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Role of Thrips Omnivory and Their Aggregation Pheromone on Multitrophic Interactions Between Sweet Pepper Plants, Aphids, and Hoverflies

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Contributors:
      Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales; Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad; Biodiversidad y Biotecnología aplicadas a la Biología de la Conservación
    • بيانات النشر:
      Frontiers Media
    • الموضوع:
      2019
    • Collection:
      RUA - Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      In complex food webs, plants are commonly attacked by multiple herbivorous species, affecting the preference and performance of other herbivores and natural enemies. The role of omnivorous insects in ecosystems may be more complex because of the consumption of both plant and animal organisms. However, the effect of omnivorous insects on herbivores and natural enemies, has received little attention so far. The main goal of this study was to investigate whether the dual herbivore interaction between aphids and thrips, an omnivorous pest, on a sweet pepper system, may affect different trophic levels, from plant and aphid performance until the third trophic level, i.e., preference and performance of the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii. Additionally, we tested whether the aggregation pheromone of the thrips Frankliniella occidentalis, could disturb the oviposition behavior of the predatory hoverfly. Our results show that the presence of thrips decreases host plant and aphid performance. Furthermore, despite not affecting syrphid larval performance, thrips presence reduces fecundity of the adults that emerge from those larvae. Additionally, we observed that syrphids avoid ovipositing on plants with either thrips or thrips aggregation pheromone. The present study reveals how the presence of thrips or a semiochemical compound related to thrips, can impact the behavior and performance of an aphidophagous predator. ; This work was supported by Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (CGL2016-79054).
    • ISSN:
      2296-701X
    • Relation:
      https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00240; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2016-79054-R; Vaello T, Pineda A and Marcos-García MÁ (2019) Role of Thrips Omnivory and Their Aggregation Pheromone on Multitrophic Interactions Between Sweet Pepper Plants, Aphids, and Hoverflies. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:240. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00240; http://hdl.handle.net/10045/86533
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.3389/fevo.2018.00240
    • الدخول الالكتروني :
      http://hdl.handle.net/10045/86533
      https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00240
    • Rights:
      © 2019 Vaello, Pineda and Marcos-García. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.BF888073