ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2017
Response of a Predatory ant to Volatiles Emitted by Aphid- and Caterpillar-Infested Cucumber and Potato Plants.
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- Plant resistance: scientific basis and latest research progress.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Aphid-Resistant Plant Secondary Metabolites: Types, Insecticidal Mechanisms, and Prospects for Utilization.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A Transcriptome Analysis ofInsects · 2024Article
- Testing the joint effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and ants on insect herbivory on potato plants.Planta · 2024Article
- Plant Secondary Metabolites: The Weapons for Biotic Stress Management.Metabolites · 2023Review
- Plant viruses induce plant volatiles that are detected by aphid parasitoids.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Parasitism causes changes in caterpillar odours and associated bacterial communities with consequences for host-location by a hyperparasitoid.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
- Predatory Abilities of Two Mediterranean Ants on the Eggs and Larvae of the Codling MothInsects · 2023Article
- Dynamic distress calls: volatile info chemicals induce and regulate defense responses during herbivory.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- The discrepancy between fire ant recruitment to and performance on rodent carrion.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- New Tools for Conservation Biological Control: Testing Ant-Attracting Artificial Nectaries to Employ Ants as Plant Defenders.Insects · 2020Article
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Abstract
In response to herbivory by insects, various plants produce volatiles that attract enemies of the herbivores. Although ants are important components of natural and agro-ecosystems, the importance of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) as cues for ants for finding food sources have received little attention. We investigated responses of the ant Formica pratensis to volatiles emitted by uninfested and insect-infested cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and potato (Solanum tuberosum) plants. Cucumber plants were infested by the phloem-feeding aphid Aphis gossypii, the leaf chewer Mamestra brassicae or simultaneously by both insects. Potato plants were infested by either Aphis gossypii, by the leaf chewer Chrysodeixis chalcites or both. In olfactometer experiments, ants preferred volatile blends emitted by cucumber plants infested with M. brassicae caterpillars alone or combined with A. gossypii to volatiles of undamaged plants or plants damaged by A. gossypii only. No preference was recorded in choice tests between volatiles released by aphid-infested plants over undamaged plants. Volatiles emitted by potato plants infested by either C. chalcites or A. gossypii were preferred by ants over volatiles released by undamaged plants. Ants did not discriminate between potato plants infested with aphids and caterpillars over plants infested with aphids only. Plant headspace composition showed qualitative and/or quantitative differences between herbivore treatments. Multivariate analysis revealed clear separation between uninfested and infested plants and among herbivore treatments. The importance of HIPVs in indirect plant defence by ants is discussed in the context of the ecology of ant-plant interactions and possible roles of ants in pest management.
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