Tracking aphid predation by lycosid spiders in spring-sown cereals using PCR-based gut-content analysis

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 718-725

  Kuusk, A K ^a   Cassel Lundhagen, A ^a   Kvarnheden, A ^a   Ekbom, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological control; Generalist predators; Pardosa; Prey DNA detection success; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 51249083519     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Admassu B., Juen A., and Traugott M. Earthworm primers for DNA-based gut content analysis and their cross-reactivity in a multi-species system. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (2006) 1308-1315
2. Agustí N., Shayler S.P., Harwood J.D., Vaughan I.P., Sunderland K.D., and Symondson W.O.C. Collembola as alternative prey sustaining spiders in arable ecosystems: Prey detection within predators using molecular markers. Molecular Ecology 12 (2003) 3467-3475
3. Agustí N., Unruh T.R., and Welter S.C. Detecting Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in predator guts using COI mitochondrial markers. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93 (2003) 179-185
4. Bilde T., and Toft S. Limited predation capacity by generalist arthropod predators on the cereal aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 15 (1997) 143-150
5. Chen Y., Giles K.L., Payton M.E., and Greenstone M.H. Identifying key cereal aphid predators by molecular gut analysis. Molecular Ecology 9 (2000) 1887-1898
6. Chiverton P.A. Predator density manipulation and its effect on populations of Rhopalosiphum padi (Hom.: Aphididae) in spring barley. Annals of Applied Biology 109 (1986) 49-60
7. Chiverton P.A. Predation of Rhopalosiphum padi (Homoptera: Aphididae) by polyphagous predatory arthropods during the aphids' pre-peak period. Annals of Applied Biology 111 (1987) 257-269
8. Edwards C.A., Sunderland K.D., and George K.S. Studies on polyphagous predators of cereal aphids. Journal of Applied Ecology 16 (1979) 811-823
9. Ekbom B.S., Wiktelius S., and Chiverton P.A. Can polyphagous predators control the bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) in spring cereals?. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 65 (1992) 215-223
10. Greenstone M.H., and Hunt J.H. Determination of prey antigen half-life in Polistes metricus using a monoclonal antibody-based immunodot assay. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 68 (1993) 1-7
11. Greenstone M.H., Rowley D.L., Weber D.C., Payton M.E., and Hawthorne D.J. Feeding mode and prey detectability half-lives in molecular gut-content analysis: An example with two predators of the Colorado potato beetle. Bulletin of Entomological Research 97 (2007) 201-209
12. Hagler J.R., and Naranjo S.E. Measuring the sensitivity of an indirect predator gut content ELISA: Detectability of prey remains in relation to predator species, temperature, time and meal size. Biological Control 9 (1997) 112-119
13. Harwood J.D., and Obrycki J.J. Quantifying aphid predation rates of generalist predators in the field. European Journal of Entomology 102 (2005) 335-350
14. Juen A., and Traugott M. Detecting predation and scavenging by DNA gut-content analysis: A case study using a soil insect predator-prey system. Oecologia 142 (2005) 344-352
15. Juen A., and Traugott M. Revealing species-specific trophic links in soil food webs: Molecular identification of scarab predators. Molecular Ecology 16 (2007) 1545-1557
16. Leather S.R., Walters K.F.A., and Dixon A.F.G. Factors determining the pest status of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in Europe: A study and review. Bulletin of Entomological Research 79 (1989) 345-360
17. Ma J., Li D., Keller M., Schmidt O., and Feng X. A DNA marker to identify predation of Plutella xylostella (Lep., Plutellidae) by Nabis kinbergii (Hem., Nabidae) and Lycosa sp. (Aranaea, Lycosidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 129 (2005) 330-335
18. Öberg S., and Ekbom B. Recolonisation and distribution of spiders and carabids in cereal fields after spring sowing. Annals of Applied Biology 149 (2006) 203-211
19. Östman O., Ekbom B., and Bengtsson J. Landscape heterogeneity and farming practice influence biological control. Basic and Applied Ecology 2 (2001) 365-371
20. Richter C.J.J. Aerial dispersal in relation to habitat in eight wolf spider species (Pardosa, Araneae, Lycosidae). Oecologia 5 (1970) 200-214
21. Riechert S., and Bishop L. Prey control by an assemblage of generalist predators: Spiders in garden test systems. Ecology 71 (1990) 1441-1450
22. Samu F., and Szinetár C. On the nature of agrobiont spiders. The Journal of Arachnology 30 (2002) 389-402
23. Schmidt M.H., Roschewitz I., Thies C., and Tscharntke T. Differential effects of landscape and management on diversity and density of ground-dwelling farmland spiders. Journal of Applied Ecology 42 (2005) 281-287
24. Schmidt M.H., Thewes U., Thies C., and Tscharntke T. Aphid suppression by natural enemies in mulched cereals. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 113 (2004) 87-93
25. Sheppard S.K., Bell J., Sunderland K.D., Fenlon J., Skervin D., and Symondson W.O.C. Detection of secondary predation by PCR analyses of the gut contents of invertebrate generalist predators. Molecular Ecology 14 (2005) 4461-4468
26. Sheppard S.K., and Harwood J.D. Advances in molecular ecology: Tracking trophic links through predator-prey food-webs. Functional Ecology 19 (2005) 751-762
27. SMHI webpage. 20061211. http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/jordens_klimat/klimat_sverige.htm.
28. Sunderland K.D. Spiders and cereal aphids in Europe. Bulletin SROP/WPRS 10 (1987) 82-102
29. Sunderland K.D., and Samu F. Effects of agricultural diversification on the abundance, distribution and pest control potential of spiders: A review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 95 (2000) 1-13
30. Symondson W.O.C., Sunderland K.D., and Greenstone M.H. Can generalist predators be effective biocontrol agents?. Annual Review of Entomology 47 (2002) 561-594
31. Thorbek P., and Bilde T. Reduced numbers of generalist arthropod predators after crop management. Journal of Applied Ecology 41 (2004) 526-538
32. Toft S. Value of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi as food for cereal spiders. Journal of Applied Ecology 32 (1995) 552-560
33. Van Driesche R.G., and Bellows T.S. Biological Control (1996), Chapman & Hall, New York, NY
34. Watt A.D. The effect of cereal growth stages on the reproductive activity of Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum. Annals of Applied Biology 91 (1979) 147-157
35. Wiktelius S. Distribution of Rhopalosiphum padi (Homoptera: Aphididae) on spring barley plants. Annals of Applied Biology 110 (1986) 1-7
36. Wiktelius S., and Ekbom B.S. Aphids in spring sown cereals in central Sweden. Abundance and distribution 1980-1983. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie 100 (1985) 8-16