Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-nmvwc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-17T15:28:18.945Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

THE ROLE OF NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN FOOD SELECTION AND PREFERENCE AS RELATED TO LARVAL NUTRITION OF AN INSECT, PSEUDOSARCOPHAGA AFFINIS (DIPTERA, SARCOPHAGIDAE), ON SYNTHETIC DIETS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. L. House
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Larvae of Pseudosarcophaga affinis auct. nec Fallén readily discriminated between synthetic diets satisfactory for growth and those that had nutritionally important faults. The faults were lack of an essential amino acid, unsatisfactory ratios of essential and nonessential amino acids, and unsatisfactory proportions of the best amino acid mixture relative to glucose levels. Some of these were made to resemble the proportions of amino acids and glucose found by other workers in tissues of aphid-resistant and -susceptible varieties of peas. All the experiments showed that the diets chosen by larvae were those on which they grew and developed best. That larvae can relate the chemical composition of the selected foodstuff with their nutritional requirements may cast some light on varietal resistance of plants or other foodstuff to insects.

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 12 , December 1967 , pp. 1310 - 1321
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Atwal, A. S., and Sethi, S. L.. 1963. Biochemical basis for the food preference of a predator beetle. Current Sci. (India) 11: 511–512.Google Scholar
Auclair, J. L. 1958. Developments in resistance of plants to insects. Rep. ent. Soc. Ont. 88th (1957): 7–17.Google Scholar
Auclair, J. L., and Maltais, J. B.. 1950. Studies on the resistance of plants to aphids by the method of paper partition chromatography. Can. Ent. 82: 175–176.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Auclair, J. L., Maltais, J. B., and Cartier, J. J.. 1957. Factors in resistance of peas to the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harr.). II. Amino acids. Can. Ent. 89: 457–464.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Beck, S. D. 1965. Resistance of plants to insects. A. Rev. Ent. 10: 207–232.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Burnet, B., and Sang, J. H.. 1963. Dietary utilization of DNA and its derivatives by Drosophila melanogaster (Meig.). J. Insect Physiol. 9: 553–562.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cibula, A. B., Davidson, R. H., Fisk, F. W., and LaPidus, J. B.. 1967. Relationship of free amino acids of some solanaceous plants to growth and development of Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 60: 626–631.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Coppel, H. C., House, H. L., and Maw, M. G.. 1959. Studies on dipterous parasites of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). VII. Agria affinis (Fall.) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Can. J. Zool. 37: 817–830.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dethier, V. G. 1954. The physiology of olfaction in insects. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 58: 139–157.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fraenkel, G. 1953. The nutritional value of green plants for insects. Trans. IXth int. Congr. Ent., Amsterdam 1951, 2: 90–100.Google Scholar
Fraenkel, G. 1959 a. The chemistry of host specificity of phytophagous insects. Proc. 4th int. Congr. Biochem. Vienna 1958, 12: 1–14.Google Scholar
Fraenkel, G. 1959 b. The raison d'être of secondary plant substances. Science, N.Y. 129: 1466–1470.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Friend, W. G., Backs, R. H., and Cass, L. M.. 1957. Studies on amino acid requirements of larvae of the onion maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Mg.), under aseptic conditions. Can. J. Zool. 35: 535–543.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gordon, H. T. 1959. Minimal nutritional requirements of the German roach, Blattella germanica L. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 77: 290–315.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1954 a. Nutritional studies with Pseudosarcophaga affinis (Fall.), a dipterous parasite of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). I. A chemically defined medium and aseptic-culture technique. Can. J. Zool. 32: 331–341.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1954 b. Nutritional studies with Pseudosarcophaga affinis (Fall.), a dipterous parasite of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). III. Effects of nineteen amino acids on growth. Can. J. Zool. 32: 351–357.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1959. Nutrition of the parasitoid Pseudosarcophaga affinis (Fall.) and of other insects. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 77: 394–405.