The influence of glucosinolates and sugars on feeding by the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala

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Bartlet, E., Parsons, D., Williams, I. H. and Clark, S. J. 1994. The influence of glucosinolates and sugars on feeding by the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 73 (1), pp. 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1994.tb01841.x

AuthorsBartlet, E., Parsons, D., Williams, I. H. and Clark, S. J.
Abstract

Agar was used as an artificial substrate to investigate the feeding behaviour of the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an important pest of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in Europe. Both glucosinolates and sugars stimulated feeding when added to agar. The amount of feeding that occurred was affected by the type and concentration of glucosinolate and sugar and also by combinations of components. Although glucosinolates were potent feeding stimulants for P. chrysocephala, they were not a prerequisite for feeding, nor does it seem likely that glucosinolate profiles are used by this species to discriminate amongst cruciferous plants at the gustatory level.

KeywordsEntomology
Year of Publication1994
JournalEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Journal citation73 (1), pp. 77-83
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1994.tb01841.x
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Funder project or code101
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Project: 141142
ISSN00138703
0013-8703
PublisherWiley

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