TY  - JOUR
AU  - Radonjić, Andja
AU  - Terenius, Olle
AU  - Ninković, Velemir
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4647
AB  - The diet of entomophagous coccinellids is mainly based on aphids and other food sources such as pollen, nectar, or fungal spores. Knowledge of their foraging behavior on plants infected by powdery mildew and their survival on fungal spores is currently limited. In this study, we investigated the olfactory response of Coccinella septempunctata to odor emission of barley plants infected by powdery mildew and their survival on fungal spores in the presence or absence of aphids. Odors released by powdery-mildew infected plants were more attractive for ladybirds compared to those of uninfected controls. After 3days, the survival rate of ladybirds feeding only on powdery-mildew spores was less than 50%, while for ladybirds feeding exclusively on Rhopalosiphum padi aphids, the survival rate was close to 90%. After 15days, the highest survival rate (almost 80%) was observed for ladybirds feeding on plants with both aphids and powdery mildew. Molecular analyses confirmed the presence of fungal spores in ladybird guts when feeding either on powdery mildew or on a mixed diet. Our results provide new insights into foraging behavior of entomophagous coccinellids revealing the potential of powdery mildew to be utilized as important non-essential food in a mixed diet, but also its lethal effect if consumed alone.
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht
T2  - Arthropod-Plant Interactions
T1  - The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata
EP  - 690
IS  - 5
SP  - 685
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.1007/s11829-018-9617-x
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Radonjić, Andja and Terenius, Olle and Ninković, Velemir",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The diet of entomophagous coccinellids is mainly based on aphids and other food sources such as pollen, nectar, or fungal spores. Knowledge of their foraging behavior on plants infected by powdery mildew and their survival on fungal spores is currently limited. In this study, we investigated the olfactory response of Coccinella septempunctata to odor emission of barley plants infected by powdery mildew and their survival on fungal spores in the presence or absence of aphids. Odors released by powdery-mildew infected plants were more attractive for ladybirds compared to those of uninfected controls. After 3days, the survival rate of ladybirds feeding only on powdery-mildew spores was less than 50%, while for ladybirds feeding exclusively on Rhopalosiphum padi aphids, the survival rate was close to 90%. After 15days, the highest survival rate (almost 80%) was observed for ladybirds feeding on plants with both aphids and powdery mildew. Molecular analyses confirmed the presence of fungal spores in ladybird guts when feeding either on powdery mildew or on a mixed diet. Our results provide new insights into foraging behavior of entomophagous coccinellids revealing the potential of powdery mildew to be utilized as important non-essential food in a mixed diet, but also its lethal effect if consumed alone.",
publisher = "Springer, Dordrecht",
journal = "Arthropod-Plant Interactions",
title = "The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata",
pages = "690-685",
number = "5",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.1007/s11829-018-9617-x"
}

Radonjić, A., Terenius, O.,& Ninković, V.. (2018). The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata. in Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Springer, Dordrecht., 12(5), 685-690.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-018-9617-x

Radonjić A, Terenius O, Ninković V. The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata. in Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 2018;12(5):685-690.
doi:10.1007/s11829-018-9617-x .

Radonjić, Andja, Terenius, Olle, Ninković, Velemir, "The phytopathogen powdery mildew affects food-searching behavior and survival of Coccinella septempunctata" in Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 12, no. 5 (2018):685-690,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-018-9617-x . .