M. Ramses Luna-Samano, Concepción Martínez-Peralta, Adriana GabrielaTrejo-Loyo, Raúl E. Alcalá
{"title":"Ecological interactions of carnivorous plants: beyond the relationship with their prey","authors":"M. Ramses Luna-Samano, Concepción Martínez-Peralta, Adriana GabrielaTrejo-Loyo, Raúl E. Alcalá","doi":"10.1007/s11829-024-10039-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-024-10039-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The carnivorous habit has been interpreted as an outstanding adaptation that let some plants the acquisition of mineral nutrients in habitats characterized by a chronic scarcity of nutrients. Substantial evidence indicates how carnivorous plants benefit from its interaction with prey. However, fitness of carnivorous plants depends not only on the interaction with their prey but on other interactions such as pollination, herbivory, and kleptobiosis. It is also known that evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants is regulated by the cost–benefit ratio that is imposed majorly by the abiotic environment limiting photosynthesis. We analyzed how these three little explored interactions in carnivorous plants could promote scenarios rising additional costs to those that are hypothesized to occur linked to the evolution of botanic carnivory. In specific, we (i) explained a general ecological context of each interaction, (ii) reviewed how the interactions increase costs in carnivorous plants, (iii) identified factors that regulate the negative effect on carnivorous plants, and (iv) identified lines for future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"193 - 204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140431799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Cardoso Ferreira, William de Oliveira Sabino, Tereza Cristina Giannini
{"title":"Valuation of agricultural production and pollination services in palm trees (Arecaceae) in the Amazon forest","authors":"Jessica Cardoso Ferreira, William de Oliveira Sabino, Tereza Cristina Giannini","doi":"10.1007/s11829-024-10044-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-024-10044-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Palm trees (Arecaceae) are among the most important plants in the world, providing food and subsistence for various populations, especially in the Amazon region. Many of these trees depend on pollinators to produce fruits. In this study, we evaluated the pollination service values in 13 palm crops in the Brazilian Legal Amazon based on the agricultural production values of each species and their dependencies on pollinators, and we compared the values between forested and non-forested areas. We also aimed to review the scientific literature to present the most important pollinator species of those same palm crops. The total production value of the palms was estimated at US$239.9 million/year (2017), and 85% of this value was associated with the açaí fruit (<i>Euterpe oleracea</i>). The municipalities that had the highest production values were in the State of Pará (79.5%), considered the largest açaí producer in Brazil. The second most important crop was babassu (<i>Attalea speciosa</i>), with its production concentrated mainly in the State of Maranhão. Pollination services were valued at US$144.2 million/year, with açaí cultivation corresponding to 92% of this value. The forested areas were responsible for 86.4% of the total production value, with a pollination service value of US$127 million/year. The main pollinators reported were insects of the orders Hymenoptera (Apidae) and Coleoptera (especially Curculionidae). The results obtained in this study highlight the importance of pollinators to produce fruits and seeds in palm crops and reinforce the need to conserve both the pollinators and the forest, to ensure food security and the sustainable development of the region.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 3","pages":"425 - 437"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142411939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michiel D. de Groot, Maria Christou, Jeffrey Y. Pan, Tim Adriaens, Dirk Maes, Angeliki F. Martinou, Helen E. Roy, Annemieke Verbeken, Danny Haelewaters
{"title":"Beetlehangers.org: harmonizing host–parasite records of Harmonia axyridis and Hesperomyces harmoniae","authors":"Michiel D. de Groot, Maria Christou, Jeffrey Y. Pan, Tim Adriaens, Dirk Maes, Angeliki F. Martinou, Helen E. Roy, Annemieke Verbeken, Danny Haelewaters","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10037-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10037-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Citizen science is an increasingly powerful tool to gather large quantities of biological data and to engage the public. The number of citizen science initiatives has rapidly increased in the last 15 years. Invasive alien species such as the harlequin ladybird, <i>Harmonia axyridis</i> (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), provide a particularly good opportunity for broad-scale use of such initiatives. <i>Harmonia axyridis</i> is parasitized by a fungus, <i>Hesperomyces harmoniae</i> (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales), that can be found throughout the range of its host. Here we present Beetlehangers.org, a website and data repository where we combine observations of <i>He. harmoniae</i> from literature, online databases, and citizen science initiatives, including new records of both <i>Ha. axyridis</i> and <i>He. harmoniae</i>. Whereas <i>Ha. axyridis</i> is now present in 86 countries across six continents (including seven new country records), the distribution of its parasite <i>He. harmoniae</i> comprises 33 countries in five continents (including two new country records since its description in 2022). We explore spatiotemporal trends of <i>He. harmoniae</i> in light of these records. Finally, we discuss challenges and new opportunities for citizen science in relation to species interactions such as these and provide future perspectives for the website as a home for future Laboulbeniales research and outreach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 4","pages":"665 - 679"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11829-023-10037-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139777481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piotr Ceryngier, Jerzy Romanowski, Warre Van Caenegem, Danny Haelewaters
