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Insects

Title:		"Does the Infectious Status of Aphids Influence Their Preference Towards Healthy, Virus-Infected and Endophytically Colonized Plants?"
Author(s):		Fingu-Mabola JC; Martin C; Bawin T; Verheggen FJ; Francis F;
Address:		"Entomologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Terra, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liege-Universite-Passage des Deportes 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium. Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 2019 Tromso, Norway"
Journal Title:		Insects
Year:		2020
Volume:		20200711
Issue:		7
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/insects11070435
ISSN/ISBN:		2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) cause significant damage and transmit viruses to various crop plants. We aimed to evaluate how the infectious status of aphids influences their interaction with potential hosts. Two aphid (Myzus persicae and Rhopalosiphum padi) and plant (Nicotiana tabacum and Triticum aestivum) species were used. The preferences of aphids towards healthy, virus-infected (Potato Leafroll Virus (PLRV) and Barley Yellow Dwarf virus (BYDV)), and endophytic entomopathogenic fungi (EEPF)-inoculated (Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium acridum) plants were investigated in dual-choice tests. The headspace volatiles of the different plant modalities were also sampled and analyzed. Viruliferous and non-viruliferous aphids were more attracted to EEPF-inoculated plants compared to uninoculated plants. However, viruliferous aphids were more attracted to EEPF-inoculated plants compared to virus-infected plants, while non-viruliferous insects exhibited no preference. Fungal-inoculated plants released higher amounts of aldehydes (i.e., heptanal, octanal, nonanal and decanal) compared to other plants, which might explain why viruliferous and non-viruliferous aphids were more abundant in EEPF-inoculated plants. Our study provides an interesting research perspective on how EEPF are involved in behavior of virus vector, depending on the infectious status of the latter"
Keywords:		aphid-borne virus pathosystem biological control endophytic fungus host-finding behavior insect-plant-microbe interactions multitrophic interactions plant volatile organic compound;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFingu-Mabola, Junior Corneille Martin, Clement Bawin, Thomas Verheggen, Francois Jean Francis, Frederic eng Switzerland 2020/07/16 Insects. 2020 Jul 11; 11(7):435. doi: 10.3390/insects11070435"