scholarly journals Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Nymph Survival and Adult Feeding Preferences for Crop Plants in Florida

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjun Khadka ◽  
Amanda C. Hodges ◽  
Norman C. Leppla ◽  
P. Glynn Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Crop Plants ◽  
Halyomorpha Halys ◽  
Feeding Preferences ◽  
Adult Feeding

scholarly journals Adult Feeding Preference and Fecundity in the Large Pine Weevil, Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Petr Doležal ◽  
Lenka Kleinová ◽  
Markéta Davídková
Keyword(s):  
Betula Pendula ◽  
Food Source ◽  
Abies Alba ◽  
Feeding Preference ◽  
Hylobius Abietis ◽  
Feeding Preferences ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Coniferous Species ◽  
Adult Feeding ◽  
The Mean

Adult feeding preferences of Hylobius abietis on Picea abies, Larix decidua, Pinus sylvestris, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies alba and Betula pendula were tested in outdoor conditions. The preferred food source was P. menziesii, and the mean bark area consumed per seedling was 440.8 ± 147.9 mm2. The second most preferred host was P. abies. The coniferous species that suffered the least damage was A. alba (76.8 ± 62.56 mm2 per seedling). B. pendula was the least preferred source of food, and it caused mortality of 60% of weevils that fed on it. Weevils exhibited large differences in fecundity when fed with different tree species in a laboratory experiment. The largest number of eggs was laid by females fed with P. abies. Mean egg numbers reached 26.4 ± 24.89 eggs per experiment for P. abies. Similar fecundity was observed in weevils fed with twigs of P. sylvestris. Oviposition was approximately six times lower in females fed with L. decidua and P. menziesii. The maximum number of eggs laid by a single female during a one-month experiment was 90. The results are discussed in relation to management of H. abietis.

Effects of in utero conditions on adult feeding preferences

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (03) ◽  
pp. 140-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Portella ◽  
E. Kajantie ◽  
P. Hovi ◽  
M. Desai ◽  
M. G. Ross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Utero ◽  
Feeding Preferences ◽  
Adult Feeding

scholarly journals Feeding habituation to red clover by clover root weevil adults

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Gerard ◽  
J.R. Crush
Keyword(s):  
White Clover ◽  
Trifolium Pratense ◽  
Red Clover ◽  
Feeding Preference ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Feeding Preferences ◽  
Adult Feeding ◽  
Sitona Lepidus ◽  
Clover Root ◽  
Laboratory Trial

Red clover (Trifolium pratense) has been observed to persist longer than white clover (T repens) during field screening of legumes for tolerance of clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus) It has been suggested that this is linked to adult feeding preferences A laboratory trial was undertaken to confirm the feeding preference for white clover over red and to determine whether adults became habituated to red clover over time Groups of clover root weevil adults were caged on either white clover cv Grasslands Huia or 3 lines of Grasslands Pawera red clover At weeks 2 4 6 and 8 subsamples of adults were removed from the cages and were subjected to a 24 h choice test It was found that although adults showed a strong preference for white clover those that had been continuously fed red clover were more likely to feed on red clover in the choice test than those that had previously been fed white clover

Metabolic signalling and the partitioning of resources in plant storage organs

1999 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIGEL G. HALFORD
Keyword(s):  
Dry Weight ◽  
Wild Relatives ◽  
Crop Plants ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Young Plant ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Cultivated Potato ◽  
Metabolic Signalling ◽  
Storage Organs ◽  
Plant Storage

The most important harvested organs of crop plants, such as seeds, tubers and fruits, are often described as assimilate sinks. They play little or no part in the fixation of carbon through the production of sugars through photosynthesis, or in the uptake of nitrogen and sulphur, but import these assimilated resources to support metabolism and to store them in the form of starch, oils and proteins. Wild plants store resources in seeds and tubers to later support an emergent young plant. Cultivated crops are effectively storing resources to provide us with food and many have been bred to accumulate much more than would be required otherwise. For example, approximately 80% of a cultivated potato plant's dry weight is contained in its tubers, ten times the proportion in the tubers of its wild relatives (Inoue & Tanaka 1978). Cultivation and breeding has brought about a shift in the partitioning of carbon and nitrogen assimilate between the organs of the plant.

Stimulatory effects of smoke and smoke-derived butenolide on crop plants

Planta Medica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Van Staden ◽  
MG Kulkarni ◽  
GD Ascough ◽  
ME Light
Keyword(s):  
Crop Plants

Toxic Substances in Crop Plants

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. F. D'Mello ◽  
Carol M. Duffus ◽  
John H. Duffus
Keyword(s):  
Crop Plants ◽  
Toxic Substances
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