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Chinese Cabbage Changes Its Release of Volatiles to Defend against Spodoptera litura.


ABSTRACT: Plants respond to herbivorous insect attacks by releasing volatiles that directly harm the herbivore or that indirectly harm the herbivore by attracting its natural enemies. Although the larvae of Spodoptera litura (the tobacco cutworm) are known to induce the release of host plant volatiles, the effects of such volatiles on host location by S. litura and by the parasitoid Microplitis similis, a natural enemy of S. litura larvae, are poorly understood. Here, we found that both the regurgitate of S. litura larvae and S. litura-infested cabbage leaves attracted M. similis. S. litura had a reduced preference for cabbage plants that had been infested with S. litura for 24 or 48 h. M. similis selection of plants was positively correlated with the release of limonene; linalool and hexadecane, and was negatively correlated with the release of (E)-2-hexenal and 1-Butene, 4-isothiocyanato. S. litura selection of plants was positively correlated with the release of (E)-2-hexenal, 1-Butene, 4-isothiocyanato, and decanal, and was negatively correlated with the release of limonene, nonanal, hexadecane, heptadecane, and octadecane. Our results indicate that host plant volatiles can regulate the behavior of S. litura and M. similis.

SUBMITTER: Du YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8778687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chinese Cabbage Changes Its Release of Volatiles to Defend against <i>Spodoptera litura</i>.

Du Yuan-Wen YW   Shi Xiao-Bin XB   Zhao Lin-Chao LC   Yuan Ge-Ge GG   Zhao Wei-Wei WW   Huang Guo-Hua GH   Chen Gong G  

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Plants respond to herbivorous insect attacks by releasing volatiles that directly harm the herbivore or that indirectly harm the herbivore by attracting its natural enemies. Although the larvae of <i>Spodoptera litura</i> (the tobacco cutworm) are known to induce the release of host plant volatiles, the effects of such volatiles on host location by <i>S. litura</i> and by the parasitoid <i>Microplitis similis</i>, a natural enemy of <i>S. litura</i> larvae, are poorly understood. Here, we found  ...[more]

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