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Title:Predator efficacy and attraction to herbivore-induced volatiles determine insect pest selection of inferior host plant
Author(s):Khallaf MA; Sadek MM; Anderson P;
Address:"Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt"
Journal Title:iScience
Year:2023
Volume:20230128
Issue:2
Page Number:106077 -
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106077
ISSN/ISBN:2589-0042 (Electronic) 2589-0042 (Linking)
Abstract:"Unlike mammals, most invertebrates provide no direct parental care for their progeny, which makes a well-selected oviposition site crucial. However, little is known about the female evaluation of opportunities and threats during host selection. Leveraging the wide range of host plants used by the polyphagous pest, Spodoptera littoralis, we investigate oviposition choice between two plants of different nutritional quality. Females prefer to lay their eggs on the host plant, which has inferior larval development and more natural enemies but provides lower predation rates. On the superior host plant, a major predator shows more successful search behavior and is more attracted to herbivore-induced volatiles. Our findings show that predator efficacy and odor-guided attraction, rather than predator abundance, determine enemy free space. We postulate that predators' behaviors contribute to the weak correlation between preference and performance during host plant selection in S. littoralis and in polyphagous insects in general"
Keywords:Animals Biological sciences Ecology Ethology Zoology;
Notes:"PubMed-not-MEDLINEKhallaf, Mohammed A Sadek, Medhat M Anderson, Peter eng 2023/02/24 iScience. 2023 Jan 28; 26(2):106077. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106077. eCollection 2023 Feb 17"

 
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