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19278760

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
Short-term exposure to ambient or attenuated ultraviolet (UV) radiation resulted in shifts in plant metabolite concentrations of the Brassicaceae Sinapis alba and Nasturtium officinale. Leaf quality also varied between plant species and within species due to age. Larvae of the oligophagous leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae were raised on these different host leaves, in order to investigate the effects of variable plant chemistry on this herbivore. The performance of P. cochleariae was influenced by chemical differences between and within plant species but it responded with high plasticity to plants stressed by ultraviolet radiation. Body mass increase and developmental times of larvae were exclusively affected by plant species and leaf-age. However, developmental differences were fully compensated in the pupal stage. We suggest that the plasticity of herbivores may depend on the degree of specialisation, and insect performance may not necessarily be altered by stress-induced host plants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1873-6424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
157
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2053-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Larval performance of the mustard leaf beetle (Phaedon cochleariae, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) on white mustard (Sinapis alba) and watercress (Nasturtium officinale) leaves in dependence of plant exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Universität Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs Institut für Biowissenschaften, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 3, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany. reifenrath@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't