Plant defense elicitors: plant fitness versus wheat stem sawfly.

ABSTRACT: The wheat stem sawfly (WSS), Cephus cinctus Norton, is an important wheat pest in the Northern Great Plains of the USA. No single control measure effectively suppresses WSS damage. This study provides information on the effects on the WSS adult settling preference behavior on wheat plants under laboratory conditions from treatment with both synthetic plant defense elicitors (Actigard^® and cis-jasmone) and a botanical insecticide (Azadirachtin^®). In addition, field experiments were performed to determine whether these chemicals impact the WSS fitness (larval mortality and larval body weight), winter wheat plant fitness (infestation, stem lodging, yield, and quality), adult population of WSS and Bracon spp., and larval parasitism levels. Our lab res

SUBMITTER: Shrestha G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215698 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature