Host plant use of a polyphagous mirid, Apolygus lucorum: Molecular evidence from migratory individuals.

ABSTRACT: While the host plant use of insect herbivores is important for understanding their interactions and coevolution, field evidence of these preferences is limited for generalist species. Molecular diet analysis provides an effective option for gaining such information, but data from field-sampled individuals are often greatly affected by the local composition of their host plants. The polyphagous mirid bug Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) seasonally migrates across the Bohai Sea, and molecular analysis of migrant bugs collected on crop-free islands can be used to estimate the host plant use of A. lucorum across the large area (northern China) from where these individuals come. In this study, the host plant use of A. lucorum adults was determined by identifying plant DNA using

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802376 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature