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Host plant use by two distinct lineages of the tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi, differing in their distribution range

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The tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi, is an emerging pest of solanaceous crops. Two distinct genetic lineages (I and II) have been identified, lineage I having a much wider geographic distribution than lineage II. This has been attributed to differences in cold hardiness that make lineage I better adapted to colonize the coldest parts of the invaded area. However, other factors such as the ability to exploit different hosts may also be involved. In this work, we compared the performance of the Nice (lineage I) and Perpignan (lineage II) strains of T. evansi on two frequent host plants for this species: black nightshade, Solanum nigrum, and cultivated tomato, S. lycopersicum. In general, Nice strain mites performed better (higher fecundity, lower offspring mortality, bigger egg size and lower percentage of males) than Perpignan strain mites when both: (1) they were reared and tested on the same host plant (S. lycopersicum or S. nigrum); and (2) when shifted from S. nigrum to S. lycopersicum and vice versa. Digestive proteases showed also higher expression in Nice strain mites than in Perpignan strain mites, independently of their plant host, potentially reflecting a more efficient proteolytic digestion of plant proteins. However, no differences in detoxification enzyme (P450, esterases and glutathione S-transferases) activities were found when the two strains were compared. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that Nice strain mites exhibited life history traits leading to higher fitness on two different hosts, which may be related with the higher invasive potential and outbreak risks of mites from lineage I.

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by FACCE Era Net Plus-Food Security, Agriculture, Climate Change Grant (GENOMITE, Proposal No 618105 to P.C., M.N., I.D., A.M. and P.A.), CSIC (Grant CSIC-201040E049 to F.O) and the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Grant ANR-14-JFAC-0006-01 to M.N., A.M. and P.A), and it was supported by the metaprogramme Adaptation of Agriculture and Forest to Climate Change (AAFCC) of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). Juan de la Cierva 2012 post-doctoral grant subprogram to M.E.S. We are grateful to Prof. Jerry Cross (NIAB EMR, UK) for English editing of the manuscript.

Author’s contributions: FO, PC, ID and MN conceived research. MES, PA, AM and MM designed, performed and analyzed experiments. FO, MN, MES and PA wrote the manuscript. All authors read, corrected and approved the manuscript.

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  1. Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus Montegancedo UPM, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain

    María E. Santamaría, Manuel Martínez & Isabel Díaz

  2. INRA, UMR1062 CBGP, 34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

    Philippe Auger, Alain Migeon & Maria Navajas

  3. Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28041, Madrid, Spain

    Pedro Castañera & Félix Ortego

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Distribution of the eggs size (surface) laid by females of each strain (Nice and Perpignan) as a function of rearing host plant (S. nigrum or S. lycopersicum) and test host plant (S. nigrum or S. lycopersicum): A) and B) mites tested on the same host plant on which they were reared, S. lycopersicum and S. nigrum, respectively; C) mites shifted from S. lycopersicum to S. nigrum and vice versa (D) (PDF 312 kb)

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Santamaría, M.E., Auger, P., Martínez, M. et al. Host plant use by two distinct lineages of the tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi, differing in their distribution range. J Pest Sci 91, 169–179 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0852-1

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