Is the response of aphids to alarm pheromone stable?

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Thieme, Thomas and Dixon, A. F G (2015) Is the response of aphids to alarm pheromone stable? Journal of Applied Entomology, 139 (10). pp. 741-746. ISSN 0931-2048

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Abstract

Aphid taxa are characterized by a number of biological features, such as their feeding behaviour and host selection, which it is generally accepted are affected by keeping them for several generations under standard conditions in a laboratory. Analyses of three strains of the green pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris, 1776), reared in culture for long periods, indicate that other characters are also affected. For example, the response of these aphids to alarm pheromone is dramatically reduced. This raises an interesting question regarding the mechanism by which it occurs and has consequences when aphids from laboratory cultures are used for studies in ecology and applied biology and especially the long-term effectiveness of crop plants genetically engineered to produce EBF as a means of controlling aphids.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	(e)-β-farnesene,dropping response,habituation,leguminosae,pea aphid
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2016 16:00
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 00:54
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57441
DOI:	10.1111/jen.12262

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