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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29556| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Behavioural response of wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae to the primary plant metabolite carbon dioxide |
| Authors: | Rogers, C. D. Evans, K. A. Parker, J. Pappa, V. A. |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0007485313000382 10.21256/zhaw-29556 |
| Published in: | Bulletin of Entomological Research |
| Volume(Issue): | 103 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Page(s): | 675 |
| Pages to: | 682 |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2013 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0007-4853 1475-2670 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Animal; Carbon dioxide; Diptera; Larva; Seedling; Soil; Chemical ecology; Host location; Phytophagous; Pest |
| Subject (DDC): | 590: Animals (Zoology) |
| Abstract: | Wheat bulb fly (WBF) larvae use chemotaxis to orientate towards host-plant root exudates. This study aimed to investigate the role of the primary plant metabolite carbon dioxide (CO2) in host-plant location by WBF. Arena based behavioural experiments were used to identify whether CO2 induced chemotaxis (directional movement in response to a chemical stimulus) or kinesis (non-directional movement in response to a stimulus) from WBF larvae. No chemotactic response was observed when larvae were presented to a point source of CO2. However, elevated levels of CO2 induced kinesis, with both track length and tortuosity (number of twists and turns in the movement path) increasing at elevated CO2 levels of 1000-2000 ppm, demonstrating increased searching behaviour. Soil emission of CO2 was quantified to compare soil levels with those identified as eliciting behavioural effects on the larvae. Samples removed from soil gave a mean CO2 concentration of 557 (±46) ppm, which is lower than the lowest concentration of CO2 found to induce a behavioural response and higher than the lowest CO2 concentration tested, which was found not to alter behaviour. It is proposed that increased CO2 concentrations in the soil act as a behavioural trigger, inducing intensive searching of an area by WBF larvae. This increases the likelihood of finding more host-specific identifiers, such as secondary metabolites when near a potential host-plant. |
| Further description: | Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch) |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29556 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Rogers, C. D., Evans, K. A., Parker, J., & Pappa, V. A. (2013). Behavioural response of wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae to the primary plant metabolite carbon dioxide. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 103(6), 675–682. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485313000382
Rogers, C.D. et al. (2013) ‘Behavioural response of wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae to the primary plant metabolite carbon dioxide’, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 103(6), pp. 675–682. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485313000382.
C. D. Rogers, K. A. Evans, J. Parker, and V. A. Pappa, “Behavioural response of wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae to the primary plant metabolite carbon dioxide,” Bulletin of Entomological Research, vol. 103, no. 6, pp. 675–682, Dec. 2013, doi: 10.1017/S0007485313000382.
ROGERS, C. D., K. A. EVANS, J. PARKER und V. A. PAPPA, 2013. Behavioural response of wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae to the primary plant metabolite carbon dioxide. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Dezember 2013. Bd. 103, Nr. 6, S. 675–682. DOI 10.1017/S0007485313000382
Rogers, C. D., K. A. Evans, J. Parker, and V. A. Pappa. 2013. “Behavioural Response of Wheat Bulb Fly (Delia Coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Larvae to the Primary Plant Metabolite Carbon Dioxide.” Bulletin of Entomological Research 103 (6): 675–82. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485313000382.
Rogers, C. D., et al. “Behavioural Response of Wheat Bulb Fly (Delia Coarctata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Larvae to the Primary Plant Metabolite Carbon Dioxide.” Bulletin of Entomological Research, vol. 103, no. 6, Dec. 2013, pp. 675–82, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485313000382.
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