Tungadi, Trisna D. ORCID: 0000-0001-6304-1844 , Shaw, Bethan, Powell, Glen, Hall, David R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X , Bray, Daniel P., Harte, Steven J. ORCID: 0000-0001-9628-7912 , Farman, Dudley I., Wijnen, Herman ORCID: 0000-0002-8710-5176 and Fountain, Michelle T. ORCID: 0000-0001-9570-290X (2022) Live drosophila melanogaster larvae deter oviposition by drosophila suzukii. Insects, 13 (8). p. 688. ISSN 2075-4450 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080688)

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Abstract

The worldwide invasive insect pest, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted-wing Drosophila), lays eggs in soft and stone fruit before harvest. Hatched larvae cause fruit collapse and significant economic losses. Current control methods rely primarily on foliar insecticide applications, which are not sustainable long-term solutions due to regulatory restrictions and the risk of insecticide resistance developing. We showed before that D. suzukii were deterred from laying eggs on artificial media previously visited by its sister species—Drosophila melanogaster. In the current study, laboratory choice test experiments were conducted to identify which D. melanogaster life stage (eggs, larvae, or adult) deterred D. suzukii oviposition. We demonstrated that the presence of live D. melanogaster larvae on the egg-laying media consistently deterred D. suzukii oviposition. Drosophila melanogaster cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) were examined as candidate for the oviposition deterrent. CHCs of larval and adult D. melanogaster and D. suzukii were analyzed. In both species, the composition of the CHCs of larvae was similar to that of adults, although quantities present were much lower. Furthermore, the CHC profiles of the two species were markedly different. However, when assayed as deterrents in the laboratory choice test experiment, CHC extracts from D. melanogaster did not deter oviposition by D. suzukii.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Drosophila, Melanogaster, suzukii, Integrated Pest Management, Sustainability, Oviposition
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Agriculture, Health & Environment Department Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Chemical Ecology Research Group
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2022 12:53
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/37174

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