The cultivar ‘Fuentes de Ebro’ is a long-day onion grown in the northeast of Spain, which is characterized by its succulence and low pungency. However, to match the market demand the size, pungency, and storability need to be improved. We have evaluated these quality-related bulb traits in 15 grower’s open-pollinated lines of this cultivar. Phenotypic variation observed for bulb weight, size and soluble solids content was significantly affected by location, growing season and line, while pungency depended on line and plot location. We found higher levels of genetic variation for bulb size and pungency than for soluble solids content, and significant phenotypic correlations indicated that milder onion tend to show larger size and lower soluble solids content. After one cycle of selection, we have obtained progeny with significantly lower pungency levels, and therefore, we estimated a realized heritability of 0.67. As conclusion, it is feasible to obtain a sweet cultivar after some selection cycles in the ‘Fuentes de Ebro’ onion, although considering indirect consequences in size and soluble solids conten
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This paper describes for the first time the capacity of allyl cinnamate to elicit antennal response and to modify behavior from C. pomonella and L. botrana adults. Improved understanding of the role of this chemical compound may ultimately be incorporated into Tortricidae integrated pest management programmes (IPM). Material and Methods InsectsThe experiments were conducted with a C. pomonella laboratory strain originated from a population collected in an unsprayed apple orchard in Lleida (north-east Spain), and with a L. botrana laboratory strain established in our laboratory from a mass-reared strain from INRA Bordeaux (France). Both strains were reared at the Crop Protection Laboratory of the UdL-IRTA Centre for Research and Development (Lleida, Spain) at 23 ± 2°C, with a photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D) and on agar-based semi-synthetic diet [33].Cydia pomonella individuals were sexed as last instar larvae, whereas L. botrana individuals were sexed as pupae. The sexed individuals were kept separately by sex until adult emergence in the same conditions as AbstractElectroantenographical (EAG) response to allyl cinnamate were assessed on virgin and mated Cydia pomonella and Lobesia botrana adults to determine whether this compound could be used within integrated management programs (IMP). Adult behavioral reaction was later assessed in a wind tunnel, with and without the main compound of the corresponding female sex pheromone.Allyl cinnamate elicited antennae responses of C. pomonella and L. botrana, both males and females. Allyl cinnamate EAG response was as high as pheromone response, and it was not reduced after mating.In wind tunnel assays, allyl ester itself was not attractive to C. pomonella males, but its presence did not interfere with the pheromonal action when the number of contacts was compared. For females, a higher proportion of codling moths moved towards the source when allyl cinnamate was in the wind-tunnel plume. No differences were recorded depending on the mating status of codling moth adults. The same trend was observed in L. botrana males and females.Results suggest that allyl cinnamate acts as a female behavioral modifier, but more assays are required to determine its role in insect communication in field conditions before inclusion in integrated pest management.
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