Journal
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 1453-1459Publisher
EMPRESA BRASIL PESQ AGROPEC
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2006001000001
Keywords
Glycine max; feeding deterrence; insect nutrition; flavonol glycoside; Lepidoptera
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Behavioral and nutritional effect of rutin (quercetin 3-O-rutinosideo) on Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner (Lep.: Noctuidae), a major soybean defoliator in Brazil, was evaluated from the third instar to pupation. Rutin is one of the flavonol glycosides identified in the leaves of the wild soybean PI 227687. Larval weight and amount of ingested food decreased as rutin concentration in the diet increase. An interactive effect between feeding time and diet (treatment) was observed on insect growth; when larvae fed on pure-diet, feeding time elongation resulted in heavier pupae. Differently, the weight of larvae fed on rutin-diet remained almost stable, in spite of eating for longer. A. gemmatalis growth was negatively influenced by rutin-diet not only by feeding deterrence but also by post-ingestive effect on insect growth, since after adjustment of pupal weight by the amount of ingested food (covariate), the effect of diet remained significant. Rutin negatively influenced A. gemmatalis growth as result of pre-ingestive effect, indicated by reduction in food consumption, and post-ingestive effect, indicated by lower conversion of ingested food into body mass and food assimilation.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available