Composition and variability of epicuticular lipids of azaleas and their relationship to azalea lace bug resistance

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-244

  Wang, Yuefang ^a   Braman, S Kristine ^a   Robacker, Carol D ^a   Latimer, Joyce G ^a   Espelie, Karl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Host plant resistance; N hentriacontane; Rhododendron sp.; Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott); Ursolic acid; amyrin; amyrin

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON CANESCENS; RHODODENDRON PERICLYMENOIDES; STEPHANITIS PYRIOIDES; TINGIDAE;

EID: 0032945525     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.3.239     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Balsdon, J.A., K.E. Espelie, and S.K. Braman. 1995. Epicuticular lipids from azalea (Rhododendron spp.) and their potential role in host plant acceptance by azalea lace bug, Stephanitis pyrioides (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 23:477-485.
2. Bergman, D.K., J.W. Dillwith, A.A. Zarrabi, and R.C. Berberet. 1991. Epicuticular lipids of alfalfa relative to its susceptibility to spotted alfalfa aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae). Environ. Entomol. 20:781-785.
3. Braman, S.K. and A.F. Pendley. 1992. Evidence for resistance of deciduous azaleas to azalea lace bug. J. Environ. Hort. 10:40-43.
4. Braman, S.K., A.F. Pendley, B. Sparks, and W.G. Hudson. 1992. Thermal requirements for development, population trends, and parasitism of azalea lace bug (Heteroptera: Tingidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 85:870-877.
5. Eigenbrode, S.D. and K.E. Espelie. 1995. Effects of plant epicuticular lipids on insect herbivores. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 40:171-194.
6. Eigenbrode, S.D., K.E. Espelie, and A.M. Shelton. 1991. Behavior of neonate diamondback moth larvae [Plutella xylostella (L.)] on leaves and on extracted leaf waxes of resistant and susceptible cabbages. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:1691-1704.
7. Espelie, K.E., E.A. Bernays, and J.J. Brown. 1991. Plant and insect cuticular lipids serve as behavioral cues for insects. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 17:223-233.
8. Johnson, A.W. and R.F. Severson. 1984. Leaf surface chemistry of tobacco budworm resistant tobacco. J. Agr. Entomol. 1:23-32.
9. Lowe, H.J.B., G.J.P. Murphy, and M.L. Parker. 1985. Non-glaucousness, a probable aphid-resistance character of wheat. Ann. Appl. Biol. 106:555-560.
10. Mori, M. 1982. n-Hexacosanol and n-octacosanol: Feeding stimulants for larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. J. Insect Physiol. 11:969-973.
11. Neal, J.W. and L.W. Douglass. 1988. Development, oviposition rate, longevity, and voltinism of Stephanitis pyrioides (Heteroptera: Tingidae), an adventive pest of azaleas at three temperatures. Environ. Entomol. 17:827-831.
12. Raupp, M.J. and R.M. Noland. 1984. Implementing landscape plant management programs in institutional and residential settings. J. Arboricult. 10:161-169.
13. Robertson, G.W., D.W. Griffiths, A.N.E. Birch, A.T. Jones, J.W. McNicol, and J.E. Hall. 1991. Further evidence that resistance in raspberry to the virus vector aphid, Amphorophora idaei, is related to the chemical composition of the leaf surface. Ann. Appl. Biol. 119:443-449.
14. Schultz, P.B. 1993. Host plant acceptance of azalea lace bug (Heteroptera: Tingidae) for selected azalea cultivars. J. Entomol. Sci. 28:230-235.
15. Smith, C.M., Z.R. Khan, and M.D. Pathak. 1994. Techniques for evaluating insect resistance in crop plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
16. Snedecor, G.W. and W.G. Cochran. 1967. Statistical methods. 6th ed. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames. p. 593.
17. Starks, K.J. and D.E. Weibel. 1981. Resistance in bloomless and sparse-bloom sorghum to greenbug. J. Econ. Entomol. 10:963-965.
18. Wang, Y., C.D. Robacker, and S. K. Braman. 1998. Identification of resistance to azalea lace bug among deciduous azalea taxa. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123:592-597.
19. Yang, G., K.E. Espelie, J.W. Todd, A.K. Culbreath, R.N. Pittman, and J.W. Demski. 1993. Cuticular lipids from wild and cultivated peanuts and the relative resistance of these peanut species to fall armyworm and thrips. J. Agr. Food Chem. 41:814-818.