Synthetic Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles as Field Attractants for Beneficial Insects

By D. James. 2003

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Abstract Evidence for field attraction by beneficial insects to synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) is presented. Three synthetic HIPVs (methyl salicylate, (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene) were evaluated in a Washington state hop yard during April–October 2002 for attractiveness to beneficial insects. The predatory mirid, Deraeocoris brevis (Uhler), and the anthocorid, Orius tristicolor (White), were attracted to sticky cards baited with (E)-3-hexenyl acetate, while the geocorid, Geocoris pallens Stal., and hover flies (Syrphidae) were attracted to methyl salicylate-baited cards. The coccinellid, Stethorus punctum picipes (Casey), was attracted to both HIPVs in July and September. The (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene did not attract any beneficial insects. Lygus hesperus Knight, Leptothrips mali (Fitch), Anagrus spp., other Miridae, Coccinellidae, and parasitic Hymenoptera were not attracted to the three HIPVs tested. The possible exploitation of HIPVs in enhancing spring populations of beneficial insects and conservation biological control in cropping systems is discussed.

Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science

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Synthetic Herbivore-induced Plant Volatiles Increase Field Captures of Parasitic Wasps (2005, background): “Most if not all of the predatory insects attracted to synthetic MeSA are generalist-feeding species (James, 2003a, b, 2005; James and Price, 2004) and the misinformation issue may not be as important with these species as it might be to specialist parasitoid species like Anagrus spp. which only…”
Lady beetle oviposition behavior in response to the trophic environment (2009, unknown): “Stethorus punctum picipes (Casey) is attracted to the synthetic plant compounds methyl salicylate, (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, cis-3-hexen1-ol, and benzaldehyde, which are associated with herbivore damaged plants (James, 2003, 2005; James and Price, 2004). havior in response to the trophic environment.”
Costs and benefits of induced resistance to herbivores and pathogens in plants (2010, background): “attenuata plants [143], methyl salicylate increased populations of predators in grape vineyards and hop yards [144, 145], and (E)-b-caryophyllene released from corn plant roots was attractive to entomopathogenic soil nematodes [146].”
A ‘Goldilocks’ hypothesis for dispersal of biological control agents (2011, background): “Methods designed to attract and/or retain natural enemies have been commonly discussed in the conservation biological control arena, and include the use of attractant compounds such as methyl salicylate and other host plant-induced volatiles (James 2003; James and Price 2004; Lee 2010), and the plan”
Field responses of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate: A meta-analysis and case study in cranberries (2011, background): “…have reported attraction of lady beetles (e.g., James and Price, 2004; James, 2005; Zhu and Park, 2005; Yu et al., 2008) and lacewings (e.g., James, 2003b; James and Price, 2004; Lee, 2010; Jones et al., 2011; Mallinger et al., 2011) to MeSA, others have reported a lack of attraction (Lee,…”
Behavior-Modifying Strategies in IPM: Theory and Practice (2009, background): “In hop, sticky traps baited with synthetic methyl salicylate (MeSA) caught greater numbers of lacewings than unbaited traps (James, 2003a).”
Insect attraction to synthetic herbivore‐induced plant volatile‐treated field crops (2011, background): “Those that have done so focused upon hops (James, 2003a, b, 2005), grapes (James & Grasswitz, 2005; James, 2006), cotton (Yu et al., 2008), corn (Bernasconi Ockroy et al., 2001) and tomatoes (Thaler, 1999).”
Evaluation of herbivore-induced plant volatiles for monitoring green lacewings in Washington apple orchards (2011, methodology): “These approaches have been used to evaluate HIPVs as attractants in hops (James, 2003a,b, 2005; James and Price, 2004), grapes (James and Price, 2004), cotton (Williams et al., 2008; Yu et al., 2008), pear (Scutareanu et al., 1997), cherry (Toth et al., 2009), corn and sorghum (Kahn et al., 2008),…”
Future directions in the study of induced plant responses to herbivory (2005, background): “Recent studies have documented the impact of particular chemical constituents of induced plant responses (James, 2003; James & Price, 2004), and the full blend of volatile compounds (Bernasconi Ockroy et al.”
Population responses by Orius insidiosus to vegetational diversity (2009, background): “A congener, O. tristicolor (White), is attracted to sticky traps baited with a number of herbivory-induced plant volatiles under field conditions ( James 2003, 2005 ).”
Coccinellids in Biological Control (2012, unknown): “…synthesized that demonstrated activity in attracting benefi cial insects into hop orchards, including the mite predator Stethorus punctum picipes (James 2003 ). agriculture has generally resulted in larger fi elds of individual crops, reduced landscape complexity and increased habitat…”