Growth and feeding response of Pseudoplusia includens (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) to host plants grown in controlled carbon dioxide atmospheres

Journal Article · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Environ. Entomol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/13.6.1527· OSTI ID:5775924

Lincoln, D E; Sionit, N; Strain, B R

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide may alter plant/herbivore interactions. The projected rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide is expected to increase plant productivity, but little evidence is available regarding effects on insect feeding or growth. Leaves of soybean plants grown under three carbon dioxide regimes (350, 500, and 650 ..mu..l/liter) were fed to soybean looper larvae. Larvae fed at increasingly higher rates on plants from elevated carbon dioxide atmospheres: 80% greater rates on leaves from the 650 ..mu..l/liter treatment than on leaves from the 350 ..mu..l/litter treatment. Variation in larval feeding was related to the leaf content of nitrogen and water and to the leaf-specific weight, each of which was altered by the carbon dioxide growth regime of the soybean plants. This study suggests that the impact of herbivores may increase as the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide rises.

• Research Organization: Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia
• OSTI ID: 5775924
• Journal Information: Environ. Entomol.; (United States), Vol. 13:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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