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1965. Effects of low levels of the nutrient content of a food and of nutrient imbalance on the feeding and the nutrition of a phytophagous larva, Celerio euphorbiae (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Can. Ent. 97: 62–68.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1966 a. Effects of varying the ratio between the amino acids and the other nutrients in conjunction with a salt mixture on the fly Agria affinis (Fall.). J. Insect Physiol. 12: 299–310.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1966 b. Effect of temperature on the nutritional requirements of an insect, Pseudosarcophaga affinis Auct. nec Fallén (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and its probable ecological significance. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 59: 1263–1267.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1966 c. Effects and interactions of varied levels of temperature, amino acids, and a vitamin on the rate of larval development in the fly Pseudosarcophaga affinis. J. Insect Physiol. 12: 1493–1501.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L. 1966 d. The role of nutritional principles in biological control. Can. Ent. 98: 1121–1134.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L., and Barlow, J. S.. 1956. Nutritional studies with Pseudosarcophaga affinis (Fall.), a dipterous parasite of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). V. Effects of various concentrations of the amino acid mixture, dextrose, potassium ion, the salt mixture, and lard on growth and development; and a substitute for lard. Can. J. Zool. 34: 182–189.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L., and Barlow, J. S.. 1957. New equipment for rearing small numbers of Pseudosarchophaga affinis (Fall.) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) for experimental purposes. Can. Ent. 89: 145–150.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L., and Barlow, J. S.. 1960. Effects of oleic acid and other fatty acids on the growth rate of Agria affinis (Fall.) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). J. Nutr. 72: 409–414.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
House, H. L., and Barlow, J. S.. 1965. The effects of a new salt mixture developed for Agria affinis (Fallén) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) on the growth rate, body weight, and protein content of the larvae. J. Insect Physiol. 11: 915–918.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kennedy, J. S., and Booth, C. O.. 1951. Host alteration in Aphis fabae Scop., I. Feeding preferences and fecundity in relation to the age and kind of leaves. Ann. appl. Biol. 38: 25–64.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lipke, H., and Fraenkel, G.. 1956. Insect nutrition. A. Rev. Ent. 1: 17–44.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maltais, J. B. 1951. The nitrogen content of different varieties of peas as a factor affecting infestations by Macrosiphum pisi (Kltb.) (Homoptera: Aphididae). A preliminary report. Can. Ent. 83: 29–33.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maltais, J. B., and Auclair, J. L.. 1957. Factors in resistance of peas to the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harr.) (Homoptera: Aphididae). 1. The sugar-nitrogen ratio. Can. Ent. 89: 365–370.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marble, V. L., Meldeen, J. C., Murray, H. C., and Zscheile, F. P.. 1959. Studies on free amino acids in the spotted alfalfa aphid, its honeydew, and several alfalfa selections, in relation to aphid resistance. Agron. J. 51: 740–743.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morrison, F. B. 1941. Feeds and Feeding, Abridged, 7th ed. pp. 43–44. Morrison, Ithaca.Google Scholar
Painter, R. H. 1958. Resistance of plants to insects. A. Rev. Ent. 3: 267–290.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rodriguez, J. D. 1960. Nutrition of the host and reaction to pests. Publs Am. Ass. Advmt Sci. 61: 149–167.Google Scholar
Royes, V. M., and Robertson, F. W.. 1964. The nutritional requirements and growth relations of different species of Drosophila. J. exp. Zool. 156: 105–136.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sang, J. H. 1959. Circumstances affecting the nutritional requirements of Drosophila melanogaster. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 77: 352–365.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shteinberg, D. M. 1955. Some aspects of the problem of adaptation of entomophagous and phytophagous insects to their nutrition. Trans. Zool. Inst. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R. 21: 36–43. (Translation by E. R. Hope, Directorate of Scientific Information Service, Defence Research Board, Ottawa, Canada)Google Scholar
Snedecor, G. W. 1946. Statistical Methods. 4th ed. pp. 214, 218–25, 271. Iowa State Press, Ames.Google ScholarPubMed
Thorsteinson, A. J. 1960. Host selection in phytophagous insects. A. Rev. Ent. 5: 193–218.CrossRefGoogle Scholar