The Effects of Different Diets and Transgenerational Stress on Acyrthosiphon pisum Development.

ABSTRACT: Despite the fact that sap-feeding hemipterans are major agricultural pests, little is known about the pea aphid's (Acyrthosiphon pisum) nymphal development, compared to other insect models. Given our limited understanding of A. pisum nymphal development and variability in the naming/timing of its developmental events between different environmental conditions and studies, here, we address developmental knowledge gaps by elucidating how diet impacts A. pisum nymphal development for the LSR1 strain when it develops on its universal host plant (Vicia faba), isolated leaves, and artificial diet. Moreover, we test how plant age and transgenerational stressors, such as overcrowding and low plant vigor, can affect nymphal development. We also validate a morphological method to quickly confirm the

SUBMITTER: Pers D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6780513 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature