Feeding Behavior of Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae in Response to Dietary Conditioning
作者:
K. M. Schmidt,
J. H. Benedict,
M. H. Walmsley,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 2
页码: 471-474
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1093/ee/16.2.471
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: behavior;conditioning;cotton;Gossypium hirsutum(L.);Heliothis zea(Boddie)
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Effects of dietary conditioning on feeding behavior on cotton ofHeliothis zea(Boddie) third and fifth instars were examined in a greenhouse study. Larvae were conditioned from hatching to third or fifth instars on field-grown cotton flower buds or an artificial wheat-germ diet. Larvae reared on flower buds fed more, rested less, and locomoted less than larvae reared on the artificial diet. Bud-fed larvae generally preferred feeding on flower buds, whereas larvae reared on the artificial diet preferred feeding on blooms. These data show that feeding responses of later instars on a single cotton cultivar are dependent on dietary conditioning, and that dietary conditioning can affect results of studies involving bollworm feeding behavior.
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