosynthesized
can provide an alternative or complementary strategy against predation in these insects. 相似文献
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Summary. Feeding by belowground herbivores may induce systemic changes in shoot defence levels that affect the performance of above
ground herbivores and higher trophic levels. In this paper two wild Brassica species, B. nigra and B. oleracea were experimentally infested with 10 larvae of the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum. Plant dry masses and glucosinolate levels in shoots, main roots, and fine roots were determined at 3, 7, 12 and 14 days
after infestation and compared to those of control plants.
The systemic response in the leaves differed between plant species. In B. nigra shoot glucosinolate levels in D. radicum infested plants steadily increased with time until they were almost twice those of controls 14 days after infestation. B. oleracea plants infested with D. radicum did not show significant changes in shoot glucosinolate levels within 14 days, which may be due to the unexpected poorer
performance of D. radicum on this species.
Both plant species showed a local increase in indole glucosinolates in the main roots, which are the preferred feeding site
of D. radicum larvae. B. oleracea plants however showed a stronger (1.9 – 4.7 times) increase in indole glucosinolate levels than B. nigra (1.5 – 2.6 times). The increase in indole glucosinolates in B. nigra main roots, was counterbalanced by a significant decrease in aromatic glucosinolate levels. These differences in local responses
to D. radicum feeding between the two species may have contributed to the slower growth rates of the larvae on B. oleracea. D. radicum feeding did not result in altered glucosinolate levels in the fine roots in either plant species. The differences in glucosinolate
induction patterns between the summer annual B. nigra and the perennial B. oleracea are discussed in the light of their different life histories. 相似文献
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Understanding which factors affect the feeding preferences of herbivores is essential for predicting the effects of herbivores on plant assemblages and the evolution of plant–herbivore interactions. Most studies of marine herbivory have focussed on the plant traits that determine preferences (especially secondary metabolites), while few studies have considered how preferences may vary among individual herbivores due to genetic or environmental sources of variation. Such intraspecific variation is essential for evolutionary change in preference behaviour and may alter the outcome of plant–herbivore interactions. In an abundant marine herbivore, we determined the relative importance of among-individual and environmental effects on preferences for three host algae of varying quality. Repeated preference assays were conducted with the amphipod Peramphithoe parmerong and three of its brown algal hosts: Sargassum linearifolium, S. vestitum and Padina crassa. We found no evidence that preference varied among individuals, thus constraining the ability of natural selection to promote increased specialisation on high-quality S. linearifolium. Most of the variation in preference occurred within individuals, with amphipod preferences strongly influenced by past diet. The increased tendency for amphipods to select alternate hosts to that on which they had been recently feeding indicates that amphipods are actively seeking mixed diets. Such a feeding strategy provides an explanation for the persistence of this herbivore on hosts in the field that support poor growth and survival if consumed alone. The effects of past diet indicate that herbivore preferences are a function of herbivore history in addition to plant traits and are likely to vary with the availability of algae in space and time. 相似文献
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Summary. Summary. Oilseed rape, Brassica napus L. (cv Express),
plants were grown under three different sulphur regimes:
sulphur-free (S0), normal sulphur (Sn, normal field concentration)
and a sulphur-rich (S+, 2 × concentration of Sn). We
performed dual choice oviposition assays with the diamondback
moth, Plutella xylostella, using real plants and,
for the first time with this insect, artificial leaves sprayed
with methanolic leaf-surface extracts. The results mirrored
those of a separate study of preferences for whole plants.
Females laid more eggs on surrogate leaves that were
treated with Sn extracts than on S0 plants, while only a
slight, not significant, difference was observed between
extracts of normal and sulphur-rich plants. This shows
that chemical compounds on the leaf surface mediate the
oviposition preference and that the female insect can
perceive the quality of the host-plants in terms of their
fertilisation status.Since leaf volatiles are known to be oviposition stimulants,
we investigated the effects of leaf-surface extracts on
insect olfactory responses using electroantennograms
(EAGs). In agreement with the behavioural data, we found
that extracts of sulphur-treated plants yielded higher EAG
amplitudes than the S0 extracts. Since the leaf content of the
volatiles isothiocyanates is influenced by sulphur nutrition,
we analysed the extracts for these compounds. Above the
detection threshold of our GC-MS system, no isothiocyanates
were found. Thus, other compounds present in the
surface extracts must be perceived by the antenna.However, the HPLC analysis revealed 11 different
glucosinolates. Progoitrin (2-Hydroxy-3-butenyl) and
gluconapoleiferin (2-Hydroxy-4-pentenyl), which belong to
the hydroxy-alkene class of glucosinolates, were the most
abundant compounds. The total glucosinolate content
sharply increased from S0 to Sn plants, whereas it was slightly
lower in n versus S+ plants. Since it is known that glucosinolates
can stimulate oviposition, it seems likely that the
increased content we observed was influencing the insect
preference in this study too. 相似文献
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Summary. Following herbivory, induced responses involving plant secondary metabolites have been reported in a number of tree species.
Although a wide range of plant secondary metabolites appear to operate as constitutive plant defences in trees belonging to
the Eucalyptus genus, no induced responses have as yet been reported following foliar-chewing insect damage. We empirically tested whether
branch defoliation (artificial and larval) of 2-year-old Eucalyptus globulus Labill. trees altered the abundance of specific plant secondary metabolites immediately (3 months after initial larval feeding)
and 8 months after the cessation of larval feeding. Metabolites assayed, included essential oils, polyphenolic groups and
foliar wax compounds and in all cases their abundance was not significantly altered by defoliation. However, the level of
foliar tannins after 3 months of larval feeding did display a trend that suggested elevated levels as the result of defoliation,
though this trend was not evident 8 months later, indicating that, if real, the response was a rapid and not a delayed induced
response. The level of foliar tannins was also negatively correlated to both average larval survival and average percentage
branch defoliation, suggesting that foliar tannins may operate as toxins and/or anti-feedants to M. privata larval feeding. 相似文献
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Variation in composition of predator-attracting allelochemicals emitted by herbivore-infested plants: Relative influence of plant and herbivore 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Summary During foraging, natural enemies of herbivores may employ volatile allelochemicals that originate from an interaction of the herbivore and its host plant. The composition of allelochemical blends emitted by herbivore-infested plants is known to be affected by both the herbivore and the plant. Our chemical data add new evidence to the recent notion that the plants are more important than the herbivore in affecting the composition of the volatile blends. Blends emitted by apple leaves infested with spider mites of 2 different species,T. urticae andP. ulmi, differed less in composition (principally quantitative differences for some compounds) than blends emitted by leaves of two apple cultivars infested by the same spider-mite species,T. urticae (many quantitative and a few qualitative differences). Comparison between three plant species — apple, cucumber and Lima bean — reveals even larger differences between volatile blends emitted upon spider-mite damage (many quantitative differences and several qualitative differences). 相似文献
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A. Mosleh Arany T. J. de Jong H. K. Kim N. M. van Dam Y. H. Choi R. Verpoorte E. van der Meijden 《Chemoecology》2008,18(2):65-71
Because many secondary metabolites in plants act as defense against herbivores it has been postulated that these compounds
have evolved under selective pressure by insect herbivores. One explanation for the within-species variation in metabolite
patterns in a particular species is that different populations are under selection by different herbivores. We tested this
hypothesis, using Arabidopsis thaliana plants that originated from dune and inland areas. We analyzed Arabidopsis thaliana leaves using NMR spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis. Major differences in chemical composition were found in water-methanol
fractions and were due to higher concentrations of sinigrin and fumaric acid in dune plants. Inland plants showed lower levels
of glucose. Quantitative analysis of glucosinolates was performed with HPLC. Individual plants and populations demonstrated
differences in glucosinolate composition and concentration. In growth chamber experiments, the generalist herbivore, Spodoptera exigua grew significantly better on the inland plants, while the specialist herbivore Plutella xylostella performed equally well on plants of both origins. Aliphatic glucosinolate as well as total glucosinolate concentrations negatively
correlated with larval mass of Spodoptera exigua. No significant correlations, however, were found between larval mass of Plutella xylostella and glucosinolates in the leaves. A specialist and a generalist herbivore were responding differently to plant secondary
chemistry, as was also found in several other studies. This is an important indication that differences in glucosinolate concentrations
among populations may result from differential selection by different guilds of herbivores. 相似文献
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Summary. Increased abundance of several aliphatic benzyl
and phenylethyl alkanoates were previously associated with
reduced defoliation of
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. by the
autumn gum moth (Mnesampela privata Guenée) in two
clonally replicated F2 families. We examine the robustness
of this association by comparing the abundance of the
