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Effect of host-plant manipulation by a gall-inducing insect on abundance of herbivores on chestnut trees

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We investigated plant-mediated effects of the stem gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), on other herbivores on the chestnut tree Castanea crenata. In the early season, leaves emerged earlier and in greater numbers on galled shoots than on ungalled shoots. On galled shoots the leaf to shoot biomass ratio was lower and the leaves were physically different. In May and June the concentration of nitrogen in leaves was higher on galled shoots than on ungalled shoots. In July, the water content of leaves was lower on galled shoots. In May and June, the number of aphids, Myzocallis kuricola Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphidoidea), on leaves was higher on galled shoots than on ungalled shoots, but the opposite was true at the end of July. Laboratory experiments showed that aphid fecundity and body weight decrease were higher in May and June when aphids fed on leaves on a galled shoot than when they fed on those on ungalled shoots. In contrast, aphid performance in July was greater on ungalled leaves than on galled leaves. Our findings suggest that gall initiation in a chestnut tree affected aphid performance by affecting host plant quality.

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We thank Professor Edward Evans (Utah State University) for helpful comments and for improving the English. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions.

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Triyogo, A., Yasuda, H. Effect of host-plant manipulation by a gall-inducing insect on abundance of herbivores on chestnut trees. Appl Entomol Zool 48, 345–353 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-013-0194-2

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