• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: DL‐β‐Aminobutyric acid application negatively affects reproduction and larval development of the rosy apple aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea, on apple
  • Beteiligte: Robert, Philippe; Braud, Ferréol; Aligon, Sophie; Brisset, Marie‐Noëlle
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2016
  • Erschienen in: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/eea.12415
  • ISSN: 1570-7458; 0013-8703
  • Schlagwörter: Insect Science ; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The rosy apple aphid, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">D</jats:styled-content>ysaphis plantaginea</jats:italic> (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">P</jats:styled-content>asserini) (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">H</jats:styled-content>emiptera: <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">A</jats:styled-content>phididae), is one of the major pests of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">E</jats:styled-content>uropean apple orchards, commonly controlled by the use of synthetic insecticides. In the present work, the non‐protein amino acid <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DL</jats:styled-content>‐β‐aminobutyric acid (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BABA</jats:styled-content>), known to induce plant resistance against a wide range of abiotic and biotic stresses, has been tested for its protective effect against this pest on apple. We first verified the lack of any contact effect of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BABA</jats:styled-content> on the insect itself. Next we applied <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BABA</jats:styled-content> as a soil drench to apple and monitored its effect on the population development of aphids after artificial infestation. We demonstrated that <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BABA</jats:styled-content> strongly reduced the population growth and that this compound severely affected various life‐history characteristics of the aphid such as female longevity and fecundity, nymph mortality, and larval development.</jats:p>