{"title":"Parasitism of ladybirds by Hesperomyces in the Canary Islands","authors":"Piotr Ceryngier, Jerzy Romanowski, Warre Van Caenegem, Danny Haelewaters","doi":"10.1007/s11829-024-10040-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-024-10040-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Between 2016 and 2022, the ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) fauna was surveyed on seven main islands of the Canary Islands archipelago. Adult specimens were collected and screened for thalli of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniomycetes). Altogether, 9,807 ladybird specimens belonging to 39 species were screened, of which 103, representing 10 species, were infected by Laboulbeniales of the genus <i>Hesperomyces</i>. Morphological and molecular examination allowed to distinguish at least seven host-specific <i>Hesperomyces</i> species belonging to three groups: <i>He. virescens</i> species complex (associated with <i>Adalia decempunctata, Harmonia axyridis, Hyperaspis vinciguerrae, Novius cruentatus, Parexochomus nigripennis</i>, and <i>P. quadriplagiatus</i>), <i>He. coccinelloides</i> species complex (<i>Scymnus nubilus, Sc. subvillosus durantae</i>, and <i>Stethorus tenerifensis</i>), and a species (on <i>Nephus flavopictus</i>) that cannot be assigned to either of the above species complexes or the currently described species in the genus. The most widespread and abundant species was <i>Hesperomyces</i> ex <i>St. tenerifensis</i>; it was recorded on all seven islands with prevalence rates ranging between 0.04 and 0.19.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 4","pages":"651 - 664"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11829-024-10040-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139784962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fateme Shafiei, Shahnaz Shahidi-Noghabi, Guy Smagghe
{"title":"Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on tomato defense metabolites and population parameters of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)","authors":"Fateme Shafiei, Shahnaz Shahidi-Noghabi, Guy Smagghe","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10035-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10035-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The tomato leaf miner (TLM), <i>Tuta absoluta</i> Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is one of the most important and destructive pests of tomatoes and is threatening worldwide tomato production. While control of this pest insect is primarily based on conventional synthetic pesticides, there is a growing concern to use more ecologically sound pest management strategies, e.g., the use of soil microorganisms. In this project, we therefore investigated the effect of a mixture of four species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) (<i>Funneliformis mosseae</i>, <i>Rhizophagus intraradices</i>, <i>R. irregularis</i>, and<i> Glomus iranicus</i>) when inoculated with tomato plants in relation to the induction of defense in the plant leaves, and also the potential to resist against TLM. For all three plant enzymes investigated, peroxidase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, and polyphenol oxidase, the inoculation with AMF had induced an increase, and also the total phenol contents in AMF-plants were higher. When AMF-plants were infected with TLM, this caused higher increases. In parallel, the life table parameters of TMF feeding on AMF-plants demonstrated that the insects were retarded in development and reproduction potential, e.g., a lower intrinsic rate of increase (r<sub>m</sub>), net reproduction rate (R<sub>0</sub>), and fecundity and a shorter oviposition period. These findings do not only provide insights in the synergy between AMF and tomato plants, but are also useful for developing more ecologically sound pest management strategies against this important pest insect of TLM and potentially also other pest in the future.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"339 - 351"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139797388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thuy Nga T. Bui, Adedayo Mofikoya, James D. Blande, Jarmo K. Holopainen, Sari J. Himanen
{"title":"Intercropping organic broccoli with Rhododendron tomentosum and Fagopyrum esculentum: a test of bottom-up and top-down strategies for reducing herbivory","authors":"Thuy Nga T. Bui, Adedayo Mofikoya, James D. Blande, Jarmo K. Holopainen, Sari J. Himanen","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10033-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10033-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Brassicaceous plants are attacked by a wealth of specialist herbivores that include the Diamondback moth (DBM) <i>Plutella xylostella</i> L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), control of which requires novel biocontrol strategies. DBM is a cosmopolitan pest causing damage that varies yearly in Finland depending on the timing and extent of their migration. Intercropping with companion plants can hamper host location by herbivores or attract their natural enemies. We tested two sustainable companion plant-based protection strategies on field-grown broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> var. italica), which comprised 1) aromatic and repellent-releasing <i>Rhododendron tomentosum</i> (RT) (bottom-up strategy), and 2) nectar-producing buckwheat <i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i> (FE) (top-down strategy) combined with an early-season floating row cover (mechanical control) (MC + FE). In addition, a control (no companion plant or cover) and mechanical control (MC) without FE were included. DBM adults on yellow sticky traps and larvae on plants were counted, and feeding damage on leaves was quantified. Volatile organic compounds emitted by broccoli plants in control and RT plots, and emitted by boundary RT plants in RT plots, were identified and quantified. There was a mass outbreak of DBM in early summer with a population peak in mid-July when the second adult generation emerged. DBM adult densities were significantly lower in RT and MC + FE than in control plots. Broccoli in RT plots had a lower larval density and lower damage intensity than in control plots in the early-season. Larval densities and damage intensities were the highest in the latter half of July. Control plots had the highest number of larvae followed by RT, MC, and MC + FE plots. Damage intensities in control plots were significantly higher than in all other treatments throughout the season. Damage intensity was lower in MC and MC + FE plots than in RT plots at the end-of-July. <i>R. tomentosum</i> emitted two characteristic sesquiterpene alcohols, palustrol and ledol, but no evidence of adsorption and re-release of these compounds from <i>Brassica</i> plants grown in RT plots was found. We conclude that incorporating RT as a boundary plant and using a mechanical row cover reduces DBM damage on broccoli, but further multi-year trials under varying degrees of pest pressure are needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 6","pages":"1237 - 1251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11829-023-10033-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139870880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Castro-Cardoso, Gema Trigos-Peral, Violette Chiara, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, Iago Sanmartín-Villar
{"title":"Adaptation to new resources: interaction between introduced psyllids and native and exotic ants in Eucalyptus plantations in NW Spain","authors":"Miguel Castro-Cardoso, Gema Trigos-Peral, Violette Chiara, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, Iago Sanmartín-Villar","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10028-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10028-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The multiple uses of eucalypt wood have driven massive plantations around the world. These plantations have been progressively invaded by Australian insects, some of which have become pests, threatening the plantation productivity, and modifying ecological networks of trophic interactions. In this study we addressed whether ants could recognize and exploit the food sources offered by the introduced psyllids (Sternorrhyncha) associated with eucalypts. We hypothesised that ant-psyllids interaction will be more likely with exotic ant species than with the native ones, because of their higher abundance in anthropogenic habitats. For this reason, we also expected differences in ant biodiversity between plantations located near and far from human settlements. We studied the presence of ants on eucalypt trees, the ant diversity found on the ground in eight eucalypt plantations, and analysed in the laboratory the interactions between psyllids and three ant species, two native and one invasive. In the field, we found native ant species over psyllid clusters in eucalypts, as well as a higher use of eucalypt resources and colonization by specialist species in plantations distant from human settlements. However, we did not find differences in ant diversity between plantations near and distant from human settlements. Despite their absence in the field, during the laboratory experiment, exotic ant workers were more attracted to psyllids than the native ants. Our results point to invasive species as potential users of this resource. We discuss potential factors involved in the ant-psyllid interactions and suggest that introduced eucalypt plantations are low-quality habitats for ants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"287 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139686134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuela Bürgler, Raja Imran Hussain, Bea Maas, Ronnie Walcher, Dominik Rabl, Bernhard Krautzer, Dietmar Moser, Thomas Frank
{"title":"New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term","authors":"Manuela Bürgler, Raja Imran Hussain, Bea Maas, Ronnie Walcher, Dominik Rabl, Bernhard Krautzer, Dietmar Moser, Thomas Frank","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10034-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10034-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Agricultural intensification is a major threat to farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Semi-natural habitats are integral to the preservation of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services, however, the extent in which they contribute to specific services is largely unclear. We studied predation rates of ground-dwelling predatory arthropods, and pollination success within old permanent grasslands, newly established grasslands and arable fields near and far from new grasslands. We evaluated whether grassland restoration can enhance pollination and biological control in crop fields. For this purpose, we established new grassland strips within cereal fields, which directly bordered existing permanent grasslands. We evaluated if the distance to these old and new grasslands affects the delivery of the two ecosystem services within crop fields. We found significantly higher seed numbers and seed weight in sentinel plants placed in old