Hydrogen cyanide release during feeding of generalist and specialist lepidopteran larvae on a cyanogenic plant, Passiflora capsularis

被引:7
作者
Amelot, Miguel E. Alonso [1 ]
Nunez, Jorge Luis Avila [1 ]
Duarte, Lisday [1 ]
Oliveros-Bastidas, Alberto [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Los Andes, Fac Ciencias, Dept Quim, Grp Quim Ecol, Merida 5101, Venezuela
关键词
cyanogenesis; generalist; herbivory; hydrogen cyanide evolution; kinetics; Passiflora capsularis; specialist; tropics;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00528.x
中图分类号
Q96 [昆虫学];
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摘要
The hydrogen cyanide-based interaction of a strongly cyanogenic plant, Passiflora capsularis, and larvae of two insect herbivores, a generalist (Spodoptera frugiperda) and a specialist (Heliconius erato), is examined in terms of the combined kinetics of the feeding process and the simultaneous hydrogen cyanide (HCN) liberation, as compared with the natural kinetics of hydrogen cyanide evolution by plant-leaf tissue. There are marked differences in acceptance of P. capsularis by third-instar larvae of specialist and generalist species. The former, H. erato, display a parsimonious ingestion rate of 0.74 +/- 0.15 mg (fresh weight) min(-1) comprising 18% active feeding time, whereas S. frugiperda larvae show a more erratic and restrained feeding involving 4% of the time at 0.45 +/- 0.14 mg min(-1). These S. frugiperda larvae ingest 124.4 +/- 8.3 mg (fw) of the non-cyanogeneic Spinacia oleracea leaves in 24 h compared with only 74.7 +/- 20.1 mg of P. capsularis in the same period. The total hydrogen cyanide released naturally from wild specimens of P. capsularis plants is in the range 326-3901 mu g g(-1). Hydrogen cyanide evolution from macerated P. capsularis leaves takes place along a hyperbolic function with time and initial velocities of cyanide evolution are a linear function of total hydrogen cyanide. When feeding on P. capsularis leaves, H. erato releases only a minor fraction relative to total hydrogen cyanide (0.09%) and to the anticipated cyanide from the initial velocity (7%). By contrast, S. frugiperda evokes 5.8-fold more than the anticipated hydrogen cyanide release from the plant. The findings are interpreted as diverging strategies by generalist and specialist insects in the utilization of hydrogen cyanide in cyanogenic plants.
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页码:307 / 315
页数:9
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