Maternal effects on progeny size, number and body color in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: Density- and reproductive cycle-dependent variation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1072-1080

  Maeno, Koutaro ^a,b   Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density dependent phase polyphenism; Locusts; Maternal effect; Progeny size and number; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LOCUST; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NYMPH; OOCYTE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NYMPH; OVIPARITY; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS;

ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 44749092967     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Albrecht O.F., and Blackith R.E. Poids et délai de survie des larves nouveau-nées chez les acridiens migrateurs. Données physiologiques. Comptes Rendus Academy Science, Paris 250 (1960) 3388-3390
2. Bouaïchi A., Roessingh P., and Simpson S.J. Analysis of the behavioural effects of crowding and re-isolation on solitary-reared adult desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) and their offspring. Physiological Entomology 20 (1995) 199-208
3. Faure J.C. The phases of locusts in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 23 (1932) 293-405
4. Hägele B.F., Oag V., Bouaïchi A., McCaffery A.R., and Simpson S.J. The role of female accessory glands in maternal inheritance of phase in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 46 (2000) 275-280
5. Hamilton A.G. Parthenogenesis in the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria forsk.) and its possible effect on the maintenance of the species. Proceedings of Royal Entomological Society of London A 30 (1955) 103-114
6. Hunter-Jones P. Laboratory studies on the inheritance of phase characters in locusts. Anti-Locust Bulletin 29 (1958) 1-32
7. Husain M.A., and Ahmad T. Studies on Schistocerca gregaria forsk. VI. Influence of temperature on the intensity and extent of black pattern in the desert locust hoppers bred crowded. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science 6 (1936) 624-664
8. Injeyan H.S., and Tobe S.S. Phase polymorphism in Schistocerca gregaria: reproductive parameters. Journal of Insect Physiology 27 (1981) 97-102
9. Islam M.S., Roessingh P., Simpson S.J., and McCaffery A.R. Parental effects on the behaviour and colouration of nymphs of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 40 (1994) 173-181
10. 7]-corazonin. Journal of Insect Physiology 50 (2004) 855-865
11. Maeno K., and Tanaka S. Effects of hatchling body colour and rearing density on body colouration in last stadium nymphs of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Physiological Entomology 32 (2007) 87-94
12. Maeno, K., Tanaka, S., 2008. Phase-specific developmental and reproductive strategies in the desert locust. Bulletin of Entomological Research, in press.
13. 7]-corazonin in two species of locusts, Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 94 (2004) 349-357
14. McCaffery A.R., Simpson S.J., Islam M.S., and Roessingh P. A gregarizing factor present in the egg pod foam of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Experimental Biology 201 (1998) 347-363
15. Miller G.A., Islam M.S., Claridge T.D., Dodgson T., and Simpson S.J. Swarm formation in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria: isolation and NMR analysis of the primary maternal gregarizing agent. Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (2008) 370-376
16. Norris J.M. Reproduction in the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria forskål) in relation to density and phase. Anti-Locust Bulletin 13 (1952) 1-51
17. Pener M.P. Locust phase polymorphism and its endocrine relations. Advances in Insect Physiology 23 (1991) 1-79
18. Simpson S.J., and Miller G.A. Maternal effects on phase characteristics in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: a review of current understanding. Journal of Insect Physiology 53 (2007) 869-876
19. Simpson S.J., McCaffery A.R., and Hägele B.F. A behavioural analysis of phase change in the desert locust. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 74 (1999) 461-480
20. Stower W.J. The color patterns of hoppers of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (forskål). Anti-Locust Bulletin 32 (1959) 1-75
21. Tanaka S., and Yagi S. Evidence for the involvement of a neuropeptide in the control of body color in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Japanese Journal of Entomology 65 (1997) 447-457
22. Tanaka S., and Maeno K. Phase-related body-color polyphenism in hatchlings of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: re-examination of the maternal and crowding effects. Journal of Insect Physiology 52 (2006) 1054-1061
23. Tanaka S., and Maeno K. Maternal effects on progeny body size and color in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: examination of a current view. Journal of Insect Physiology 54 (2008) 612-618
24. Uvarov B. Grasshoppers and Locusts Vol. 1 (1966), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
25. Uvarov B. Grasshoppers and Locusts vol. 2 (1977), Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London