Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids
Zoophytophagous mirids (Hemiptera: Miridae) are one of the most studied and successful group of natural enemies used as biological control agents in horticultural crops. When prey is scarce, some species, such as Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter), may damage plant tissue by increasing feeding on vegetati...
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| author | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Bru, Pablo González-Cabrera, Joel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro |
| author_browse | Bru, Pablo González-Cabrera, Joel Tena, Alejandro Urbaneja, Alberto Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo |
| author_facet | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Bru, Pablo González-Cabrera, Joel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro |
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| description | Zoophytophagous mirids (Hemiptera: Miridae) are one of the most studied and successful group of natural enemies used as biological control agents in horticultural crops. When prey is scarce, some species, such as Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter), may damage plant tissue by increasing feeding on vegetative and reproductive organs. Despite the importance of mirids, the provision of a sugar source as an alternative or complement to plant feeding has never been addressed to reduce mirid phytophagy. Here, we analyzed the nutritional status and phytophagy of N. tenuis in the presence of tomato plants with and without sugar dispensers. Our study demonstrated how nymphs and adults obtained carbohydrates when fed on tomato
plants. Phytophagy was reduced more than twofold with the provision of sugar dispensers. Both nymphs and adults contained higher carbohydrate levels when they had access to plants with sugar dispensers than without. Nymphs, which are generally responsible for more serious plant damage, had a higher content of carbohydrates than adults independently of the diet provided. Our findings contribute not only to improve the use of zoophytophagous predators as biological control agents, but also to understand the nutritional ecology of the Miridae, a group with a very diverse diet. |
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| spelling | ReDivia62512025-04-25T14:46:39Z Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Bru, Pablo González-Cabrera, Joel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro Nesidiocoris tenuis Nutritional ecology H10 Pests of plants Biological control Tomatoes Artificial foods Zoophytophagous mirids (Hemiptera: Miridae) are one of the most studied and successful group of natural enemies used as biological control agents in horticultural crops. When prey is scarce, some species, such as Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter), may damage plant tissue by increasing feeding on vegetative and reproductive organs. Despite the importance of mirids, the provision of a sugar source as an alternative or complement to plant feeding has never been addressed to reduce mirid phytophagy. Here, we analyzed the nutritional status and phytophagy of N. tenuis in the presence of tomato plants with and without sugar dispensers. Our study demonstrated how nymphs and adults obtained carbohydrates when fed on tomato plants. Phytophagy was reduced more than twofold with the provision of sugar dispensers. Both nymphs and adults contained higher carbohydrate levels when they had access to plants with sugar dispensers than without. Nymphs, which are generally responsible for more serious plant damage, had a higher content of carbohydrates than adults independently of the diet provided. Our findings contribute not only to improve the use of zoophytophagous predators as biological control agents, but also to understand the nutritional ecology of the Miridae, a group with a very diverse diet. 2019-05-28T12:11:00Z 2019-05-28T12:11:00Z 2019 article acceptedVersion Urbaneja-Bernat, P., Bru, P., González-Cabrera, J., Urbaneja, A., & Tena, A. (2019). Reduced phytophagy in sugar-provisioned mirids. Journal of Pest Science, 1-10. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6251 10.1007/s10340-019-01105-9 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-019-01105-9 en Springer electronico |
| spellingShingle | Nesidiocoris tenuis Nutritional ecology H10 Pests of plants Biological control Tomatoes Artificial foods Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Bru, Pablo González-Cabrera, Joel Urbaneja, Alberto Tena, Alejandro Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids |
| title | Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids |
| title_full | Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids |
| title_fullStr | Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids |
| title_short | Reduced phytophagy in sugar‑provisioned mirids |
| title_sort | reduced phytophagy in sugar provisioned mirids |
| topic | Nesidiocoris tenuis Nutritional ecology H10 Pests of plants Biological control Tomatoes Artificial foods |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6251 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-019-01105-9 |
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