SUPPRESSION OF OVIPOSITION IN ORYZAEPHILUS-SURINAMENSIS (L) (COLEOPTERA, CUCUJIDAE) FOLLOWING PROLONGED RETENTION IN HIGH-DENSITY CULTURES OR SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE TO LARVAL VOLATILES

被引:7
作者
PIERCE, AM
BORDEN, JH
OEHLSCHLAGER, AC
机构
[1] SIMON FRASER UNIV,CTR PEST MANAGEMENT,BURNABY V5A 1S6,BC,CANADA
[2] SIMON FRASER UNIV,DEPT BIOL SCI,BURNABY V5A 1S6,BC,CANADA
关键词
Coleoptera; Cucujidae; culture age; larval volatiles; Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.); oviposition; population density; semiochemicals;
D O I
10.1007/BF01021789
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
After 20 days in a high-density culture containing many larvae, female sawtoothed grain beetles, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), laid half as many eggs in a 24-hr oviposition bioassay as females held for six days in the same culture, or for six or 20 days in a low-density culture. Oviposition by females held for six days in a high-density culture was reduced to a similar extent when they were exposed in the oviposition bioassay to an oat flake treated with an extract of Porapak Q-captured larval volatiles (equivalent to 5000 larval hours). A retained suppression of oviposition rate after prolonged exposure to larvae or an induced reduction caused by short-term exposure to larval volatiles both could be of adaptive advantage in reducing the risk of oviposition in an already densely populated habitat. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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页码:595 / 601
页数:7
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