Spatial and temporal patterns of caterpillar performance and the suitability of two host plant species

Nouhuys, Saskya van; Singer, Michael C.; Nieminen, Matti

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00501.x

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“…This is on par with the natural rate of overwintering survival (van Nouhuys et al, 2003). Their probability of survival was significantly lower when they originated from plant genotypes with high levels of catalpol before diapause (Fig.…”

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Differential Performance of a Specialist and Two Generalist Herbivores and Their Parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata

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The ability to cope with plant defense chemicals differs between specialist and generalist species. In this study, we examined the effects of the concentration of the two main iridoid glycosides (IGs) in Plantago lanceolata, aucubin and catalpol, on the performance of a specialist and two generalist herbivores and their respective endoparasitoids. Development of the specialist herbivore Melitaea cinxia was unaffected by the total leaf IG concentration in its host plant. By contrast, the generalist herbivores Spodoptera exigua and Chrysodeixis chalcites showed delayed larval and pupal development on plant genotypes with high leaf IG concentrations, respectively. This result is in line with the idea that specialist herbivores are better adapted to allelochemicals in host plants on which they are specialized. Melitaea cinxia experienced less post-diapause larval and pupal mortality on its local Finnish P. lanceolata than on Dutch genotypes. This could not be explained by differences in IG profiles, suggesting that M. cinxia has adapted in response to attributes of its local host plants other than to IG chemistry. Development of the specialist parasitoid Cotesia melitaearum was unaffected by IG variation in the diet of its host M. cinxia, a response that was concordant with that of its host. By contrast, the development time responses of the generalist parasitoids Hyposoter didymator and Cotesia marginiventris differed from those of their generalist hosts, S. exigua and C. chalcites. While their hosts developed slowly on high-IG genotypes, development time of H. didymator was unaffected. Cotesia marginiventris actually developed faster on hosts fed high-IG genotypes, although they then had short adult longevity. The faster development of C. marginiventris on hosts that ate high-IG genotypes is in line with the “immunocompromized host” hypothesis, emphasizing the potential negative effects of toxic allelochemicals on the host’s immune response.

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Differential Performance of a Specialist and Two Generalist Herbivores and Their Parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata

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“…However, no preference and performance studies involving these hosts have been performed on this butterfly subspecies living in tropical areas. As mentioned above, a number of studies have been performed on butterflies (Singer 1972;van Nouhuys et al 2003), moths (Jallow and Zalucki 2003;Liu et al 2010), beetles (Yamaga and Ohgushi 1999), flies (Rattanapun et al 2010), spittlebugs (Craig and Ohgushi 2002) and other insects to test the performance-preference hypothesis, mainly in temperate regions. A recent meta-analysis has shown that, in general, the preference-performance hypothesis has been supported, but more data are needed for a proper synthesis on the subject (Gripenberg et al 2010).…”

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Oviposition preference and larval performance in aHeliconius erato phyllis(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) population from southeastern Brazil: is there a positive relationship?

Ramos

Rodrigues

Freitas

2012

Journal of Natural History

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Preference-performance hypothesis was tested in the butterfly Heliconius erato phyllis under field, insectary and laboratory conditions in a population from southeastern Brazil. Throughout a year, Passiflora capsularis was the host predominantly used for oviposition in the field. Similarly, when host plants were of high quality in the field, H. erato phyllis females that came from this environment laid more eggs on P. capsularis under insectary conditions. In contrast, when host plant quality declined in nature, females did not show preference for any host plant in particular in the insectary. Larvae had superior performances when reared on P. capsularis and Passiflora edulis than on Passiflora jilekii. Overall, our results show a trend towards a positive relationship between oviposition and performance in H. erato phyllis. The factors that might lead to an absence of selection under insectary conditions by females from a poor-quality environment are discussed.

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“…For many herbivorous insects, selection of oviposition site depends on the quality of the host plant for offspring development (Wilson 1988;DiTommaso and Losey 2003;Van Nouhuys et al 2003). As a specialist group of insect herbivores, true fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are also known to make decisions about which fruit to oviposit into based on the suitability of the fruit for their offsprings' performance (Fitt 1981;Joachim-Bravo et al 2001;Fontellas-Brandalha and Zucoloto 2004).…”

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Is a mango just a mango? Testing within-fruit oviposition site choice and larval performance of a highly polyphagous fruit fly

Rattanapun

Amornsak

Clarke

2009

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

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For fruit flies, fully ripe fruit is preferred for adult oviposition and is superior for offspring performance over unripe or ripening fruit. Because not all parts of a single fruit ripen simultaneously, the opportunity exists for adult fruit flies to selectively choose riper parts of a fruit for oviposition and such selection, if it occurs, could positively influence offspring performance. Such fine scale host variation is rarely considered in fruit fly ecology, however, especially for polyphagous species which are, by definition, considered to be generalist host users. Here we study the adult oviposition preference/larval performance relationship of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), a highly polyphagous pest species, at the ''within-fruit'' level to see if such a host use pattern occurs. We recorded the number of oviposition attempts that female flies made into three fruit portions (top, middle and bottom), and larval behavior and development within different fruit portions for ripening (color change) and fully-ripe mango, Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae). Results indicate that female B. dorsalis do not oviposit uniformly across a mango fruit, but lay most often in the top (i.e., stalk end) of fruit and least in the bottom portion, regardless of ripening stage. There was no evidence of larval feeding site preference or performance (development time, pupal weight, percent pupation) being influenced by fruit portion, within or across the fruit ripening stages. There was, however, a very significant effect on adult emergence rate from pupae, with adult emergence rate from pupae from the bottom of ripening mango being approximately only 50% of the adult emergence rate from the top of ripening fruit, or from both the top and bottom of fully-ripe fruit. Differences in mechanical (firmness) and chemical (total soluble solids, titratable acidity, total nonstructural carbohydrates) traits between different fruit portions were correlated with adult fruit utilisation. Our results support a positive adult preference/offspring performance relationship at within-fruit level for B. dorsalis. The fine level of host discrimination exhibited by B. dorsalis is at odds with the general perception that, as a polyphagous herbivore, the fly should show very little discrimination in its host use behavior.

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Spatial and temporal patterns of caterpillar performance and the suitability of two host plant species

Cited by 56 publications

References 37 publications

Differential Performance of a Specialist and Two Generalist Herbivores and Their Parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata

Differential Performance of a Specialist and Two Generalist Herbivores and Their Parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata

Oviposition preference and larval performance in aHeliconius erato phyllis(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) population from southeastern Brazil: is there a positive relationship?

Is a mango just a mango? Testing within-fruit oviposition site choice and larval performance of a highly polyphagous fruit fly

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