Behavioural Responses to Host-Plant Odours in Adult Cabbage Root Fly [Erioischia Brassicae (Bouché)]

Hawkes, C.; Coaker, T. H.

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“…Furthermore, crucifer specialists commonly use glucosinolates and isothiocyanates as chemical markers for finding host-plants (e.g. Hawkes & Coaker 1976, Bartlet et al 1992, stimulation of oviposition behaviour (e.g. Roessingh et al 1992, Städler et al 2002, and triggering of feeding behaviour (e.g.…”

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Chemosensory and behavioural responses of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae, to glucosinolates and isothiocyanates

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The turnip sawfly Athalia rosae sequesters glucosinolates from its cruciferous host plants in the larval stage. Investigation of the chemosensory and behavioural responses of adult A. rosae to glucosinolates and their volatile hydrolysis products, isothiocyanates, revealed that females detect glucosinolates by contact chemoreception and isothiocyanates by antennal olfaction. In electroantennogram recordings, four isothiocyanates (allyl [2-propenyl] isothiocyanate, benzyl isothiocyanate, butyl isothiocyanate and iberverin [3-methylthiopropyl isothiocyanate]) were active at all doses presented, including the lowest (0.1 µg), whilst the threshold for detection of three others, iberin [3-methylsulphinylpropyl isothiocyanate], methyl isothiocyanate, and sulforaphane [4-methylsulphinylbutyl isothiocyanate], was higher, at between 1 and 10 µg (source concentration of volatiles). Allyl isothiocyanate attracted experienced females in a four-chambered olfactometer, whilst naïve females showed no response. Allyl isothiocyanate also attracted mature females to baited yellow water traps in field trials, although immature females were repelled at high isothiocyanate concentrations. In laboratory behavioural bioassays the glucosinolates sinigrin (allyl [2-propenyl] glucosinolate) and sinalbin (p-hydroxybenzyl glucosinolate), stimulated ovipositor probing in mature female A. rosae to an extent comparable to hot-water extracts of their host plants. These responses show that glucosinolates and isothiocyanates play an important role in host finding and host recognition in A. rosae.

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Chemosensory and behavioural responses of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae, to glucosinolates and isothiocyanates

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“…4). The fact that this is only the case for females with eggs suggests an analogy with the orientation phase, where only gravid females respond to olfactory stimulation (Hawkes & Coaker 1976).…”

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“…Isothiocyanates, volatile breakdown products of glucosinolates, are known to be important in the cabbage root fly's location of the host and only mated gravid females respond to them (Hawkes & Coaker 1976). Traps baited with isothiocyanate catch significantly more flies than control traps in the field (Eckenrode & Arn 1972;Finch & Skinner 1974).…”

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The influence of odour on the oviposition behaviour of the cabbage root fly

Jong¹,

Städler²

1999

Chemoecology

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Host plant odours are known to be important in long-range host location by the cabbage root fly, whereas at short distances orientation is mainly visual. We show that olfaction also plays a significant role after a fly lands on a plant and before it moves down onto the soil to oviposit. Host plant acceptance by the cabbage root fly seems to result from a synergistic response to simultaneously perceived olfactory and contact chemostimulation.

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“…New investigators should not be discouraged by false starts when designing a laboratory protocol. Many endogenous factors, including age, physiological state, nutrition, and sex of the individual can affect behavioral responses (e.g., Hardee et al 1966;Hawkes & Coaker 1976). Exogenous factors including level of illumination (Sparks & Cheatham 1970), humidity (e.g., Traynier 1967), time of day (Hardee et al 1966), and even barometric pressure (Steinberg et al 1992) also may influence responses.…”

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Bioassay Methods with Terrestrial Invertebrates

Hare¹

1998

Methods in Chemical Ecology Volume 2

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Behavioural Responses to Host-Plant Odours in Adult Cabbage Root Fly [Erioischia Brassicae (Bouché)]

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Chemosensory and behavioural responses of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae, to glucosinolates and isothiocyanates

Chemosensory and behavioural responses of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae, to glucosinolates and isothiocyanates

The influence of odour on the oviposition behaviour of the cabbage root fly

Bioassay Methods with Terrestrial Invertebrates

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