Relative Attractance of Spotted Cucumber Beetle1to Fruits of Fifteen Species of Cucurbitaceae2
作者:
Govind C. Sharma,
Charles V. Hall,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1973)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 1
页码: 154-156
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1973
DOI:10.1093/ee/2.1.154
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
In a 2-year study, fruits from 21 plant types of 15 species from 6 genera (Citrullus, Cucumis, Cucurbita, Lagenaria, Luffa, andMomordica) of Cucurbitaceae were exposed to a natural population ofDiabrotica undecimpunctata howardiBarber to determine relative attractance of thc fruits to that insect. Analysis of cucurbitacins and their glycosides in the fruits revealed a positive correlation between their concentration and the number of spotted cucumber beetles attracted by the various plant species. This correlation dcmonstrated the attraction properties of low concentration (0.0–0.56 mg/g) of curcurbitacins and their glycosides.Cucurbita foetidissimaH. B. K.andCucumis dipsaceusEhrenb., the 2 most attractive species, were high in cucurbitacin concentration. The technique of exposing fruits toD. undecimpunctata howardihas potential as a bioassay to screen cucurbitacins in the fruits of other species. Attractant cucurbitacins can be useful in population assessment and in luring the beetle to an insecticide or to an adhesive.
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