Spring and summer hosts for <i>Pieris rapae</i> in Southern Spain with special attention to <i>Capparis spinosa</i>

García, Elena Fernández

doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1988.tb01161.x

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“…Species of host plant consumed has been shown to greatly affect performance of a variety of lepidopteran larvae (Drooz 1965(Drooz , 1970Soo Hoo and Fraenkel 1966;Beckwith 1976;Scriber 1979Scriber , 1981Koller and Leonard 1981;Feeny et at. 1985;Beach and Todd 1988;Garcia 1988). A number of studies have examined effects of various individual host species on growth and survival of the gypsy moth as well (Hough and Pimentel 1978;Barbosa et al 1983;Meyer and Montgomery 1987;Rossiter et al 1988;Hajek 1989;Miller and Hanson 1989;Chilcote 1990;Lindroth and Hemming 1990;Sheppard and Friedman 1990;Miller et al 1991;Roden and Surgeoner 1991;Chilcote et al 1992).…”

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Effects of host switching on gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar (L.)) under field conditions

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Effects of various single and two species diets on the performance of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar (L.)) were studied when this insect was reared from hatch to population on intact host trees in the field. The tree species used for this study were red oak (Quercus rubra L.), white oak (Q. alba L.), bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata Michaux), and trembling aspen (P. tremuloides Michaux). These are commonly available host trees in the Lake States region. The study spanned two years and was performed at two different field sites in central Michigan. Conclusions drawn from this study include: (1) Large differences in gypsy moth growth and survival can occur even among diet sequences composed of favorable host species. (2) Larvae that spent their first two weeks feeding on red oak performed better during this time period than larvae on all other host species in terms of mean weight, mean relative growth rate (RGR), and mean level of larval development, while larvae on a first host of bigtooth aspen were ranked lowest in terms of mean weight, RGR, and level of larval development. (3) Combination diets do not seem to be inherently better or worse than diets composed of only a single species; rather, insect performance was affected by the types of host species eaten and the time during larval development that these host species were consumed instead of whether larvae ate single species diets or mixed species diets. (4) In diets composed of two host species, measures of gypsy moth performance are affected to different extents in the latter part of the season by the two different hosts; larval weights and development rates show continued effects of the first host fed upon while RGRs, mortality, and pupal weights are affected strongly by the second host type eaten. (5) Of the diets investigated in this study, early feeding on red oak followed by later feeding on an aspen, particularly trembling aspen, is most beneficial to insects in terms of attaining high levels of performance throughout their lives.

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Effects of host switching on gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar (L.)) under field conditions

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“…rubecula is a solitary larval endoparasitoid of Pieris rupae L. This lepidopteran is its only host known in North America (Richards, 1940;Nealis, 1985). P. r a p e exclusively attacks plants containing glucosinolates (precursors of isothiocyanates): Cruciferaceae, Capparaceae and Tropalaceae (Richards, 1940;Chew, 1980;Garcia, 1988). The C. rubeculalP.…”

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In‐flight orientation to volatiles from the plant‐host complex in Cotesia rubecula (Hym.: Braconidae): increased sensitivity through olfactory experience

Kaiser

Cardé

1992

Physiological Entomology

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Abstract. Plasticity in in‐flight orientation to odours from the plant‐host complex (PHC: plant infested by the host) was investigated in Cotesia rubecula, a specialist larval parasitoid of Pieris rapae which feeds almost exclusively upon cruciferous plants. A wind tunnel was used to study effects of both concentration of volatile emissions and females' experience. A low proportion of naive wasps located weak odourant sources, i.e. either a single cabbage leaf or a leaf with two first stadium P.rapae larvae. This rate could be elevated by increasing the odour concentration or by providing the wasps with either a previous oviposition experience on the PHC or an exposure to the PHC odour. Previous oviposition on washed larvae (diet‐fed, starved and then rinsed with distilled water) in an odourless environment had no effect, which suggested that increased sensitivity to the PHC odour resulted from olfactory experience. The number of mature eggs in a female was affected by oviposition on the PHC or washed larvae but not by exposure to the PHC odour. Therefore the number of mature eggs available was not correlated to the observed differences in orientation behaviour. Possible mechanisms of the behavioural changes described are discussed in the light of the host specificities of C.rubecula and P.rapae.

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Caper Bush: Botany and Horticulture

Sozzi

2001

Horticultural Reviews

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Spring and summer hosts for Pieris rapae in Southern Spain with special attention to Capparis spinosa

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Effects of host switching on gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar (L.)) under field conditions

Effects of host switching on gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar (L.)) under field conditions

In‐flight orientation to volatiles from the plant‐host complex in Cotesia rubecula (Hym.: Braconidae): increased sensitivity through olfactory experience

Caper Bush: Botany and Horticulture

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