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Control of gall morphology: tephritid gallformers ( Aciurina spp.) on rabbitbrush ( Chrysothamnus )
Author(s) -
DODSON GARY N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1991.tb00207.x
Subject(s) - gall , biology , tephritidae , subspecies , morphology (biology) , botany , insect , zoology , genotype , host (biology) , pest analysis , ecology , gene , genetics
.1 Sibling species of tephritid flies occumng on separate subspecies of Chrysofhamizus nauseosus Hall and Clements have distinct gall moiphologies (smooth and cotton). 2 Cross matings of and subsequent confinement of the flies to particular host plants demonstrated that the insect's and not the plant's genotype dictated the morphology of the gall, although the plant genotype may determine whether or not a gall is produced. 3 The results implicate a possible single gene control mechanism for external gall morphology.