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ArticlePeerJ2019

The host range of

Lin Ma, Meng-Yue Li, Chun-Yan Chang, Fang-Fang Chen, Yang Hu, Xiang-Dong Liu

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Article in PeerJ, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors.

Lin MaDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Meng-Yue LiDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Chun-Yan ChangDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Fang-Fang ChenDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yang HuDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Xiang-Dong LiuDepartment of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA polyphagous insect herbivore has a wide range of host plants. However, it has been found that many polyphagous herbivores commonly exhibit a strong preference for a subset of species in their broad host range, and various host biotypes exist in herbivore populations. Nutrition and secondary metabolites in plants affect herbivore preference and performance, but it is still not clear which factors determine the host range and host preference of polyphagous herbivores.

methodCotton-melon aphids,

resultsAphids from cotton and cucumber plants could not colonize the excised leaves and intact plants of cucumber and cotton seedlings, respectively. All six genotypes of aphids collected from cotton and cucumber plants could survive and produce offspring on artificial diet, which lacked plant secondary metabolites. The feeding experience on the artificial diet did not alter the ability of all six genotypes to use their native host plants. However, after feeding on this artificial diet for seven days, two aphid genotypes from cotton and one from cucumber acquired the ability to use both of the excised leaves from cucumber and cotton plants. The two aphid genotypes from cotton conditioned by the feeding experience on artificial diet and then reared on excised cucumber leaves for >12 generations still maintained the ability to use intact cotton plants but did not establish a population on cucumber plants. However, one cucumber genotype conditioned by artificial diet and then reared on excised cotton leaves could use both the intact cotton and cucumber plants, showing that the expansion of host range was mediated by feeding experience.

conclusionFeeding experience on artificial diet induced the expansion of host range of the cucurbit-specialized

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Artificial dietCotton-melon aphidFeeding experienceGenotypeHost range expansionHost specialization

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PMCPMC6768058

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