Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil
Abstract Oviposition is essential in the life history of insects and is mainly mediated by chemical and tactile cues present on the plant surface. Oviposition deterrents or stimulants can modify insect oviposition and be employed in pest control. Relatively few gustatory oviposition stimuli have bee...
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| description | Abstract Oviposition is essential in the life history of insects and is mainly mediated by chemical and tactile cues present on the plant surface. Oviposition deterrents or stimulants can modify insect oviposition and be employed in pest control. Relatively few gustatory oviposition stimuli have been described for tortricid moths. In this study the effect of NaCl, KCl, sucrose, fructose and neem oil on the number of eggs laid by Cydia pomonella (L.), Grapholita molesta (Busck) and Lobesia botrana (Dennis & Schifermüller) was tested in laboratory arenas containing filter papers loaded with 3 doses of a given stimulus and solvent control. In general, salts increased oviposition at the mid dose (102 M) and sugars reduced it at the highest dose (103 mM), but these effects depended on the species. Neem oil dramatically reduced the number of eggs laid as the dose increased, but the lowest neem oil dose (0.1% v/v) increased L. botrana oviposition relative to solvent control. Our study shows that ubiquitous plant chemicals modify tortricid moth oviposition under laboratory conditions, and that neem oil is a strong oviposition deterrent. The oviposition arena developed in this study is a convenient tool to test the effect of tastants on the oviposition behavior of tortricid moths. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7a04231c6eb48eba82cf35d06fb76dd2024-01-21T12:22:42ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-01-011411910.1038/s41598-024-51972-1Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oilCarles Amat0Rajendra Prasad1César Gemeno2University of Lleida-Agrotecnio-CERCA CenterUniversity of Lleida-Agrotecnio-CERCA CenterUniversity of Lleida-Agrotecnio-CERCA CenterAbstract Oviposition is essential in the life history of insects and is mainly mediated by chemical and tactile cues present on the plant surface. Oviposition deterrents or stimulants can modify insect oviposition and be employed in pest control. Relatively few gustatory oviposition stimuli have been described for tortricid moths. In this study the effect of NaCl, KCl, sucrose, fructose and neem oil on the number of eggs laid by Cydia pomonella (L.), Grapholita molesta (Busck) and Lobesia botrana (Dennis & Schifermüller) was tested in laboratory arenas containing filter papers loaded with 3 doses of a given stimulus and solvent control. In general, salts increased oviposition at the mid dose (102 M) and sugars reduced it at the highest dose (103 mM), but these effects depended on the species. Neem oil dramatically reduced the number of eggs laid as the dose increased, but the lowest neem oil dose (0.1% v/v) increased L. botrana oviposition relative to solvent control. Our study shows that ubiquitous plant chemicals modify tortricid moth oviposition under laboratory conditions, and that neem oil is a strong oviposition deterrent. The oviposition arena developed in this study is a convenient tool to test the effect of tastants on the oviposition behavior of tortricid moths.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51972-1 |
| spellingShingle | Carles Amat Rajendra Prasad César Gemeno Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil Scientific Reports |
| title | Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil |
| title_full | Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil |
| title_fullStr | Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil |
| title_short | Ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars, salts and neem oil |
| title_sort | ovipositional responses of tortricid moths to sugars salts and neem oil |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51972-1 |
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