scholarly journals Corn leaf aphid feeding behavior, injury to seedling maize, and colony development on inbred lines differing in DIMBOA concentrations

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Wayne Bing
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Inbred Lines ◽  
Colony Development ◽  
Corn Leaf Aphid ◽  
Aphid Feeding

scholarly journals Influence of Oilseed Rape Seed Treatment with Imidacloprid on Survival, Feeding Behavior, and Detoxifying Enzymes of Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Fang Huang ◽  
Zhongping Hao ◽  
Fengming Yan
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Oilseed Rape ◽  
Lipaphis Erysimi ◽  
Seed Coating ◽  
Detoxifying Enzymes ◽  
Feeding Behaviors ◽  
Mustard Aphid ◽  
Coating Agent ◽  
Aphid Feeding ◽  
Rape Seedlings

Imidacloprid application, as a seed coating agent on oilseed rape, is recommended to control mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). In this study, responses of L. erysimi were investigated, including survival, feeding behavior, and detoxifying enzymes, on the oilseed rape seedlings grown from seeds coated with imidacloprid at rates of 6, 12, or 18 g active ingredient (a.i.)/kg seed. The results showed that the aphids’ survival rate, together with that of the progeny of the survivors, on the seed-treated seedlings significantly decreased. This indicates that the aphid population in fields can be suppressed effectively. The electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique was used to record aphid feeding behaviors on two-, four-, and six-leaf stages of oilseed rape seedlings that had been seed-coated with imidacloprid, and individual responses were revealed during the aphid feeding behavior. On the plants at the two-leaf stage, aphid feeding behaviors were influenced, showing decreased frequency of stylet penetration into the leaf (probe) or into the mesophyll cells (potential drops, pds for short), and shortened duration of stylet event in the leaf (probe) or in the phloem. On the plants at the four- and six-leaf stages, these impacts of imidacloprid were weakened; however, the saliva secretion duration in phloem was shortened to less than 5 min in all imidacloprid treatments. The activity of mixed-function oxidase in aphids maintained on the treated seedlings with imidacloprid was elevated. In conclusion, imidacloprid could be used as a seed coating agent for aphid control, but chemical resistance in aphids should not be ignored.

scholarly journals Reduction of Plant Suitability for Corn Leaf Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Under Elevated Carbon Dioxide Condition

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 935-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Laurent Serteyn ◽  
Zhenying Wang ◽  
KangLai He ◽  
Frederic Francis
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Electrical Penetration Graph ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Feeding Site ◽  
Corn Leaf Aphid ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

Abstract In the current context of global climate change, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are continuously rising with potential influence on plant–herbivore interactions. The effect of elevated CO2 (eCO2) on feeding behavior of corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) on barley seedlings Hordeum vulgare L. was tracked using electrical penetration graph (EPG). The nutrient content of host plant and the developmental indexes of aphids under eCO2 and ambient CO2 (aCO2) conditions were also investigated. Barley seedlings under eCO2 concentration had lower contents of crude protein and amino acids. EPG analysis showed the plants cultivated under eCO2 influenced the aphid feeding behavior, by prolonging the total pre-probation time of the aphids (wandering and locating the feeding site) and the ingestion of passive phloem sap. Moreover, fresh body weight, fecundity and intrinsic population growth rate of R. maidis was significantly decreased in eCO2 in contrast to aCO2 condition. Our findings suggested that changes in plant nutrition caused by eCO2, mediated via the herbivore host could affect insect feeding behavior and population dynamics.

scholarly journals Modulation of Aphid Vector Activity by Potato virus Y on In Vitro Potato Plants

Plant Disease ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Boquel ◽  
C. Delayen ◽  
A. Couty ◽  
P. Giordanengo ◽  
A. Ameline
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Potato Virus ◽  
Potato Virus Y ◽  
Aphid Species ◽  
Aphis Fabae ◽  
Plant Colonization ◽  
Electrical Penetration Graph ◽  
Vector Activity ◽  
Aphid Feeding

