Laboratory and Field Olfactory Attraction of the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Metabolites of Bacterial Species

Martinez, Adelaido J.; Robacker, David C.; Garcia, Jose A.; Esau, Kenneth L.

doi:10.2307/3495878

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“…This is not the first study to report insect feeding behaviour that enhances uptake of internal bacteria. A similar capacity to select sites with bacteria was described before in the fruit flies, which have other Enterobacteriaceae gut bacteria (MacCollem et al, 1992;Martinez et al, 1994). Several other mechanisms to enhance uptake of gut bacteria have been described.…”

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confidence: 79%

Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) preference for thrips-damaged leaves over fresh leaves enables uptake of symbiotic gut bacteria

Vries¹,

Vos²,

Jacobs³

et al. 2006

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract.To understand the evolution of insect gut symbionts it is important to determine how they are passed on to the next generation. We studied this process in Erwinia species bacteria that inhabit the gut of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). This is a polyphagous herbivore and a world-wide pest in agricultural crops. With bacteria in the gut, the thrips larval development time can be shorter and its oviposition rate higher compared to bacteria-free thrips. Bacteria are not directly transmitted from mother to offspring, but larvae acquire bacteria from the leaves right after they hatch. These gut bacteria are present on the leaves on feeding sites used by other thrips before the larvae arrive, probably because these other thrips have deposited bacteria via faeces or regurgitation. In this study we addressed the question whether the transmission route of symbiotic bacteria influences the thrips feeding behaviour, and determined the feeding and oviposition preference of thrips, by giving them a choice between leaves with and leaves without prior grazing by other western flower thrips. This was studied for thrips with and thrips without gut bacteria. Young larvae prefer to feed on leaves that where grazed before by other thrips and females prefer to oviposit on these grazed leaves. These results are in contradiction to earlier studies that have found that thrips larvae fitness is lower on thrips damaged plants than on clean plants. This behaviour does however promote the establishment of gut bacteria in the thrips. The factors determining the preference for thrips-damaged leaves may be the physical leaf damage or odours that are produced by the plant, the bacteria or both.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) preference for thrips-damaged leaves over fresh leaves enables uptake of symbiotic gut bacteria

Vries¹,

Vos²,

Jacobs³

et al. 2006

Eur. J. Entomol.

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“…Rubio and McFadden (1966) reported 21 different bacteria isolated from the gut of the Mexican fruit fly collected in Mexico with Staphylococcus being the most frequently (76%) observed. Martinez et al (1994) In 2007, at Moore Air Base in Mission, Texas, USA, we isolated microbes present in and on eggs, larvae, artificial diet, and from collected indoor air near larvae separation to establish a base line list of microbes associated with Mexican fruit fly from the rearing facility. Since then, more than 100 species of microbes have been cultured (Salas B, unpublished).…”

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Phylogeographic Structure in Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) Populations Inferred With mtDNA Sequencing

Ruiz‐Arce

Owen

Thomas³

et al. 2015

Journal of Economic Entomology

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“…Tephritidae Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae), a serious pest of fruit cultures (Martinez et al 1994), was shown to be strongly attracted by many bacteria derived chemical cues (Tables 1, 2). Robacker et al have identified several bacterial volatiles affecting the behaviours of A. ludens.…”

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“…This strongly suggests that insects can evolve the ability to associate the presence of bacterial volatiles produce by bacteria with different behaviours and such studies certainly lead to a better understanding of the role of bacteria in the ecology of insects but a lack in this field is certainly that only few assays have been performed under natural conditions to evaluate the effects of the bacterial volatiles, separately or in mixtures. Indeed, only few field trials were conducted (Martinez et al 1994;Drew 1987;Drew and Fay 1988;Zilkowski et al 1999) to really assess the efficacy of bacterial volatiles for a biological control against insect pests in field crops or orchards.…”

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“…Two strains of Enterobacter agglomerans were also investigated for attractiveness to sugar-fed fruit flies demonstrating that 3-hydroxy-2-butanone, 2-phenylethanol, ammonia, indole and trimethylpyrazine were attractive (Robacker and Lauzon 2002;Robacker et al 2004). Martinez et al (1994) isolated several bacteria (Citrobacter freundii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Erwinia herbicola, etc.) from the Mexican fruit fly A. ludens alimentary tract and mouthparts and demonstrated that they all attracted this species.…”

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The semiochemically mediated interactions between bacteria and insects

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In natural environment, semiochemicals are involved in many interactions between the different trophic levels involving insects, plants and hosts for parasitoids or prey for predators. These volatile compounds act as messengers within or between insect species, inducing particular behaviours, such as the localisation of a source of food, the orientation to an adequate oviposition site, the selection of a suitable breeding site and the localisation of hosts or prey. In this sense, bacteria have been shown to play an important role in the production of volatile compounds which ones act as semiochemicals. This review, focusing on the semiochemically mediated interactions between bacteria and insects, highlights that bacterial semiochemicals act as important messengers for insects. Indeed, in most of the studies reported here, insects respond to specific volatiles emitted by specific bacteria hosted by the insect itself (gut, mouthparts, etc.) or present in the natural environment where the insect evolves. Particularly, bacteria from the families Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonaceae and Bacillaceae are involved in many interactions with insects. Because semiochemicals naturally produced by bacteria could be a very interesting option for pest management, advances in this field are discussed in the context of biological control against insect pests.

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Laboratory and Field Olfactory Attraction of the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Metabolites of Bacterial Species

Cited by 39 publications

References 12 publications

Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) preference for thrips-damaged leaves over fresh leaves enables uptake of symbiotic gut bacteria

Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) preference for thrips-damaged leaves over fresh leaves enables uptake of symbiotic gut bacteria

Phylogeographic Structure in Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) Populations Inferred With mtDNA Sequencing

The semiochemically mediated interactions between bacteria and insects

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