implicated foliar wax compounds with defoliation levels in
three plantation sites and a genetics trial in northern
Tasmania. At all locations, the aliphatic alkanoate, benzyl
n-tetracosanoate (C24), was found in significantly higher
abundance in the foliar wax of E. globulus trees that had displayed low M. privata damage (designated resistant) compared to trees that had displayed high damage (designated
susceptible). Further, when sites were combined, benzyl
n-tetracosanoate (C24) accounted for 16 % of variation in
field defoliation. Field defoliation was also positively correlated
to M. privata oviposition both in the field and on
foliage sprigs in a cage. In the cage bioassay, oviposition
accounted for 20 % of variation in field defoliation
making it a better predictor of tree defoliation in the field
than either field oviposition, which accounted for 9 % of
variation, or screening foliage for the abundance of benzyl
n-tetracosanoate (C24). Despite both benzyl n-tetracosanoate
(C24) and oviposition being related to field defoliation, there
was no statistically significant relationship between the
abundance of benzyl n-tetracosanoate (C24) and oviposition
in the field or cage bioassay. Further work is therefore
required to determine if increased levels of this compound in
the foliar wax operates as a direct deterrent to M. privataoviposition. 相似文献
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Summary. Larvae of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae L. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), sequester glucosinolates of their host plants, namely members of the Brassicaceae family,
in their haemolymph. Therefore, they need to circumvent myrosinase activities of the plant tissue which normally hydrolyse
the glucosinolates after plant damage. Effects of varying levels of glucosinolates and myrosinases on the performance of A. rosae were investigated using homozygous lines of Brassica juncea (L.) with either (1) low glucosinolate (lowGS) and low myrosinase (lowMR), (2) high glucosinolate (highGS) and high myrosinase (highMR), or (3) high glucosinolate (highGS) and low myrosinase (lowMR) levels. To insure that the given quantities remained as constant as possible, newly hatched larvae were enclosed on the
second-youngest leaf of a plant, and were offered a new plant of comparable physiological age (6-leaf-stage) every day. The
performance of A. rosae was little affected by leaf quality. Body masses of eonymphs and adults were on average lowest on the highGS/highMR-line, but these differences were rarely significant. The pupal developmental times of females and males were longest on
the highGS/lowMR-line in only one of two replicate experiments. All other performance traits (developmental times of larvae, egg numbers,
adult longevity) were not significantly different. Glucosinolates, sequestered by the larvae, are carried through the pupal
stage. The glucosinolate concentration measured in adult insects reflected the level of the host plant line, without showing
any obvious costs for sequestration. Obviously, A. rosae is highly tolerant to variation in the glucosinolate-myrosinase system of its host.
In addition, induced changes of glucosinolate concentrations and myrosinase activities caused by 24 h-feeding of groups of
three small larvae were analysed in the second-youngest leaves. In contrast to the patterns most herbivores evoke on Brassicaceae,
namely an increase of both glucosinolate concentration and myrosinase activity, we detected a significant decrease of both
traits in all three lines where the respective trait was originally high in the plants. Although glucosinolate levels dropped in the highGS lines about 50%, these still contained higher concentrations than the lowGS line. Whereas the activity of soluble myrosinases remained highest in the highMR line, even after a decrease to almost 30% due to feeding, the levels of insoluble myrosinases converged after feeding in
lowMR and highMR lines. Levels of the signalling molecule salicylic acid slightly decreased on average after feeding, whereas jasmonic acid
was below the detection threshold in almost all samples. The concentration of several molecules varies strongly in plant tissue
with age and can change due to induction by herbivore feeding. Therefore, if performance of an insect species is measured
on plants with specific traits, the variability in these traits needs to be carefully controlled in experiments. 相似文献
