Role of terpenes from aphid-infested potato on searching and oviposition behavior of Episyrphus balteatus

作     者：NICOLAS HARMEL RAKI ALMOHAMAD MARIE-LAURE FAUCONNIER PATRICK DU JARDIN FRANCOIS VERHEGGEN MICHEL MARLIER ERIC HAUBRUGE FREDERIC FRANCIS 

作者机构：Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology Department of Plant Biology Department of General and Organic Chemistry Gembloux Agricultural University Gembloux Belgium 

出 版 物：《Insect Science》 (昆虫科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2007年第14卷第1期

页      面：57-63页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 0901[农学-作物学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：N.Harmel was financially supported by a PhD grant from the Fonds pourla formation a la Recherche dans 1'Industrieet 1'Agriculture(F.R.I.A).Belgium 

主　　题：aphid infested behavior Episyrphus balteatus potato terpenes 

摘      要：To cope with pathogen and insect attacks, plants develop different mechanisms of defence, in both direct （physical and chemical） and indirect ways （attractive volatiles to entomophagous beneficials）. Plants are then able to express traits that facilitate ＂top-down＂ control of pests by attracting herbivore predators. Here we investigate the indirect defence mechanism of potato plants by analyzing the volatile patterns of both healthy and aphid- infested plants. Important changes in the emitted terpene pattern by the Myzus persicae infested host plant were observed. Using Solid Phase MicroExtraction （SPME） and GC-MS, the （E）-fl-farnesene （EBF） appeared to be emitted by aphid-infested potato and not by healthy plants. To assess the infochemical role of these volatile releases after aphid damage on the aphidophagous predators Episyrphus balteams, the hoverfly foraging behavior was assessed using the Observer 5.0 software （Noldus, Wageningen, The Netherlands）. Aphidfree potato plants were also used as a control volatile source in the predator behavioral study. While aphid-infested plants induced efficient searching and acceptation behaviors leading to egg-laying, no kairomonal effect of healthy potato plants was observed, leading to longer immobility durations and shorter searching periods in the net cage. High oviposition rate of E. balteatus was observed when aphid-infested potato was used （mean of 48.9 eggs per laying and per female）. On the other hand, no egg was produced by the hoverfly on healthy aphid-free plants. The E. balteatus foraging and reproductive behaviors according to the volatile emission from aphid-infested plants are discussed in relation to the potential use of active infochemical molecules in integrated aphid pest management.