Aphid responses to non-host epicuticular lipids

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Powell, G., Maniar, S. P., Pickett, J. A. and Hardie, J. 1999. Aphid responses to non-host epicuticular lipids. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 91 (1), pp. 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00473.x

AuthorsPowell, G., Maniar, S. P., Pickett, J. A. and Hardie, J.
Abstract

Initiation of stylet penetration by aphids depends on the sensory assessment of a number of plant surface features including colour, texture and phytochemicals (volatile and non-volatile). Video recording behaviour of the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae, showed that these insects rapidly inserted their stylets following contact with host plants (beans), but were reluctant to penetrate non-hosts (oats). However, when epicuticular waxes were stripped from oats, using cellulose acetate, aphids penetrated the plant surface significantly earlier than on oats with the wax layer intact. Chloroform extraction of epicuticular lipids, followed by coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, revealed a complex blend of wax components on beans, whereas one compound (1-hexacosanol) predominated on oats. Epicuticular lipids were applied to artificial (glass) substrates in order to investigate their behavioural activity. Initiation of a stylet penetration attempt by A. fabae was delayed when the oat extract or pure 1-hexacosanol were applied, but the bean extract had no behavioural effect. The results suggest that epicuticular lipids play an important role in the early stages of host-plant selection by A. fabae.

KeywordsEntomology
Year of Publication1999
JournalEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Journal citation91 (1), pp. 115-123
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00473.x
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Funder project or code302
437
Project: 051547
Project: 051014
ISSN00138703
0013-8703
PublisherWiley

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