Journal
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
Volume 130, Issue 3, Pages 215-221Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00822.x
Keywords
indirect defence; plant volatiles; Hymenoptera; Aphidiidae; Homoptera; Aphididae; polyphenol oxidase; pectinase; cellulase; semiochemicals; sulcatol; sulcatone
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- National Science and Technology [2006BAD08A05]
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Enzymes in the saliva of the English green aphid, Sitobion avenae (F.) (Homoptera: Aphididae), may be responsible for inducing indirect defence in wheat. In this study, we examined the effects of exogenous application of three salivary enzymes of S. avenae, namely, polyphenol oxidase, pectinase, and cellulase, on the release of volatiles from wheat and the attractiveness of these volatiles to the parasitoid Aphidius avenae Haliday (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). In greenhouse experiments, parasitism of S. avenae on plants surrounded by pectinase-treated plants and aphid-damaged plants was significantly higher than parasitism of aphids on plants surrounded by cellulase- and polyphenol oxidase-treated plants. In Y-tube olfactometer tests, female A. avenae significantly preferred the volatiles collected from pectinase-treated plants and aphid-damaged plants. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis showed that two kinds of semiochemicals, sulcatol and sulcatone, were identified only in pectinase-treated plants and aphid-damaged plants. In field experiments, parasitism of S. avenae by A. avenae was significantly higher on plants sprayed with a mixture of sulcatol and sulcatone than parasitism on plants sprayed with volatiles collected from cellulase- and polyphenol oxidase-treated plants. These results show that pectinase in S. avenae watery saliva can trigger wheat plant indirect defence, and play a crucial role in interaction between wheat, wheat aphid, and A. avenae.
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