| Title: | Herbivore-Dependent Induced Volatiles in Pear Plants Cause Differential Attractive Response by Lacewing Larvae |
| Author(s): | Valle D; Mujica V; Gonzalez A; |
| Address: | "Proteccion Vegetal, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria, INIA Las Brujas, Canelones, Uruguay. dvalle@inia.org.uy. Proteccion Vegetal, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria, INIA Las Brujas, Canelones, Uruguay. Laboratorio de Ecologia Quimica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-023-01403-8 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Biological control may benefit from the behavioral manipulation of natural enemies using volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Among these, herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) provide potential tools for attracting or retaining predators and parasitoids of insect pests. This work aimed to characterize the VOCs emitted by pear plants in response to attack by Cacopsylla bidens (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a major pest in pear orchards, to compare these with VOCs induced by a leaf chewing insect, Argyrotaenia sphaleropa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), and to evaluate the behavioral response of Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) to HIPVs from pear plants damaged by either herbivore. The results demonstrated that plants damaged by the pear psylla emitted VOC blends with increased amounts of aliphatic aldehydes. Leafroller damage resulted in increased amounts of benzeneacetonitrile, (E)-4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triene, beta-ocimene and caryophyllene. In olfactometer bioassays, larvae of C. externa were attracted to herbivore-damaged plants when contrasted with undamaged plants. When plant odors from psylla-damaged were contrasted with those of leafroller-damaged plants, C.externa preferred the former, also showing shorter response lag-times and higher response rates when psylla-damaged plants were present. Our results suggest that pear plants respond to herbivory by modifying their volatile profile, and that psylla-induced volatiles may be used as prey-specific chemical cues by chrysopid larvae. Our study is the first to report HIPVs in pear plants attacked by C. bidens, as well as the attraction of C. externa to psyllid-induced volatiles" |
| Keywords: | Animals Larva/physiology Herbivory *Pyrus Insecta *Moths *Hemiptera *Volatile Organic Compounds/pharmacology/chemistry Plants Argyrotaenia sphaleropa Biological control Cacopsylla bidens Chrysoperla externa HIPVs VOCs; |
| Notes: | "MedlineValle, D Mujica, V Gonzalez, A eng 2023/01/24 J Chem Ecol. 2023 Jun; 49(5-6):262-275. doi: 10.1007/s10886-023-01403-8. Epub 2023 Jan 23" |
