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Effects of elevated CO 2 on the chrysanthemum leaf‐miner, Chromatomyia syngenesiae : a greenhouse study
Author(s) -
Smith P. H. D.,
Jones T. H.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00149.x
Subject(s) - leaf miner , greenhouse , horticulture , biology , botany , zoology , agronomy , pest analysis
Although feeding behaviour of Chromatomyia syngenesiae on plants grown in elevated CO 2 (ambient + 200ppm) was unaffected, leaf‐miner development was slower in elevated compared to ambient CO 2 atmospheres. Pupal weight was lower at high CO 2 and correlated with the area of leaf mined; no such correlation existed in ambient CO 2 . There appears to be no compensatory feeding by the leaf‐miner for the reduced food quality of plants growing in elevated CO 2 . The implications of these findings are discussed.