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Lygid bug damage as a pod access mechanism for Dasineura brassicae (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae) oviposition
Author(s) -
Hughes J. M.,
Evans K. A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0931-2048
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2003.00658.x
Subject(s) - biology , cecidomyiidae , lygus , brassica , point of delivery , gall , botany , horticulture , heteroptera , miridae
In a no‐choice laboratory experiment, damage to Brassica napus pods created by Lygus feeding showed equivalent levels of Dasineura brassicae oviposition as both Ceutorhynchus assimilis damage and artificial injury (P > 0.05). No oviposition was recorded on undamaged controls (P < 0.01). Although Lygus damage provided equal pod access in the laboratory, lygid species are unlikely to be as efficacious a field vector as C. assimilis , primarily due to their less synchronous phenology.