Mating interference of glassy‐winged sharpshooters, Homalodisca vitripennis. Issue 1 (20th July 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Mating interference of glassy‐winged sharpshooters, Homalodisca vitripennis. Issue 1 (20th July 2017)
- Main Title:
- Mating interference of glassy‐winged sharpshooters, Homalodisca vitripennis
- Authors:
- Gordon, Shira D.
Sandoval, Nestor
Mazzoni, Valerio
Krugner, Rodrigo - Abstract:
- Abstract: Animal communication is a complex behavior that is influenced by abiotic and biotic factors of the environment. Glassy‐winged sharpshooters (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), primarily use vibrational signaling for courtship communication. Because GWSS is a major pest, transmitting the plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al., interruption of communication is a possible avenue for control. Playback of white noise, pre‐recorded female signals, and artificial female noise (continuously overlapping female signals) significantly reduced mating of GWSS when compared to silent control mating trials. Furthermore, to begin to determine the mechanism underlying playback control, female signaling activity was recorded in the presence of stimuli. In response to playback of female signals, females signaled (duet‐like) more often than females tested in the absence of playback. After the first playback, almost two‐thirds of females signaled a response within 3 s. Additionally, one‐third of the females signaled within 1 s after cessation of white noise, and significantly more in the time periods following noise termination. Results highlight how GWSS responds to differing competitive disturbances in the environment and lays important ground work that possibly could be used to develop pesticide‐free control methods.
- Is Part Of:
- Entomologia experimentalis et applicata. Volume 164:Issue 1(2017:Jul.)
- Journal:
- Entomologia experimentalis et applicata
- Issue:
- Volume 164:Issue 1(2017:Jul.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 164, Issue 1 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 164
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0164-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 27
- Page End:
- 34
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-20
- Subjects:
- vibrational communication -- mate selection behavior -- playback -- IPM -- white noise -- female signal -- Xylella fastidiosa -- laser vibrometer -- mating disruption -- Cicadellidae -- Hemiptera
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1570-7458 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/eea.12594 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0013-8703
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