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Short-range attraction and oviposition stimulant of a biocontrol agent, Galerucella placida Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) toward weed leaf surface waxes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2021

Anamika Koner ,
Swati Das ,
Syed Husne Mobarak  and
Anandamay Barik Open the ORCID record for Anandamay Barik [Opens in a new window]
Anamika Koner
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Ecology Research Laboratory, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan713 104, West Bengal, India
Swati Das
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Ecology Research Laboratory, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan713 104, West Bengal, India
Syed Husne Mobarak
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Ecology Research Laboratory, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan713 104, West Bengal, India
Anandamay Barik*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Ecology Research Laboratory, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan713 104, West Bengal, India
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Author for correspondence: Anandamay Barik, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two Polygonaceae weeds, Rumex dentatus L. and Polygonum glabrum Willd. are abundant in wheat- and rice-fields, respectively, in India. Galerucella placida Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a biocontrol agent of these two weeds. The importance of long-chain alkanes and free fatty acids present in leaf surface waxes of these weeds was assessed as short-range attractant and ovipositional stimulant in G. placida females. Extraction, TLC, GC-MS and GC-FID analyses demonstrated 19 n-alkanes from n-C14 to n-C35 and 14 free fatty acids from C12:0 to C22:0 in leaf surface waxes. Hentriacontane was predominant among alkanes in both weeds, while oleic acid and docosanoic acid were predominant among free fatty acids in R. dentatus and P. glabrum, respectively. Females of G. placida were attracted toward one leaf equivalent surface wax of both weeds against the control solvent (petroleum ether) in a short Y-tube olfactometer bioassay. But, the insect could not differentiate between one leaf equivalent surface wax of R. dentatus and P. glabrum, indicating that both weed leaves were equally attractive in females. A synthetic blend of either 2.44, 35.57 and 23.58 μg ml−1 of octadecane, heptacosane and nonacosane, respectively, resembling the amounts present in one leaf equivalent surface wax of R. dentatus or 4.08, 19.54 and 23.58 μg ml−1 of octadecane, palmitoleic acid and docosanoic acid, respectively, resembling the amounts present in one leaf equivalent surface wax of P. glabrum acted as short-range attractant and ovipositional stimulant in G. placida. These results could be a basis for host plant specificity of the biocontrol agent.

Keywords

Galerucella placidalong-chain alkanes and free fatty acidsolfactometer and oviposition assayPolygonum glabrumRumex dentatussurface wax
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 112 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 204 - 218
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