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Effects of air pollution on plant-insect interactions: increased susceptibility of greenhouse-grown soybeans to the Mexican bean beetle after plant exposure to SO/sub 2/

Journal Article · · Environ. Entomol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.1.173· OSTI ID:6446345
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Foliage from greenhouse-grown soybeans fumigated with 524 ..mu..g m/sup -3/ of SO/sub 2/ or from control plants held under the same conditions without fumigation was fed to Mexican bean beetle larvae and adults. The larvae developed faster and grew larger when fed on the fumigated leaves; larval mortality was consistently low and showed no apparent relationship to the type of leaves used as the food source. Adult females showed a significant feeding preference for discs cut from fumigated leaves and were more fecund when fed on the treated foliage than when fed on control leaves. A greater percentage of the females laid eggs, and the viability of the eggs was higher when the females were fed on fumigated leaves. These females produced more eggs per individual, with significant increases in both the number of eggs per mass and the number of masses per female. The longevity of egg-laying females did not differ significantly between the treatments.
Research Organization:
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
OSTI ID:
6446345
Journal Information:
Environ. Entomol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Entomol.; (United States) Vol. 11:1; ISSN EVETB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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560303 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BEETLES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
COLEOPTERA
CONTAMINATION
EGGS
GLYCINE HISPIDA
GROWTH
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
LARVAE
LEGUMINOSAE
LIFE CYCLE
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLLUTION
PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS
SENSITIVITY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
VIABILITY