grasslands, new grasslands and nearby arable fields compared to distant arable fields. We also found significantly decreasing seed numbers and seed weight in sentinel plants placed in distant arable fields with increasing distance from old grasslands, while pollination success was not affected by distance in nearby arable fields. Contrary, we did not find any significant effects of new grasslands on biological control. Our study showed that 3 years after establishing grasslands arable fields benefited from the proximity of flower-rich new grasslands through increased pollination success though not regarding biological control. This indicates that, on a short term, establishing new grasslands can support beneficial arthropods in providing ecosystem services such as pollination. Predators, in contrast, might take longer to establish effective populations that denote higher predation rates. Our study provides a baseline for future long-term studies to better evaluate pollination and pest control patterns within arable fields.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"327 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10948462/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Herbivory-induced effects on pollination services to undamaged neighboring flowering species","authors":"Luis A. Aguirre, Lynn S. Adler","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10026-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10026-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Reproduction in flowering plants depends to a large degree on interactions with competitors, mutualists, and antagonists, but may also depend on the context within which interaction partners exist. Herbivory can reduce plant attractiveness to pollinators, but since many flowering plant species are visited by the same pollinators, the effects of herbivory on pollinator behavior may have consequences for undamaged neighboring plant species. We assessed how herbivory to a dominant plant species affects pollination services to neighboring flowering species in a community in which we simulated herbivory to milkweeds (<i>Asclepias syriaca</i>) by removing foliar tissue and applying jasmonic acid exogenously. We measured the quality of pollination services to undamaged neighboring plants by assessing the proportion of heterospecific pollen deposited on stigmas of four undamaged neighboring plant species, and measured seed production in one of these species. Our results indicate that simulated herbivory to a dominant plant species may have community-wide effects on pollination services. Simulated herbivory to milkweed increased the proportion of heterospecific pollen deposited on two neighboring plant species (<i>Vicia cracca</i> and <i>Clinopodium vulgare</i>), reduced it for one species (<i>Lysimachia quadrifolia</i>) and resulted in no change for another (<i>Galium palustre</i>). Additionally, simulated herbivory to milkweed resulted in a non-significant trend for lower seed production per fruit in <i>V. cracca</i>. These results support the hypothesis that herbivory on one flowering plant species can impact pollinator services for other flowering species at the patch level. These effects highlight the interconnectedness and interdependence of flowering plant species in plant-pollinator communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"265 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139593969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suleiman Mustapha, Kamala Pagadala Damodaram Jayanthi, Saravan Kumar Parepely, Yung Hung, Lucas Vanhaelewyn, Abdulrasak Kannike Musa
{"title":"Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of cabbage aphids to odors from host plants infested by conspecific and heterospecific herbivores","authors":"Suleiman Mustapha, Kamala Pagadala Damodaram Jayanthi, Saravan Kumar Parepely, Yung Hung, Lucas Vanhaelewyn, Abdulrasak Kannike Musa","doi":"10.1007/s11829-024-10038-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-024-10038-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Behavioral and electrophysiological studies on aphid responses to host plant odors, although important, are still not exhaustive for some species. Moreover, most studies have not focused on whether these responses are mediated by odors from plants infested by conspecific and heterospecific individuals. Here, our goal was to identify the chemical cues involved in the attraction of the cabbage aphid (<i>Brevicoryne brassicae</i> L.) to cabbage plants. To achieve this, we collected volatiles emitted from uninfested cabbage plants, cabbage plants infested by either <i>B. brassicae</i> (conspecifics) or by diamondback moth (<i>Plutella xylostella</i>) larvae (heterospecifics), and from aphids alone. Choice tests revealed that <i>B. brassicae</i> were mostly attracted to odors from conspecific-infested cabbage plants; however, they also showed attraction to odors from uninfested plants and plants infested by <i>P. xylostella</i> larvae and were least attracted to odors from aphids alone. Using coupled Gas chromatography-Electroantennographic detection studies (GC-EAD) and Gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry (GC–MS), we revealed some chemically active compounds that elicited <i>B. brassicae</i> olfactory response, with more of these compounds in the cabbage plant infested by conspecific than in the rest of the treatments. It is possible that the knowledge gained from this work could pave the way for synthetic lures as an integrated pest management approach for <i>B. brassicae</i>. Therefore, more studies would need to be conducted to validate and isolate those exact compounds that positively excited the cabbage aphids’ olfactory response.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"353 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139597794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}