The effects of the infection of potato (Solanum tuberosum) plants by the nonpersistent Potato virus Y (PVY) were studied on the host plant colonization behavior of different colonizing (Myzus persicae) and noncolonizing (Aphis fabae, Brevicoryne brassicae, and Sitobion avenae) aphid species. The underlying questions of this study were to know how aphids respond when faced with PVY-infected plants and whether plant infection can modify the aphid behavior involved in PVY spread. Short-range orientation behavior was observed using a dual-choice set-up and aphid feeding behavior was monitored using the electrical penetration graph technique. None of the aphid species discriminated between healthy and PVY-infected plants. Nevertheless, most individuals of M. persicae landed on and probed only in one plant whereas noncolonizing aphid species exhibited interplant movements. Study of the aphid feeding behavior showed that PVY infection essentially modified phloem and xylem ingestion. M. persicae and S. avenae exhibited an increased duration of phloem phases on PVY-infected plants whereas A. fabae showed a decreased duration of phloem phases that benefited from an increased duration of xylem ingestion phases. None of these parameters were changed in B. brassicae. These data present evidence that aphids can respond to plants infected by nonpersistent viruses. Such behavioral modifications are discussed within the context of PVY spread in potato crops.

The phloem-pd: a distinctive brief sieve element stylet puncture prior to sieve element phase of aphid feeding behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Jiménez ◽  
E. Garzo ◽  
J. Alba-Tercedor ◽  
A. Moreno ◽  
A. Fereres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Sieve Element ◽  
Aphid Feeding

EFFECTS OF INFESTATIONS BY THE CORN LEAF APHID, RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE), ON FIELD CORN IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

1973 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Foott ◽  
P. R. Timmins
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Moisture Stress ◽  
Average Yield ◽  
Rhopalosiphum Maidis ◽  
Field Corn ◽  
Corn Leaf Aphid ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Aphid Feeding ◽  
Moisture Conditions

AbstractThe effects of various levels of infestation of the corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), on yield of field corn were examined from 1965 to 1970 inclusive when all plants whose yield might have been influenced by factors other than aphid feeding were excluded from the data. A possible relationship between moisture stress in plants and degree of aphid injury was also investigated.A light infestation (maximum of 400 aphids on the tassel) caused average yield reductions up to 8.3% when plants were under moisture stress, but nil to negligible losses when moisture was adequate. Moderate infestations (many hundreds of aphids on part of the tassel) produced average losses up to 34.8% under drought conditions and up to 11.8% when moisture was abundant. Severe infestations (many hundreds of aphids on most of the tassel) caused average yield reductions ranging from 43.2 to 91.8% when plants were under water stress and up to 58.9% even with abundant moisture. Very severely infested plants (many hundreds on all of the tassel and whorl leaves) were usually barren or had ears with just a few kernels regardless of moisture conditions.Most injury from aphid feeding appeared to occur before and during pollination. No particular combination of temperature and rainfall favored aphid buildup.

scholarly journals Location, location, location: Feeding site affects aphid performance by altering access and quality of nutrients

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0245380
Author(s):  
Vamsi J. Nalam ◽  
Jinlong Han ◽  
William Jacob Pitt ◽  
Shailesh Raj Acharya ◽  
Punya Nachappa
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electrical Penetration Graph ◽  
Soybean Aphids ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
Aphid Feeding ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Plant Assays

Aphid feeding behavior and performance on a given host plant are influenced by the plants’ physical and chemical traits, including structural characters such as trichomes and nutritional composition. In this study, we determined the feeding behavior and performance of soybean aphids (Aphis glycines) on the stem, the adaxial (upper), and the abaxial (lower) leaf surfaces during early vegetative growth of soybean plants. Using the electrical penetration graph technique, we found that aphids feeding on the stem took the longest time to begin probing. Once aphids began probing, the sieve elements were more conducive to feeding, as evidenced by less salivation on the stem than either leaf surface. In whole-plant assays, stems harbored higher aphid populations, and aphids had shorter development time on stems than the adaxial and the abaxial leaf surfaces. We compared trichome density and length on the stem, the adaxial, and the abaxial leaf surfaces to investigate whether plant trichomes affected aphid feeding and performance. There were higher density and longer trichomes on stems, which likely resulted in aphids taking a longer time to probe. Still a negative impact on aphid population growth was not observed. Analysis of phloem sap composition revealed that vascular sap-enriched exudates from stems had higher sugars and amino acids than exudates from leaves. In artificial diet feeding assays, the population of aphids reared on a diet supplemented with stem exudates was higher than on a diet supplemented with leaf petiole exudates which is in agreement with results of the whole-plant assays. In summary, our findings suggest that the performance of soybean aphids on a specific plant location is primarily driven by accessibility and the quality of phloem composition rather than structural traits.

