Knight, Alan and Witzgall, Peter
(2013).
Combining mutualistic yeast and pathogenic virus - a novel method for codling moth control.
Journal of chemical ecology. 39
:7
, 1019-1026
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0322-z
Abstract
The combination of a pathogenic virus and mutualistic yeasts isolated from larvae of codling moth Cydia pomonella is proposed as a novel insect control technique. Apples were treated with codling moth granulovirus (CpGV) and either one of three yeasts, Metschnikowia pulcherrima, Cryptococcus tephrensis, or Aureobasidium pullulans. The combination of yeasts with CpGV significantly increased mortality of neonate codling moth larvae, compared with CpGV alone. The three yeasts were equally efficient in enhancing the activity of CpGV. The addition of brown cane sugar to yeast further increased larval mortality and the protection of fruit against larvae. In comparison, without yeast, the addition of sugar to CpGV did not produce a significant effect. A field trial confirmed that fruit injury and larval survival were significantly reduced when apple trees were sprayed with CpGV, M. pulcherrima, and sugar. We have shown earlier that mutualistic yeasts are an essential part of codling moth larval diet. The finding that yeast also enhances larval ingestion of an insect-pathogenic virus is an opportunity for the development of a novel plant protection technique. We expect the combination of yeasts and insect pathogens to essentially contribute to future insect management.
Authors/Creators: | Knight, Alan and Witzgall, Peter | ||||||
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Title: | Combining mutualistic yeast and pathogenic virus - a novel method for codling moth control | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Journal of chemical ecology | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2013 | ||||||
Volume: | 39 | ||||||
Number: | 7 | ||||||
Page range: | 1019-1026 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer Verlag | ||||||
ISSN: | 0098-0331 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Accepted version | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Agris subject categories.: | F Plant production > F40 Plant ecology L Animal production > L20 Animal ecology X Agricola extesions > X30 Life sciences | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Zoology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Microbiology (Microbiology in the medical area to be 30109) (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Behavioural Sciences Biology | ||||||
Agrovoc terms: | plants, microbes, insects, herbivory, semiochemicals, apples | ||||||
Keywords: | plant-microbe-insect-interaction, herbivory, mutualism, chemical communication, semiochemicals, apple, granulovirus | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-2027 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-2027 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 11258 | ||||||
Faculty: | LTJ - Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science (until 2013) | ||||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Plant Protection Biology | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 07 Aug 2014 09:31 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2014 11:06 |
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