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Effects of inter-subspecies hybridization of non-native Monochamus alternatus alternatus and native M. a. endai (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on the induction of larval diapause and adult body size

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To evaluate the effects of Taiwanese Monochamus alternatus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) (T) on native M. a. endai populations (J) and pine wilt disease epidemics in Japan, the biological traits of reciprocally crossed lines between two subspecies were compared with parental lines. No significant differences were observed in egg viability among four crosses in the F1 generation. Hybridized lines had greater survival rates than inbred lines of the J × J cross. The incidence of larval diapause was lower in the inbred lines of M. a. alternatus (0.176 and 0.361) than in the inbred lines of M. a. endai (1.000). Hybridized lines showed a high diapause incidence of 0.896–1.000 in the F1 and F2 generations, indicating that diapause induction was dominant over nondiapause induction. Large numbers of ovarioles dominated over small numbers of ovarioles. Hybridized lines revealed greater adult body sizes than the inbred lines of parental subspecies in the F1 generation (heterosis), but not in the F2 generation. Heterosis in adult body size may contribute to pine wilt disease epidemics because of the greater oviposition rate and initial load of pathogenic nematodes. Two unlinked loci are estimated to control diapause induction. Gene introgression and the dynamics of nondiapause-inducing alleles are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Prof. T. Koba of Chiba University for checking the method used to estimate the number of loci, Drs. W.-J. Wu and M.-C. Chiu of National Taiwan University for helping to collect the insects, and staff members at Tanashi University Forest, University of Tokyo, for helping to transfer pine logs. KT was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grants (nos. JP22380081 and JP26292080). WT was supported by a Research Fellowship of JSPS for Young Scientists (no. 20-558 6541). The introduction of prohibited articles was permitted under special conditions by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan (21Y1218).

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  1. Laboratory of Forest Zoology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Katsumi Togashi

  2. Forest Protection Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan

    Wataru Toki

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Togashi, K., Toki, W. Effects of inter-subspecies hybridization of non-native Monochamus alternatus alternatus and native M. a. endai (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on the induction of larval diapause and adult body size. Appl Entomol Zool 53, 29–40 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-017-0526-8

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