Oviposition stimulants and deterrents regulating differential acceptance ofIberis amara byPieris rapae andP. napi oleracea |
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Authors: | Xinpei Huang J. A. A. Renwick K. Sachdev-Gupta |
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Affiliation: | (1) Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Tower Road, 14853 Ithaca, New York |
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Abstract: | Iberis amara (Cruciferae) contains both stimulants and deterrents that are involved in regulating oviposition byPieris rapae andP. napi oleracea. The most active deterrents toP. rapae isolated from butanol extracts of the plant were found to be 2-O--d-glucosyl cucurbitacin I and 2-O--d-glucosyl cucurbitacin E. However,P. napi oleracea was behaviorally insensitive to these compounds and was only weakly deterred by other individual fractions of the butanol extract. Stimulant activity of the postbutanol water extract ofI. amara was associated with glucosinolates. The most abundant of these was identified as sinigrin, and a relatively minor component was shown to be glucoiberin. The isolated sinigrin was more stimulatory toP. rapae than was the glucoiberin-containing fraction, butP. napi oleracea was stimulated as strongly by the glucoiberin fraction, even though the concentration of this compound was much lower. The contrasting responses of the twoPieris species to the deterrents and stimulants inI. amara can explain the differential acceptance of the plant by these butterflies. |
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Keywords: | Pieris rapae Pieris napi oleracea Lepidoptera Pieridae Iberis amara oviposition stimulants deterrents glucosinolates glucoiberin sinigrin cucurbitacins |
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