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Behavioral Responses of Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), to the Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Four Potato Varieties

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Green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) is a serious pest of potato and causes severe yield loss to potato production worldwide. The volatiles emitted from potato plants influence host selection by M. persicae. A laboratory experiment was conducted to study how these volatile emissions vary among four potato varieties (IdaRose, Desiree, Chipeta and Russet Burbank) having different genetic backgrounds, and to compare the aphid responses to the volatiles emitted by these varieties. Results indicated that headspace volatiles detected, and aphid responses, differed significantly among the varieties. Myzus persicae arrestment was greater in response to Desiree and Chipeta than on Russet Burbank and arrestment on IdaRose was intermediate and did not differ significantly from any of the other varieties, but the arrestment was not related to the total concentration of volatiles released by these varieties. This indicates that the blend of volatiles was important for eliciting arrestment. Eigenvector weightings of principal component 1 were predominantly sesquiterpenes (especially caryophyllene, sesquiphellandrene, α-farnesene and longifolene), whereas those for principal component 2 were predominantly aldehydes and green leaf volatiles (n-hexana1, (Z)-3-hexenol, (E)-2-hexenal and nonanal. The pedigrees of the varieties are not associated with the volatile blends or aphid responses.

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El áfido verde del durazno Myzus persicae (Sulzer) es una plaga seria de la papa y causa severas pérdidas de rendimiento en la producción de papa en todo el mundo. Los compuestos volátiles emitidos de la planta de papa influencian la selección de hospedante por M. persicae. Se condujo un experimento de laboratorio para estudiar cómo éstas emisiones de volátiles varían entre cuatro variedades de papa (IdaRose, Desiree, Chipeta, y Russet Burbank) con contenidos de diferentes antecedentes genéticos, y para comparar las respuestas del áfido a los volátiles emitidos por estas variedades. Los resultados indicaron que los volátiles detectados en espacios libres y la respuesta de los áfidos, diferían significativamente entre las variedades. La permanencia de M. persicae era mayor en respuesta a Desiree y Chipeta que en Russet Burbank y la retención en IdaRose fue intermedia, y no se diferenció significativamente de cualquiera de las otras variedades, pero la retención no estuvo relacionada a la concentración total de volátiles liberados por estas variedades. Esto indica que la mezcla de volátiles era importante para inducir la permanencia. La ponderación del vector propio del componente principal 1 fue predominantemente sesquiterpenos (especialmente cariofileno, sesquifelandreno, α-farneseno y longifoleno), mientras que aquellos para el componente principal 2 fueron predominantemente aldehidos y volátiles de hoja verde (n-hexana1, (Z)-3-hexenol, (E)-2-hexenal y nonanal). No se asocia al pedigrí de las variedades con las mezclas de volátiles o con las respuestas de los áfidos.

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The research was supported in part by award number 2009-65104-05730 from the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. We thank William Price for assistance with statistical analysis.

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    D. Rajabaskar, H. Ding, Y. Wu & S. D. Eigenbrode

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Rajabaskar, D., Ding, H., Wu, Y. et al. Behavioral Responses of Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), to the Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Four Potato Varieties. Am. J. Potato Res. 90, 171–178 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-012-9282-z

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