Coconut Leaf Beetle Brontispa longissima Gestro

2017 ◽  
pp. 229-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoqian Lu ◽  
Zhengqiang Peng
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Beetle

Registration of Two Cereal Leaf Beetle Resistant Barley Germplasms

Crop Science ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 828-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.H. Smith ◽  
J.A. Webster ◽  
J.E. Grafius
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Cereal Leaf Beetle

Flight dimorphism is related to survival, reproduction and mating success in the leaf beetle Oreina cacaliae

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICOLE M. KALBERER ◽  
MATHIAS KÖLLIKER
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Leaf Beetle

scholarly journals Volatile metabolites of willows determining host discrimination by adult Plagiodera versicolora

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahao Ling ◽  
Xiaoping Li ◽  
Guo Yang ◽  
Tongming Yin
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Host Discrimination ◽  
Plagiodera Versicolora ◽  
Volatile Metabolites ◽  
Hexenyl Acetate ◽  
Volatile Organic

AbstractPlagiodera versicolora Laicharting is a highly damaging leaf beetle foraging on willow leaves. In willow germplasm collections, observation has shown that Salix suchowensis Cheng was severely foraged by this leaf beetle while Salix triandra L. was damage free or only slightly damaged. Results of olfactometer bioassays show that the headspace volatiles from leaves of S. triandra significantly repelled adult beetles, suggesting that this species produces volatile repellents against P. versicolora. S. suchowensis had no effect on the beetles. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was carried out to profile the headspace volatile organic compounds and 23 compounds from leaves of the alternate species in significantly different concentrations were detected. The effects of 20 chemical analogs on host discrimination were examined. Olfactory response to these chemicals showed that o-cymene, a S. suchowensis specific constituent, significantly attracted adult P. versicolora. In contrast, cis-3-hexenyl acetate, a constituent concentrated more in S. triandra than in S. suchowensis, significantly repelled beetles. Mixing o-cymene and cis-3-hexenyl acetate in comparable concentrations as in the volatiles of S. suchowensis demonstrated that the latter could mask the attracting effect of the former, causing a neutral response by adult beetles to leaves of S. suchowensis against clean air. In addition, chemical analogs have the same effect as plants when resembling volatile organic compounds in real samples. Two volatile metabolites were detected triggering host discrimination by one of the most damaging insect pests to host and non-host willows. The two metabolites are of considerable potential for use as olfactory signs in managing the beetles.

scholarly journals Involvement of CYP347W1 in neurotoxin 3‐nitropropionic acid based chemical defense in mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanxia Fu ◽  
Tobias Becker ◽  
Wolfgang Brandt ◽  
Maritta Kunert ◽  
Antje Burse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Defense ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Nitropropionic Acid ◽  
Phaedon Cochleariae ◽  
3 Nitropropionic Acid

Influence of prey size and environmental factors on predation by Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on viburnum leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaylord A. Desurmont ◽  
Paul A. Weston
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Handling Time ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Podisus Maculiventris ◽  
Viburnum Opulus ◽  
Host Plant Species ◽  
Search Area ◽  
Rate Of Increase

AbstractExperiments were conducted under laboratory conditions to determine the influence of the relative sizes of predator and prey, temperature, presence of refugia, size of the search area, and host-plant species on the predation performance of Podisus maculiventris (Say) nymphs against viburnum leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull), a new landscape pest in North America that feeds on the foliage of species of Viburnum L. (Caprifoliaceae). Predator handling time was positively correlated with body mass of the prey for all instars of P. maculiventris, but the rate of increase of handling time relative to prey mass decreased as predator age increased. Temperature was positively correlated with predation rates, but the presence of refugia did not have an impact on predation. The influence of host-plant species and size of the search area was tested on southern arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum L.) and American cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus L. var. americanum Aiton). There was a significant interaction between plant species and size of the search area, the species effect becoming significant as leaf surface area increased. In the case of southern arrowwood a negative correlation between size of the search area and predation rate was also detected. The identification of these factors adds valuable knowledge for using P. maculiventris as a biological-control agent against P. viburni.

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