FEEDING HABITS AND FOOD PREFERENCES OF MELANOPLUS BIVITTATUS AND M. FEMURRUBRUM (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)

Bailey, C. G.; Mukerji, Mitali

doi:10.4039/ent1081207-11

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“…C. solstitialis, although accepted by grasshoppers in the laboratory in no-choice tests, suffered almost no damage in the common-garden experiment, followed by C. maculosa and C. diffusa. The discrepancy in the acceptability of C. solstitialis in the laboratory and the damage to this species in the field, where M. femurrubrum was the dominant herbivore, was likely due to the availability of alternative, more-acceptable food plants in the garden, such as goldenrods and grasses (Bailey and Mukerji 1976). In addition, using cut leaves in the laboratory tests may have precluded the production of defensive chemicals in C. solstitialis that were present in the field.…”

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“…Our experiments considered primarily the response of generalist herbivores to invasive and non-invasive exotics. Both grasshopper species we used in the feeding trials readily accept a wide range of host plants from several families, although they do display feeding preferences (Bernays et al 1997;Bailey and Mukerji 1976). Neither model herbivore can be considered naïve to the exotic plants we presented to them, as the plant and grasshopper ranges show substantial overlap.…”

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Herbivory on invasive exotic plants and their non-invasive relatives

2008

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The Enemy Release Hypothesis links exotic plant success to escape from enemies such as herbivores and pathogens. Recent work has shown that exotic plants that more fully escape herbivores and pathogens are more likely to become highly invasive, compared to plants with higher enemy loads in their novel ranges. We predicted that highly invasive plants from the Asteraceae and the Brassicaceae would be less acceptable, in laboratory nochoice feeding trials, to the generalist herbivore the American grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. We also compared herbivory on invasive and non-invasive plants from the genus Centaurea in no-choice feeding trials using the red-legged grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum and in a common garden in the field. In accordance with our predictions, highly invasive plants were fed on less by grasshoppers in the laboratory. They also received less damage in the field, suggesting that they contain feeding deterrents that render them less acceptable to generalist herbivores than non-invasive plants.

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Herbivory on invasive exotic plants and their non-invasive relatives

2008

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“…The high mobility of the black field crickets enables movement among a range of different plant species in the field from which they are able to select preferred species. The advantages to the black field cricket of feeding on favoured plant species might be similar to those found for other orthopterans -increased feeding, adult weight, egg production, survival, development, and reduced activity and mobility (Chapman 1957;Mulkern & Toczek 1970;Bailey & Mukerji 1976;McCaffery 1976). The reason for the differential effects of various host plants on growth and development is believed to be related to the nutritional qualities of individual plant species (Bailey & Mukerji 1976).…”

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“…1969;Abushama & Elkhider 1976;Bailey & Mukerji 1976). The high mobility of the black field crickets enables movement among a range of different plant species in the field from which they are able to select preferred species.…”

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Black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus) food preferences between sixteen pasture species

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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

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The consumption of plant species as 15-day-old foliage, 48-day-old foliage, seedlings, or seed by nymphal and adult black field crickets Teleogryllus commodus (Walker) (Orthoptera:Gryllidae) was used to determinepreference rankings using a balanced lattice design. Crickets discriminated between the various food items; the choice between the plant species was due to a definite preference. A high preference was shown for the main common pasture species of New Zealand improved pasture, particularly perennial ryegrass and white clover. The least favoured plant species, paspalum, phalaris and lotus major, are worth further investigation for persistence and productivity under black field cricket attack.

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“…However, in another test M. differentialis preferred giant ragweed, Ambrosia trifida L. (Asteraceae), over sunflower (Lewis 1984). Host preference has also been shown with other Melanoplus species (Bailey & Mukerji 1976;Fielding & Brusven 1992;Hinks et al 1990;Hinks & Olfert 1993;Johnson & Mündel 1987;Porter & Redak 1997). Damage to seedlings in a pine nursery was reported by Feaver (1985), but no other literature on the preferences of M. differentialis for either turfgrasses or landscape plants has been found.…”

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