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- Title
Orientation behavior of Propylaea japonica toward visual and olfactory cues from its prey-host plant combination.
- Authors
Wang, Pingyan; Su, Jianwei; Ouyang, Fang; Ge, Feng
- Abstract
The lady beetle Propylaea japonica ( Thunberg) ( Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is an important predator of aphids in agroecosystems. The inundative release of coccinellid beetles can be an effective biological control strategy. An understanding of how biological control agents perceive and use stimuli from host plants is the key to successfully implement commercially produced predators. Here, we studied the relative role of visual and volatile cues. Dual-choice assays using foraging-naïve and foraging-experienced P. japonica adults were conducted using cotton plants [ Gossypium hirsutum L. ( Malvaceae)] with or without infestation by the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii ( Glover) ( Hemiptera: Aphididae). Overall, experienced beetles were more attracted than naïve beetles toward cues associated with aphid-infested plants. Experienced beetles were also more responsive to olfactory cues compared with naïve beetles. Both foraging-naïve and -experienced lady beetles integrate olfactory and visual cues from plants infested with aphids, with an apparently greater reliance on olfactory cues. The results suggest that foraging experience may increase prey location in P. japonica.
- Subjects
LADYBUGS; PREDATORY insects; BIOLOGICAL control of aphids; INSECT host plants; COTTON aphid; OLFACTORY perception; ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2015, Vol 155, Issue 2, p162
- ISSN
0013-8703
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/eea.12295