Plant volatiles induced by Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in two cultivars of strawberry and its attracti
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Plant volatiles induced by Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in two cultivars of strawberry and its attraction to the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Delia M. Pinto‑Zevallos1 · Camila B. C. Martins1 · Samara M. M. Andrade1,3 · Maria A. Zawadneak2 · Paulo H. G. Zarbin1 Received: 29 April 2020 / Accepted: 13 October 2020 © Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was introduced in Brazil not long ago and causes severe yield losses to strawberry plantations. This situation demands the development of sustainable pest management strategies. Podisus nigrispinus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is a Neotropical generalist predator that has potential to be used in biological control programs against D. fovealis. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are of great interest due to their potential uses in pest management programs, particularly for improving biological control. In this way, this study aims at measuring P. nigrispinus response to volatiles induced by D. fovealis-damaged strawberry plants of two cultivars, namely San Andreas and Albion. For this purpose, headspace volatiles emitted by strawberry plants were chemically characterized and behavioral assays of P. nigrispinus nymphs were performed using a Y-tube olfactometer. The two strawberry cultivars, Albion and San Andreas, emitted higher amounts of terpenoids after being exposed to herbivory by D. fovealis. Several compounds were only detected in the headspace of D. fovealis-damaged plants. In spite of some qualitative and quantitative differences, the genotype did not affect the volatile emissions. Podisus nigrispinus showed preference for herbivory-damaged Albion and San Andreas plants in comparison to undamaged plants. However, P. nigrispinus did not prefer herbivore-damaged plants of any cultivar in particular. The results indicate that HIPVs mediate tritrophic signaling in this model system. Keywords Herbivory · Indirect defenses · Biological control · Attractants · Intraspecific variation
Introduction The European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller 1847) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), was reported for the first time in North America in 2004 (Brambila and Stocks 2010), Handling Editor: Jarmo K. Holopainen. * Paulo H. G. Zarbin [email protected] 1
Laboratory of Semiochemicals, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná, P.O. Box 19081, Curitiba, Paraná C.E.P. 81531‑980, Brazil
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Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Applied Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, P.O. 19031, Curitiba, Paraná C.E.P. 81531‑980, Brazil
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Natural Resources Canada‑Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada
and it was first reported in Brazil in 2010 (Zawadneak et al. 2016). Although D. fovealis is a polyphagous insect with a wide host range (Zawadneak et al. 2014), in Brazil it has been only reported feeding on strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) and on the ornamental plant Kalanchoe blossfe
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