Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host

Parasitoids relymainly on infochemicals to search for their herbivore hosts to oviposit on. Megarhyssa nortoni (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is a parasitoid of siricid wasp larvae which are concealed inside tree stems of several coniferous tree species. This parasitoid is used as a biologic...

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Main Authors: Fischbein, Deborah, Villacide, Jose Maria, Lopez, Bárbara, Corley, Juan Carlos, Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4305
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12731
https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12731
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author Fischbein, Deborah
Villacide, Jose Maria
Lopez, Bárbara
Corley, Juan Carlos
Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres
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Lopez, Bárbara
Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres
Villacide, Jose Maria
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description Parasitoids relymainly on infochemicals to search for their herbivore hosts to oviposit on. Megarhyssa nortoni (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is a parasitoid of siricid wasp larvae which are concealed inside tree stems of several coniferous tree species. This parasitoid is used as a biological control agent against the global pine pest Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), which engages in an obligate nutritional symbiosis with the fungus Amylostereum areolatum (Chaillet ex Fr.) Boidin (Russulales). We explore the chemical cues that could be used by M. nortoni females while foraging for hosts on the two pine species most commonly planted in commercial forests in Patagonia, Argentina, Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon var. latifolia Engelm. ex SWatson and Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C Lawson (Pinaceae). Behavioural assays were conducted in an olfactometer and the following odour sources were tested in pairwise combinations: (1) P. contorta, (2) P. ponderosa, (3) P. contorta with host fungal symbiont, (4) P. ponderosa with host fungal symbiont, and (5) air (control). Megarhyssa nortoni females discriminated the odours of infested wood (host fungal symbiont-pine complex) from those of healthy trees, irrespective of the pine species. Additionally, when offered both pine species infested with the fungal symbiont, the parasitoids displayed a bias towards P. contorta. Even though the identity of the compounds responsible for the behavioural bias towards the symbiont was not established at this stage, our findings emphasize the relevance of chemical information derived from the fungal symbiont-pine complex during parasitoids that forage for woodboring insect hosts.
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spelling INTA43052019-01-22T11:18:24Z Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host Fischbein, Deborah Villacide, Jose Maria Lopez, Bárbara Corley, Juan Carlos Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres Vespidae Parasitoides Control Biológico Parasitoids Biological Control Host Parasite Relations Hosts Foraging Relaciones Huésped Parásito Huéspedes Búsqueda de Alimento Avispas Megarhyssa Nortoni Parasitoids relymainly on infochemicals to search for their herbivore hosts to oviposit on. Megarhyssa nortoni (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is a parasitoid of siricid wasp larvae which are concealed inside tree stems of several coniferous tree species. This parasitoid is used as a biological control agent against the global pine pest Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), which engages in an obligate nutritional symbiosis with the fungus Amylostereum areolatum (Chaillet ex Fr.) Boidin (Russulales). We explore the chemical cues that could be used by M. nortoni females while foraging for hosts on the two pine species most commonly planted in commercial forests in Patagonia, Argentina, Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon var. latifolia Engelm. ex SWatson and Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C Lawson (Pinaceae). Behavioural assays were conducted in an olfactometer and the following odour sources were tested in pairwise combinations: (1) P. contorta, (2) P. ponderosa, (3) P. contorta with host fungal symbiont, (4) P. ponderosa with host fungal symbiont, and (5) air (control). Megarhyssa nortoni females discriminated the odours of infested wood (host fungal symbiont-pine complex) from those of healthy trees, irrespective of the pine species. Additionally, when offered both pine species infested with the fungal symbiont, the parasitoids displayed a bias towards P. contorta. Even though the identity of the compounds responsible for the behavioural bias towards the symbiont was not established at this stage, our findings emphasize the relevance of chemical information derived from the fungal symbiont-pine complex during parasitoids that forage for woodboring insect hosts. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área Forestal. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos Fil: Fischbein, Deborah. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria. Área Forestal. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Villacide, Jose Maria. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria. Área Forestal. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Lopez, Bárbara. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria. Área Forestal. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Corley, Juan Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina Fil: Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria. Área Forestal. Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos; Argentina 2019-01-22T11:08:21Z 2019-01-22T11:08:21Z 2018-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4305 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12731 1570-7458 https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12731 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Wiley Entomologia, Experimentalis et Applicata 166 (11-12) 907-913 (December 2018)
spellingShingle Vespidae
Parasitoides
Control Biológico
Parasitoids
Biological Control
Host Parasite Relations
Hosts
Foraging
Relaciones Huésped Parásito
Huéspedes
Búsqueda de Alimento
Avispas
Megarhyssa Nortoni
Fischbein, Deborah
Villacide, Jose Maria
Lopez, Bárbara
Corley, Juan Carlos
Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres
Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
title Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
title_full Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
title_fullStr Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
title_full_unstemmed Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
title_short Host-related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
title_sort host related volatile cues used by a parasitoid wasp during foraging for its woodboring host
topic Vespidae
Parasitoides
Control Biológico
Parasitoids
Biological Control
Host Parasite Relations
Hosts
Foraging
Relaciones Huésped Parásito
Huéspedes
Búsqueda de Alimento
Avispas
Megarhyssa Nortoni
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4305
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12731
https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12731
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