Next Article in Journal
Influence of the Rearing Host on Biological Parameters of Trichopria drosophilae, a Potential Biological Control Agent of Drosophila suzukii
Next Article in Special Issue
Parthenogenetic Females of the Stick Insect Clitarchus hookeri Maintain Sexual Traits
Previous Article in Journal
The ‘Botanical Triad’: The Presence of Insectary Plants Enhances Natural Enemy Abundance on Trap Crop Plants in an Organic Cabbage Agro-Ecosystem
Previous Article in Special Issue
Chemical Compounds from Female and Male Rectal Pheromone Glands of the Guava Fruit Fly, Bactrocera correcta
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
Journals
Insects
Volume 10
Issue 6
10.3390/insects10060182
insects-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Edit a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share announcement question_answer thumb_up
...
textsms
...
Article

Effects of Host Plants Reared under Elevated CO2 Concentrations on the Foraging Behavior of Different Stages of Corn Leaf Aphids Rhopalosiphum maidis

by
Yu Chen
1,2,
Clément Martin
2,
Junior Corneille Fingu Mabola
2,
François Verheggen
2,
Zhenying Wang
1,
KangLai He
1 and
Frederic Francis
2,*
1
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, China
2
Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, TERRA, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Passage des Déportés, 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Insects 2019, 10(6), 182; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10060182
Received: 19 May 2019 / Revised: 18 June 2019 / Accepted: 19 June 2019 / Published: 23 June 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Semiochemicals and Insect Behavior)
View Full-Text Download PDF
Browse Figures

Abstract

Climate change is a major environmental concern and is directly related to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. The increase in concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), not only affects plant growth and development, but also affects the emission of plant organic volatile compounds (VOCs). Changes in the plant odor profile may affect the plant-insect interactions, especially the behavior of herbivorous insects. In this study, we compared the foraging behavior of corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis) on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings grown under contrasted CO2 concentrations. During the dual choice bioassays, the winged and wingless aphids were more attracted by the VOCs of barley seedlings cultivated under ambient CO2 concentrations (aCO2; 450 ppm) than barley seedlings cultivated under elevated CO2 concentrations (eCO2; 800 ppm), nymphs were not attracted by the VOCs of eCO2 barley seedlings. Then, volatile compositions from 14-d-old aCO2 and eCO2 barley seedlings were investigated by GC-MS. While 16 VOCs were identified from aCO2 barley seedlings, only 9 VOCs were found from eCO2 barley seedlings. At last, we discussed the potential role of these chemicals observed during choice bioassays. Our findings lay foundation for functional response of corn leaf aphid under climate change through host plant modifications. View Full-Text
Keywords: climate change; corn leaf aphid; foraging behavior; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) climate change; corn leaf aphid; foraging behavior; volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
SciFeed

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Chen, Y.; Martin, C.; Fingu Mabola, J.C.; Verheggen, F.; Wang, Z.; He, K.; Francis, F. Effects of Host Plants Reared under Elevated CO2 Concentrations on the Foraging Behavior of Different Stages of Corn Leaf Aphids Rhopalosiphum maidis. Insects 2019, 10, 182. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10060182

AMA Style

Chen Y, Martin C, Fingu Mabola JC, Verheggen F, Wang Z, He K, Francis F. Effects of Host Plants Reared under Elevated CO2 Concentrations on the Foraging Behavior of Different Stages of Corn Leaf Aphids Rhopalosiphum maidis. Insects. 2019; 10(6):182. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10060182

Chicago/Turabian Style

Chen, Yu, Clément Martin, Junior C. Fingu Mabola, François Verheggen, Zhenying Wang, KangLai He, and Frederic Francis. 2019. "Effects of Host Plants Reared under Elevated CO2 Concentrations on the Foraging Behavior of Different Stages of Corn Leaf Aphids Rhopalosiphum maidis" Insects 10, no. 6: 182. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10060182

Find Other Styles
Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Article Access Map by Country/Region

1
Back to TopTop