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Summary. Leaf disc choice and oviposition bioassays were used to examine the effects of larval experience with a Hoodia gordonii latex on subsequent behaviors. The latex deterred feeding and oviposition by “naïve” cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, Noctuidae) larvae and moths with no previous exposure to the material. “Experienced” insects, reared on a diet with the H. gordonii latex (1000 ppm), exhibited lesser feeding deterrence relative to naïve insects. Experienced female moths actually preferred to lay eggs on treated rather than control leaves. There was no observed transfer of behavioral preferences from experienced parents to their offspring. Our results suggest that moths may be acquiring oviposition preferences from larval feeding experience as described by Hopkins’ host selection principal (HHSP) or through chemical legacy. 相似文献
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Summary. The oviposition-stimulating activity of (E)-capsaicin identified in the fruits of red pepper, Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae), towards the oriental tobacco budworm, Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée), was examined in the laboratory by using choice and no-choice bioassays. Results were compared with those of the
commercially available capsanthin and dihydrocapsaicin, another known constituents of C. annuum fruit, and (Z)-capsaicin. In no-choice oviposition bioassays at 10.5 μg/cm2, (E)-capsaicin was the most active oviposition stimulant. Weak stimulatory activity was observed with capsanthin, (Z)-capsaicin
and dihydrocapsaicin. In choice oviposition bioassays at 2.6 μg/cm2, there were significant differences in oviposition-stimulating activity between (E)-capsaicin and each of the other three alkaloids. Structure-activity relationships indicate that the presence of double bond
and its trans configuration appeared to play a crucial role in the oviposition-stimulating activity. On the basis of our results, (E)-capsaicin acts as a contact oviposition stimulant of female H. assulta. 相似文献
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Summary. Evidence is presented, obtained with two species of jays, that these birds differ in the ways in which they prepare bombardier
beetles for ingestion. Blue Jays subject bombardiers to “anting,” a procedure by which the beetles are induced to eject their
spray into the plumage of the birds. Florida Scrub Jays, in contrast, which live in an area where the soil is sandy, subject
bombardiers to “sand-wiping,” causing the beetles to eject their spray into the substrate. Both strategies lend themselves
also to pre-ingestive treatment of other chemically protected arthropods. Anting is a strategy widely practiced by birds,
possibly because it can be put to use no matter what the nature of the terrain. Sand-wiping, as implied by its name (which
we here coin), may be of more restricted occurrence, given that it can be carried out only on loose, penetrable soil. 相似文献
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2,4-D二甲胺盐对莲草直胸跳甲生存和繁殖的影响 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
为探究除草剂在防治喜旱莲子草(Alternanthera philoxeroides)的过程中对其天敌昆虫的影响,采用不同浓度的2,4-D二甲胺盐浸叶处理的喜旱莲子草饲喂莲草直胸跳甲,连续饲喂7d后,考察了莲草直胸跳甲的繁殖、存活和发育情况。结果表明,2,4-D二甲胺盐可显著降低莲草直胸跳甲成虫的取食量,且抑制作用随药剂浓度升高和取食时间延长而显著增强;较高浓度(1.72~3.44g·L~(-1))的2,4-D二甲胺盐还会导致莲草直胸跳甲雌成虫存活率和产卵量的明显降低,卵孵化率、幼虫存活率和蛹羽化率也显著降低。可见,高浓度(1.72~3.44g·L~(-1))的2,4-D二甲胺盐对莲草直胸跳甲的生长发育和繁殖有显著不利影响,在防治喜旱莲子草时,应将2,4-D二甲胺盐的施用浓度控制在0.22~0.86g·L~(-1)内。 相似文献
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Summary. Many species of insects sabotage the pressurized defense vessels of their host plants prior to feeding. This behavior, however,
does not render leaves indefinitely suitable, as some species employing this behavior eventually abandon uneaten portions
of sabotaged leaves. In this study, we examined whether and to what degree wild parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, is capable of restoring its pressurized defenses and whether cabbage loopers, Trichoplusa ni, which normally trench parsnip leaflets, benefit from their trenching behavior. The pressurized oil tubes of parsnip leaves
are rich in toxic terpenoids and furanocoumarins. A disruption of the integrity of the tubes (via razor blade nicks) in leaflets
revealed that that some of their contents were expelled at the break and that some movement of oil from outside the leaflet
(i.e., the midvein) occurred, bolstering furanocoumarin levels in the leaflet within minutes. Pressure and chemical content
in a leaflet’s oil tubes were also shown to be restored within 24 hours of depressurization. This recovery ability allowed
parsnip leaflets to respond to daily depressurizations by mechanical damage for up to at least 5 assaults, cumulatively causing
an approximate ten-fold increase in furanocoumarins. Cabbage loopers fed parsnip leaflets that were artificially trenched
accumulated twice as much body mass as larvae fed leaflets augmented with furanocoumarins equivalent to the quantity that
would be avoided through trenching, indicating that trenching does benefit the herbivore. Although parsnip recovers from trenching
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