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Pine Defensive Monoterpene ?-Pinene Influences the Feeding Behavior of Dendroctonus valens and Its Gut Bacterial Community Structure.


ABSTRACT: The exposure to plant defense chemicals has negative effects on insect feeding activity and modifies insect gut microbial community composition. Dendroctonus valens is a very destructive forest pest in China, and harbors a large diversity and abundance of gut microorganisms. Host pine defensive chemicals can protect the pines from attack by the holobiont. In this study, boring length of D. valens feeding on 0 mg/g ?-pinene and 9 mg/g ?-pinene concentration in phloem media for 6 and 48 h were recorded, and their gut bacterial communities were analyzed in parallel. Nine milligram per gram ?-pinene concentration significantly inhibited boring length of D. valens and altered its gut microbial community structure after 6 h. The inhibition of boring length from 9 mg/g ?-pinene in diets ceased after 48 h. No significant differences of the bacterial communities were observed between the beetles in 0 and 9 mg/g ?-pinene concentration in phloem media after 48 h. Our results showed that the inhibition of the feeding behavior of D. valens and the disturbance to its gut bacterial communities in 9 mg/g ?-pinene concentration in phloem media after 6 h were eliminated after 48 h. The resilience of gut bacterial community of D. valens may help the beetle catabolize pine defense chemical.

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5133772 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pine Defensive Monoterpene α-Pinene Influences the Feeding Behavior of Dendroctonus valens and Its Gut Bacterial Community Structure.

Xu Letian L   Shi Zhanghong Z   Wang Bo B   Lu Min M   Sun Jianghua J  

International journal of molecular sciences 20161101 11


The exposure to plant defense chemicals has negative effects on insect feeding activity and modifies insect gut microbial community composition. <i>Dendroctonus valens</i> is a very destructive forest pest in China, and harbors a large diversity and abundance of gut microorganisms. Host pine defensive chemicals can protect the pines from attack by the holobiont. In this study, boring length of <i>D. valens</i> feeding on 0 mg/g α-pinene and 9 mg/g α-pinene concentration in phloem media for 6 and  ...[more]

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