Hawaiian Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Toxicity of Benzyl Isothiocyanate against Eggs or 1st Instars of Three Species1

Seo, Stanley T.; Tang, Chung-Shih

doi:10.1093/jee/75.6.1132

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“…To assure there had been no previous fruit flies infestation fresh mature green papaya fruits were obtained from the local market (Seo and Tang, 1982).…”

Section: Domestication Of a Fraterculus Sp1mentioning

confidence: 99%

Large scale artificial rearing of Anastrepha sp.1 aff. fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil

Walder

Morelli

Costa

et al. 2014

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Some species of the genus Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) are successfully managed by matching the sterile insect technique with parasitoid releases. Such strategies used in integrated pest management can be implemented only where insect mass-rearing programs are feasible. In this study, we show the process of domestication, rearing technology and quality control data obtained from 54 generations of Anastrepha sp.1 aff. fraterculus (Wiedemann, 1830) kept under fully artificial conditions. Eggs were collected by an artificial oviposition panel consisting of one side of the cage made of blue voile fabric externally covered with a thin layer of silicon rubber. They were then air-bubbled in water at 25 ºC for 48 h before seeding. Larvae were reared on the regular laboratory artificial diet with 66 % of agar reduction turning over a semi-liquid diet, which reduced costs and improved insect quality. The adult and larval diets were composed of local ingredients including hydrolyzed yeast. When large-scale production of this fly is contemplated, the critical stage is larval development. This system of artificial rearing for A. fraterculus sp.1 developed in Brazil, allows for the production of a large number of insects of excellent quality using local ingredients and less agar in diet composition than the original medium used for this species. By reducing the interval of egg collection, the system might be optimized in terms of insect yield and, therefore, meet the demands of A. fraterculus sp.1 with regard to integrated pest management purposes.

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“…To assure there had been no previous fruit flies infestation fresh mature green papaya fruits were obtained from the local market (Seo and Tang, 1982).…”

Section: Domestication Of a Fraterculus Sp1mentioning

confidence: 99%

Large scale artificial rearing of Anastrepha sp.1 aff. fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil

Walder

Morelli

Costa

et al. 2014

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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“…It has been suggested that BITC (46 [LM) inhibits ethylene synthesis (by 60%) in papaya tissue discs (Patil and Tang, 1974); however, there have been no subsequent reports of BITC inhibiting ethylene synthesis in other fruit tissue. Benzyl isothiocyanate's possible role in fruit could be as inhibitor of papain (Tang, 1974), resistance to disease (PatH et aI., 1973), and as an inhibitor of fruit fly egg lay and development (Seo and Tang, 1982).…”

Section: Isothiocyanate Metabolismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pineapple and papaya

Paull¹

1993

Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

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“…While the toxicity of isothiocyanates to a wide range of organisms has been demonstrated in several studies (Lichtenstein et al 1962;Seo and Tang 1982;Buskov et al 2002;Agrawal and Kurashige 2003;Noret et al 2005), little is known about the effects of the alternative hydrolysis products. The biological role of specifier proteins has therefore remained an open question.…”

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Regulation and function of specifier proteins in plants

Burow

Wittstock

2008

Phytochem Rev

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Specifier proteins are responsible for the diversification of biologically active products formed upon myrosinase-catalyzed glucosinolate hydrolysis and are therefore assumed to have an impact on the defensive function of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. Among glucosinolate hydrolysis products, the generation of epithionitriles and organic thiocyanates requires the presence of epithiospecifier protein (ESP) and thiocyanate-forming protein (TFP), respectively, while myrosinase alone is sufficient for the production of isothiocyanates. Both ESP and TFP also promote the formation of simple nitriles upon myrosinasecatalyzed glucosinolate hydrolysis. Only little is known about the biological effects of epithionitriles and thiocyanates. Moreover, simple nitriles have repeatedly been reported to be less toxic to plant pathogens and herbivorous insects than the correponding isothiocyanates. Thus, it has remained an open question how plants benefit from the presence of specifier proteins. In this review, we survey the biological effects of different types of glucosinolate hydrolysis products on insects and pathogens as well as the current knowlegde on the developmental, organ specific and stimuli-mediated regulation of specifier proteins. Integrating these findings can help us to better understand the ecological functions of plant specifier proteins as well as the co-evolution of glucosinolate-containing plants and their insect herbivores.

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Hawaiian Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Toxicity of Benzyl Isothiocyanate against Eggs or 1st Instars of Three Species1

Cited by 36 publications

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Large scale artificial rearing of Anastrepha sp.1 aff. fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil

Large scale artificial rearing of Anastrepha sp.1 aff. fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil

Pineapple and papaya

Regulation and function of specifier proteins in plants

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