Food preference in the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Isopoda) in a choice test with fungicidal GM wheat

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 51-59

  Bigler, I ^a   Nentwig, W ^a   Lindfeld, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Feeding experiment; GM plants; Isopods; Risk assessment; Transgenic; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNGICIDE; ISOPOD; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; PALATABILITY; PLEIOTROPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIO SCABER; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79960889148     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01622.x     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Alvarez-Alfageme F, Ortego F, Castanera P, 2009. Bt maize fed-prey mediated effect on fitness and digestive physiology of he ground predator Poecilus cupreus L. (Coleoptera: Carabidae). J. Insect Physiol. 55, 143-149.
2. Bhullar NK, Mackay M, Keller B, 2010. Genetic diversity of the Pm3 powdery mildew resistance alleles in wheat gene bank accessions as assessed by molecular markers. Diversity 2, 768-786.
3. Bieri S, Potrykus I, Futterer J, 2003. Effects of combined expression of antifungal barley seed proteins in transgenic wheat on powdery mildew infection. Mol. Breeding 11, 37-48.
4. Bliffeld M, Mundy J, Potrykus I, Futterer J, 1999. Genetic engineering of wheat for increased resistance to powdery mildew disease. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98, 1079-1086.
5. Brussaard L, 1998. Soil fauna, guilds, functional groups and ecosystem processes. Appl. Soil Ecol. 9, 123-135.
6. Conner AJ, Jacobs JME, 1999. Genetic engineering of crops as potential source of genetic hazard in the human diet. Mutat. Res. Gen. Tox. Environ. 443, 223-234.
7. Cornwell WK, Cornelissen JHC, Amatangelo K, Dorrepaal E, Eviner VT, Godoy O, Hobbie SE, Hoorens B, Kurokawa H, Perez-Harguindeguy N, Quested HM, Santiago LS, Wardle DA, Wright IJ, Aerts R, Allison SD, van Bodegom P, Brovkin V, Chatain A, Callaghan TV, Diaz S, Garnier E, Gurvich DE, Kazakou E, Klein JA, Read J, Soudzilovskaia NA, Vaieretti MV, Westoby M, 2008. Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecol. Lett. 11, 1065-1071.
8. Distel RA, Didone NG, Moretto AS, 2005. Variations in chemical composition associated with tissue aging in palatable and unpalatable grasses native to central Argentina. J. Arid Environ. 62, 351-357.
9. EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), 2010. Guidance on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants. EFSA J. 8, 1-111.
10. Escher N, Käch B, Nentwig W, 2000. Decomposition of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis maize by microorganisms and woodlice Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda). Basic Appl. Ecol. 1, 161-169.
11. Feng DS, Ma X, Lin AL, Wang HG, Tian JC, 2010. Isolation of resistance gene analogues to powdery mildew resistance sequences in hexaploid wheat. Biol. Plantarum 54, 551-555.
12. Fernie RF, Yaakov T, Dani Z, 2006. Natural genetic variation for improving crop quality. Curr. Opp. Plant Biol. 9, 196-202.
13. Fox JL, 2009. Whatever happened to GM wheat? Nat. Biotechnol. 27, 974-976.
14. Garcia M, Ortego F, Castanera F, Farinos GP, 2010. Effects of exposure to the toxin Cry1Ab through Bt maize fed-prey on the performance and digestive physiology of the predatory rove beetle Atheta coriaria. Biol. Control 55, 225-233.
15. Higgins LS, Babcock J, Neese P, Layton RJ, Moellenbeck DJ, Storer N, 2009. Three-year field monitoring of Cry1F, event DAS-empty set15empty set7-1, maize hybrids for nontarget arthropod effects. Environ. Entomol. 38, 281-292.
16. Ihnen K, Zimmer M, 2008. Selective consumption and digestion of litter microbes by Porcellio scaber (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Pedobiologia 51, 335-342.
17. Ioset JR, Urbaniak B, Ndjoko-Ioset K, Wirth J, Martin F, Gruissem W, Hostettmann K, Sautter C, 2007. Flavonoid profiling among wild type and related GM wheat varieties. Plant Mol. Biol. 65, 645-654.
18. James C, 2009. Global status of commercialized biotech/GM crops: 2009: the first fourteen years, 1996 to 2009. ISAAA Brief No.41. ISAAA, Ithaca, NY.
19. Knecht S, Nentwig W, 2010. Effect of Bt maize on the reproduction and development of saprophagous Diptera over multiple generations. Basic Appl. Ecol. 11, 346-353.
20. Kotilainen T, Setälä H, Alatalo I, Vuorisalo T, Salniemi I, 2004. Impacts of chitinase-transformed silver birch on leaf decomposition and soil organisms. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 40, 155-161.
21. Kulikov AM, 2005. Genetically modified organisms and risks of their introduction. Russ. J. Plant Physiol. 52, 99-111.
