ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2016
Feeding Experience Affects the Behavioral Response of Polyphagous Gypsy Moth Caterpillars to Herbivore-induced Poplar Volatiles.
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- Exploring plant volatile-mediated interactions between native and introduced plants and insects.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Biochemical and Morphological Mechanisms Underlying the Performance and Preference of Fall Armyworm (Insects · 2022Article
- The Role of Trialeurodes vaporariorum-Infested Tomato Plant Volatiles in the Attraction of Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae).Journal of chemical ecology · 2021Article
- Volatile emission and biosynthesis in endophytic fungi colonizing black poplar leaves.Beilstein journal of organic chemistry · 2021Article
- Natural Variation in Volatile Emissions of the Invasive WeedPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- What makes a volatile organic compound a reliable indicator of insect herbivory?Plant, cell & environment · 2019Article
- Divergent behavioural responses of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) caterpillars from three different subspecies to potential host trees.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Herbivore-induced volatile emission from old-growth black poplar trees under field conditions.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Egg-laying decisions based on olfactory cues enhance offspring fitness in Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae).Scientific reports · 2019Article
- An herbivore-induced plant volatile reduces parasitoid attraction by changing the smell of caterpillars.Science advances · 2018Article
- Exploring the Effects of Plant Odors, from Tree Species of Differing Host Quality, on the Response of Lymantria dispar Males to Female Sex Pheromones.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Can plant-natural enemy communication withstand disruption by biotic and abiotic factors?Ecology and evolution · 2016Review
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Abstract
Plant volatiles influence host selection of herbivorous insects. Since volatiles often vary in space and time, herbivores (especially polyphagous ones) may be able to use these compounds as cues to track variation in host plant quality based on their innate abilities and previous experience. We investigated the behavioral response of naïve (fed on artificial diet) and experienced (fed on poplar) gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) caterpillars, a polyphagous species, towards constitutive and herbivore-induced black poplar (Populus nigra) volatiles at different stages of herbivore attack. In Y-tube olfactometer assays, both naïve and experienced caterpillars were attracted to constitutive volatiles and volatiles released after short-term herbivory (up to 6 hr). Naïve caterpillars also were attracted to volatiles released after longer-term herbivory (24-30 hr), but experienced caterpillars preferred the odor of undamaged foliage. A multivariate statistical analysis comparing the volatile emission of undamaged plants vs. plants after short and longer-term herbivory, suggested various compounds as being responsible for distinguishing between the odors of these plants. Ten compounds were selected for individual testing of caterpillar behavioral responses in a four-arm olfactometer. Naïve caterpillars spent more time in arms containing (Z)-3-hexenol and (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate than in solvent permeated arms, while avoiding benzyl cyanide and salicyl aldehyde. Experienced caterpillars avoided benzyl cyanide and preferred (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate and the homoterpene (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene (DMNT) over solvent. Only responses to DMNT were significantly different when comparing experienced and naïve caterpillars. The results show that gypsy moth caterpillars display an innate behavioral response towards constitutive and herbivore-induced plant volatiles, but also that larval behavior is plastic and can be modulated by previous feeding experience.
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