Effect of Pine Pollen on Settling Behavior of Frankliniella occidentalis and Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Tomato and Peanut

Pollen was found to significantly influence the host leaf selection and settling behaviors of certain thrips species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). The effect of slash pine pollen (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) on the settling of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (western flower thrips) and Frankliniella...

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Published in:Environmental entomology 2006-10, Vol.35 (5), p.1396-1403
Main Authors: Chitturi, Anitha, Riley, David G, Joost, P. Houston
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal ethology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Arachis hypogaea
Autoecology
BEHAVIOR
bioassays
Biological and medical sciences
Frankliniella fusca
Frankliniella occidentalis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
host plants
host preferences
host seeking
host selection
leaves
Pinus elliottii
Pinus elliottii pollen
pollen
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum
tobacco thrips
western flower thrips
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Summary:Pollen was found to significantly influence the host leaf selection and settling behaviors of certain thrips species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). The effect of slash pine pollen (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) on the settling of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (western flower thrips) and Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) (tobacco thrips) was studied with leaf choice tests in peanut and tomato. In choice tests, F. occidentalis settling behavior was increased by seven-fold with the addition of pine pollen, but F. fusca was not significantly affected. In the flower thrips, the effect of pollen decreased over time without the renewal of pollen, suggesting thrips consumption of the pollen grains. These results support the idea that slash pine pollen has a greater impact on flower thrips (F. occidentalis) behavior than foliage thrips (F. fusca) behavior.
ISSN:0046-225X
1938-2936
DOI:10.1603/0046-225X%282006%2935%5B1396%3AEOPPOS%5D2.0.CO%3B2