22. Lavelle P, Decaens T, Aubert M, Barot S, Blouin M, Bureau F, Margerie P, Mora P, Rossi JP, 2006. Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 42, S3-S15.
23. Lavy D, Rijn van MJ, Zoomer HR, Verhoef HA, 2001. Dietary effects on growth, reproduction, body composition and stress resistance in the terrestrial isopods Oniscus asellus and Porcellio scaber. Physiol. Entomol. 26, 18-25.
24. Lindfeld A, Lang C, Knop E, Nentwig W, 2011. Hard to digest or a piece of cake? Does GM wheat affect survival and reproduction of Enchytraeus albidus (Annelida: Enchytraeidae)?. Appl. Soil Ecol. 47, 51-58.
25. Liu B, Zeng Q, Yan F, Xu H, Xu C, 2005. Effects of transgenic plants on soil microorganisms. Plant Soil 271, 1-13.
26. Melillo JM, Aber JD, Muratore JF, 1982. Nitrogen and lignin control of hardwood leaf litter decomposition dynamics. Ecology, 63, 621-626.
27. Mulder C, Lotz LAP, 2009. Biotechnology, environmental forcing, and unintended trophic cascades. Arthropod-Plant Interact. 3, 131-139.
28. Paine JA, Shipton CA, Chaggar S, Howells RM, Kennedy MJ, Vernon G, Wright SY, Hinchliffe E, Adams JL, Silverstone AL, Drake R, 2005. Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content. Nat. Biotechnol. 23, 482-487.
29. Peter M, Lindfeld A, Nentwig W, 2010. Does GM wheat affect saprophagous Diptera species (Drosophilidae, Phoridae)? Pedobiologia 53, 271-279.
30. Poerschmann J, Gathmann A, Augustin J, Langer U, Górecki T, 2005. Molecular composi tion of leaves and stems of genetically modified Bt and near isogenic non-Bt maize -characterization of lignin patterns. J. Environ. Qual. 34, 1508-1518.
31. Pont B, Nentwig W, 2005. Quantification of Bt-protein digestion and excretion by the primary decomposer Porcellio scaber, fed with two Bt-corn varieties. Biocontrol Sci. Technol 15, 341-352.
32. Prakash C, 2001. The genetically modified crop debate in the context of agricultural evolution. Plant Physiol. 126, 8-15.
33. R Development Core Team, 2009. R: a language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL (accessed on February 2, 2009).
34. Romeis J, Battini M, Bigler F, 2003. Transgenic wheat with enhanced fungal resistance causes no effects on Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae). Pedobiologia 47, 141-147.
35. Romeis J, Hellmich RL, Candolfi MP, Carstens K, De Schrijver A, Gatehouse AMR, Herman RA, Huesing JE, Mclean MA, Raybould A, Shelton AM, Waggoner A, 2011. Recommendations for the design of laboratory studies on non-target arthropods for risk assessment of genetically engineered plants. Trans. Res. 20, 1-22.
36. Saxena D, Stotzky G, 2001. Bt corn has a higher lignin content than non-Bt corn. Am. J. Bot. 88, 1704-1706.
37. Srichumpa P, Brunner S, Keller B, Yahiaoui N, 2005. Allelic series of four powdery mildew resistance genes at the Pm3 locus in hexaploid bread wheat. Plant Physiol. 139, 885-895.
38. Sundaresha S, Kumar AM, Rohini S, Math SA, Keshamma E, Chandrashekar SC, Udayakumar M, 2010. Enhanced protection against two major fungal pathogens of groundnut, Cercospora arachidicola and Aspergillus flavus in transgenic groundnut over-expressing a tobacco beta 1-3 glucanase. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 126, 497-508.
39. Tan F, Wang J, Feng Y, Chi G, Kong H, Qiu H, Wei S, 2010. Bt corn plants and their straw have no apparent impact on soil microbial communities. Plant Soil 329, 349-364.
40. Taylor BR, Parkinson D, Parsons WFJ, 1989. Nitrogen and lignin content as predictors of litter decay rates - a microcosm test. Ecology 70, 97-104.
41. Wandeler H, Bahylova J, Nentwig W, 2002. Consumption of two Bt and six non-Bt corn varieties by the woodlouse Porcellio scaber. Basic Appl. Ecol. 3, 357-365.
42. Weber M, Nentwig W, 2006. Impact of Bt corn on the diplopod Allajulus latestriatus. Pedobiologia 50, 357-368.
43. Yahiaoui N, Srichumpa P, Dudler R, Keller B, 2004. Genome analysis at different ploidy levels allows cloning of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm3b from hexaploid wheat. Plant J. 37, 528-538.
44. Zimmer M, 2002. Nutrition in terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea): an evolutionary-ecological approach. Biol. Rev. 77, 455-493.