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Effects of Cd, Zn or Pb stress in Populus alba berolinensis on the development and reproduction of Lymantria dispar

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In order to investigate the effects of heavy metal stress on woody plant defense against phytophagous insects, we studied development and reproduction traits of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar that were separately fed with leaves plucked from poplar seedlings (Populus alba berolinensis) grown in either non-contaminated soil (control), Cd-contaminated soil (1.5 mg/kg), Zn-contaminated soil (500 mg/kg) or Pb-contaminated soil (500 mg/kg). The results showed that feeding on Cd or Pb stressed poplar leaves significantly decreased L. dispar larval weights, body lengths and head capsule widths, pupal weights and female fecundity, and delayed the duration of larval development. Similar effects from the Zn stressed poplar leaves were also observed on all the above mentioned variables except male pupal weight and larval development duration that showed no differences from the control. Cd, Zn, or Pb stressed poplar leaves had no significant effects on L. dispar larval survival, pupation and emergence rates; in fact, both larval survival and pupation rates reached 100%. These results suggest that Cd, Zn or Pb stress in P. alba berolinensis might help the trees defend against the defoliator, however; L. dispar may in turn have an effective detoxification mechanism for lessening the effects of plant-mediated defenses and heavy metals in leaves on larval survival, pupation and eclosion.

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This research was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2572017AA24); and Special Fund for scientific Research in the Public Interest (200904021). We are very grateful to Dr. John A. Byers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel for English editing and valuable comments on the manuscript.

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Jiang, D., Yan, S. Effects of Cd, Zn or Pb stress in Populus alba berolinensis on the development and reproduction of Lymantria dispar . Ecotoxicology 26, 1305–1313 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-017-1855-7

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