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Two sugar isomers influence host plant acceptance by a cereal caterpillar pest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2012

G. Juma ,
M. Thiongo ,
L. Dutaur ,
K. Rharrabe ,
F. Marion-Poll ,
B. Le Ru ,
G. Magoma ,
J.-F. Silvain  and
P.-A. Calatayud
G. Juma
Affiliation:
IRD, UR 072, c/o ICIPE, NSBB Project, PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, PO Box 62000, Nairobi, Kenya
M. Thiongo
Affiliation:
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), PO Box 30677-00100, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
L. Dutaur
Affiliation:
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), PO Box 30677-00100, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
K. Rharrabe
Affiliation:
Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Larache, Département des Ressources Naturelles, BP 745 Poste Principale, 92004 Larache, Maroc
F. Marion-Poll
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR PISC 1272, Route de St Cyr, F-78026 Versailles, France
B. Le Ru
Affiliation:
IRD, UR 072, c/o ICIPE, NSBB Project, PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya IRD, UR 072, c/o CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
G. Magoma
Affiliation:
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, PO Box 62000, Nairobi, Kenya
J.-F. Silvain
Affiliation:
IRD, UR 072, c/o CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
P.-A. Calatayud*
Affiliation:
IRD, UR 072, c/o ICIPE, NSBB Project, PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya IRD, UR 072, c/o CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +254 (20) 8632001 E-mail: pcalatayud@icipe.org
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Abstract

Plant sugars are often considered as primary feeding stimuli, conditioning host plant acceptance by herbivorous insects. Of the nine sugars identified from methanolic extracts of seven grass species, only turanose, a sucrose isomer, was negatively correlated with the survival and growth of the noctuid larva of cereal stemborer, Busseola fusca. Sucrose was the most abundant sugar, although it did not vary significantly in concentration among the plant species studied. Using Styrofoam™ cylinders impregnated with increasing concentrations of turanose or sucrose, the two sugars had opposing effects: turanose appeared phagodeterrent while sucrose was phagostimulatory. Electrophysiological studies indicated that B. fusca larvae were able to detect both sugars via their styloconic sensilla located on the mouthparts. The findings indicate that, whereas sucrose is a feeding stimulant and positively influences food choice by B. fusca larvae, turanose negatively contributes to larval food choice. The balance in concentrations of both sugars, however, somehow influences the overall host plant choice made by the larvae. This can partly explain host plant suitability and choice by this caterpillar pest in the field.

Keywords

AfricastemborerLepidopteraNoctuidaegrassesPoaceaeZea maysSorghum arundinaceumPennisetum purpureumArundo donaxPanicum maximumPanicum deustumSetaria megaphyllaturanosesucrose
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 20 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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