Title: | Can Plant Defence Mechanisms Provide New Approaches for the Sustainable Control of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae? |
Author(s): | Agut B; Pastor V; Jaques JA; Flors V; |
Address: | "Departament de Ciencies Agraries i del Medi Natural. Campus del Riu Sec, Metabolic Integration and Cell Signalling Group, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), E-12071-Castello de la Plana, Spain. bagut@uji.es. Departament de Ciencies Agraries i del Medi Natural, Unitat Associada d'Entomologia IVIA-UJI, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Campus del Riu Sec, E-12071-Castello de la Plana, Spain. bagut@uji.es. Departament de Ciencies Agraries i del Medi Natural. Campus del Riu Sec, Metabolic Integration and Cell Signalling Group, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), E-12071-Castello de la Plana, Spain. pastorm@uji.es. Departament de Ciencies Agraries i del Medi Natural, Unitat Associada d'Entomologia IVIA-UJI, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Campus del Riu Sec, E-12071-Castello de la Plana, Spain. josep.jaques@camn.uji.es. Departament de Ciencies Agraries i del Medi Natural. Campus del Riu Sec, Metabolic Integration and Cell Signalling Group, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), E-12071-Castello de la Plana, Spain. flors@uji.es" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1422-0067 (Electronic) 1422-0067 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Tetranychus urticae (T. urticae) Koch is a cosmopolitan, polyphagous mite which causes economic losses in both agricultural and ornamental plants. Some traits of T. urticae hamper its management, including a short life cycle, arrhenotokous parthenogenesis, its haplodiploid sex determination system, and its extraordinary ability to adapt to different hosts and environmental conditions. Currently, the use of chemical and biological control are the major control methods used against this mite. In recent years, some studies have focused on plant defence mechanisms against herbivores. Various families of plant compounds (such as flavonoids, glucosinolates, or acyl sugars) have been shown to behave as acaricides. Plants can be induced upon appropriate stimuli to increase their resistance against spider mites. This knowledge, together with the understanding of mechanisms by which T. urticae detoxifies and adapts to pesticides, may complement the control of this pest. Herein, we describe plant volatile compounds (VOCs) with repellent activity, and new findings about defence priming against spider mites, which interfere with the T. urticae performance. The use of VOCs and defence priming can be integrated into current management practices and reduce the damage caused by T. urticae in the field by implementing new, more sustainable crop management tools" |
Keywords: | "Animals Disease Resistance *Pest Control, Biological Plant Diseases/immunology/parasitology Plants/*immunology/*parasitology Tetranychidae/*pathogenicity Tetranychus urticae herbivore-induced plant volatiles indirect defences plant defence spider mites;" |
Notes: | "MedlineAgut, Blas Pastor, Victoria Jaques, Josep A Flors, Victor eng Review Switzerland 2018/02/22 Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Feb 21; 19(2):614. doi: 10.3390/ijms19020614" |