A cabbage root fly oviposition deterrent in the frass of garden pebble moth caterpillars
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 49 (3) , 277-282
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1988.tb01189.x
Abstract
The cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (L.), was deterred from laying eggs on cauliflower plants sprayed with a water‐soluble extract of the frass of caterpillars of the garden pebble moth, Evergestis forficalis (L.), which had fed on a range of cruciferous species. Chemical analysis of the extract revealed the presence of a phenolic acid which was not present in the frass of larvae of two other Lepidoptera (Mamestra brassicae (L.) and Plutella xylostella (L.)) that had fed on the same range of cruciferous plants. The deterrent chemical was isolated and identified as sinapic (3,5‐dimethoxy‐4‐hydroxycinnamic) acid. Spraying cauliflower plants with a buffered solution of the acid in water (0.1, 1 and 10 mM) reduced the numbers of cabbage root fly eggs laid by 60–70%. In field experiments, the deterrent effect persisted 5 days after leaves were sprayed with a buffered, aqueous solution of the acid (10 mM).Résumé: Présence d'une substance dissuadant la ponte de Delia radicum dans les excréments des chenilles de Evergestis forficalisD. radicum L. a pondu beaucoup moins sur des choux‐fleurs pulvérisés avec un extrait (polaire) hydrosoluble d'excréments de chenilles de E. forficalis L. qui avaient consommé différentes crucifères. La pulvérisation des choux‐fleurs avec une suspension aqueuse d'éluate de méthanol d'une colonne polyamide et d'éluate aqueux d'une colonne florosile a réduit respectivement de 50 et 66% le nombre d'oeufs pondus. L'analyse chimique des fractions actives révèle la présence d'un acide phénolique isolé et identifié comme acide sinapique (3,5‐diméthoxy‐4‐hydroxycinnamique). Cet acide est absent des excréments des chenilles de Mamestra brassicae L. et Plutella xylostella L. qui avaient consommé la même gamme de crucifères. La pulvérisation des plants de choux‐fleurs par une solution aqueuse tamponnée d'acide sinapique a réduit la ponte de D. radicum de 60 à 70%. Dans la nature, l'effet dissuasif persiste sur choux‐fleurs 5 jours après la pulvérisation avec une solution aqueuse tamponnée à 10 mM d'acide sinapique.Keywords
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