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Oviposition of diamondback moth in the presence and absence of a novel host plant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2010

K. Henniges-Janssen ,
G. Schöfl ,
A. Reineke ,
D.G. Heckel  and
A.T. Groot
K. Henniges-Janssen*
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745Jena, Germany
G. Schöfl
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745Jena, Germany
A. Reineke
Affiliation:
Geisenheim Research Center, Department of Phytomedicine, Geisenheim, Germany
D.G. Heckel
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745Jena, Germany
A.T. Groot
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745Jena, Germany
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +49 (0)3641-571502 E-mail: kjanssen@ice.mpg.de
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Abstract

The diamondback moth (DBM, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)) consumes a wide variety of brassicaceous host plants and is a common pest of crucifer crops worldwide. A highly unusual infestation of a sugar pea crop was recorded in Kenya in 1999, which persisted for two consecutive years. A strain (DBM-P) from this population was established in the laboratory and is the only one of several strains tested that can complete larval development on sugar peas. The oviposition acceptance and preference of the DBM-P strain was assessed in the presence of cabbage plants, sugar pea plants or both, in comparison to another strain (DBM-Cj) that was collected from cabbage and is unable to grow on pea plants. As expected, DBM-Cj females preferred to oviposit on cabbage plants. Surprisingly, DBM-P females also laid most eggs on cabbage and very few on peas. However, they laid significantly more eggs on the cabbage plant when pea plants were present. Our findings suggest that DBM-P manifested the initial stages of an evolutionary host range expansion, which is incomplete due to lack of oviposition fidelity on pea plants.

Keywords

Plutella xylostellaLepidopteraspecialistherbivorehost shifthost plant preferencecrucifer
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 101 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 99 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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