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Frass produced by the primary pest Rhyzopertha dominica supports the population growth of the secondary stored product pests Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Tribolium castaneum, and T. confusum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2020

J.A. Shah ,
T. Vendl ,
R. Aulicky  and
V. Stejskal Open the ORCID record for V. Stejskal [Opens in a new window]
J.A. Shah
Affiliation:
Crop Research Institute, Drnovska 507/73, Prague 6-Ruzyne, CZ-16106, Czech Republic Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6-Suchdol, CZ-16500, Czech Republic
T. Vendl
Affiliation:
Crop Research Institute, Drnovska 507/73, Prague 6-Ruzyne, CZ-16106, Czech Republic
R. Aulicky
Affiliation:
Crop Research Institute, Drnovska 507/73, Prague 6-Ruzyne, CZ-16106, Czech Republic
V. Stejskal*
Affiliation:
Crop Research Institute, Drnovska 507/73, Prague 6-Ruzyne, CZ-16106, Czech Republic Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6-Suchdol, CZ-16500, Czech Republic
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Author for correspondence: V. Stejskal, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Primary pests such as Rhyzoperta dominica may increase the contents of dockage, dust, and frass in grain mass. Although it has been suggested that frass can affect the population growth of stored product pests and ecological interactions among primary and secondary pests in stored grain, this has not been validated experimentally. Therefore, this work experimentally tested the hypothesis that R. dominica wheat frass may support population increases in secondary pests such as Tribolium confusum, T. castaneum, and Oryzaephilus surinamensis for the first time. The effect of frass on secondary pest performance was compared with the effects of various physical qualities of wheat grain (i.e., intact grain kernels, grain fragments, flour, grain + frass) and an artificially enriched control diet (milled wheat kernels, oat flakes, and yeast). The results showed that the clean intact grain kernels did not support the population growth of any tested species, and the nutrient-rich control diet provided the best support. Frass was a significantly better food medium for O. surinamensis and T. castaneum than flour or cracked grain, while T. confusum performed equally well on flour and frass. Our results showed that in terms of food quality and suitability for the tested species, frass occupied an intermediate position between the optimized breeding diet and simple uniform cereal diets such as cracked grain or flour. The results suggest that (i) the wheat frass of primary pest R. dominica is a riskier food source for the development of the tested secondary pests than intact or cracked wheat grain or flour; (ii) frass has the potential to positively influence interspecific interactions between R. dominica and the tested secondary pests; and (iii) wheat grain should be cleaned if increases in R. dominica populations and/or accumulated frass are detected.

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Bostrichidaediet suitabilityfrassinterspecific interactionsSilvanidaeTenebrionidae
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 111 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 153 - 159
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