scholarly journals Neem extracts on Aphis nerii behavior and papaya ringspot virus transmission

1969 ◽  
Vol 89 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Elías Hernández-Castro ◽  
Víctor Utrera-Landa ◽  
Juan A. Villanueva-Jiménez ◽  
Daniel A. Rodríguez-Lagunes ◽  
Mario M. Ojeda-Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Virus Transmission ◽  
Viral Transmission ◽  
Ringspot Virus ◽  
Papaya Ringspot Virus ◽  
Neem Seed ◽  
Water Control ◽  
Aphis Nerii ◽  
Aphid Feeding ◽  
Time Periods

The effect of neem extracts on feeding behavior of Aphis nerii, as well as Papaya Ringspot Virus (PRSV-p) transmission, was determined. We evaluated papaya seedlings sprayed under laboratory conditions with a 10% aqueous extract of unpeeled neem seed and with a water control. Two time periods, exploratory (0 to 3 min) and feeding (>3 to 20 min), were used to evaluate aphid feeding behavior. Aphid mortality was determined 24 h after spraying. Viral transmission was measured by ELISA tests. No significant differences (p > 0.05) were obtained in the exploratory feeding behavior. However, significantly more aphids (p < 0.05) stopped feeding on neemsprayed plants from the >3 to 20 min period. Also, higher (p < 0.05) aphid mortality (37% vs. 10%) was found in neem-sprayed plants. However, no significant differences (p > 0.05) were found in PRSV-p transmission, thus indicating that neem seed aqueous extracts did not prevent viral transmission.

Morphological, physiological and metabolic comparisons between runner-like and sheet-like inbred lines of a colonial hydroid.

1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (20) ◽  
pp. 2821-2831 ◽  
Author(s):  
NW Blackstone
Keyword(s):  
Inbred Line ◽  
Redox State ◽  
Inbred Lines ◽  
Colony Morphology ◽  
Colony Development ◽  
Metabolic Capacity ◽  
Stolon Development ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
Colonial Hydroid

Hydractiniid hydroids display a range of morphological variation from sheet-like forms (i.e. closely spaced polyps with high rates of stolon branching) to runner-like forms (i.e. widely spaced polyps with low rates of stolon branching), thus exemplifying the patterns of heterochrony found in many colonial animals. A sheet-like and a runner-like inbred line of Podocoryne carnea were produced to investigate this heterochronic variation further. Selection on colony morphology at the time of the initiation of medusa production resulted in dramatic differences by the F5 and F6 generations. Compared with colonies of the sheet-like inbred line, runner-like colonies exhibited smaller sizes at the initiation of medusa production, more irregular colony shapes and diminished stolon development relative to polyp development. In addition to these differences in colony morphology, runner-like colonies also exhibited larger medusae and a greater amount of gastrovascular flow to the peripheral stolons. To assess differences in the metabolic capacity underlying this variaton in flow, the redox state of the polyp epitheliomuscular cells was measured using the fluorescence of NAD(P)H. In response to feeding-induced changes in gastrovascular flow, runner-like colonies show greater redox variation than sheet-like ones, plausibly corresponding to the greater amounts of flow generated by the former colonies relative to the latter. Perturbing the system with dilute solutions of 2,4-dinitrophenol similarly indicates that runner-like colonies contain more functionally oxidizable NAD(P)H. The correlation between gastrovascular flow and morphological differences supports the hypothesis that the former mediates the timing of colony development, perhaps in concert with the observed variation in the redox state of polyp epitheliomuscular cells.

Electronically monitored cowpea aphid feeding behavior on resistant and susceptible lupins

2001 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey W. Zehnder ◽  
Amy J. Nichols ◽  
Owain R. Edwards ◽  
T. James Ridsdill-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Cowpea Aphid ◽  
Aphid Feeding
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