Effect of tannic acid on the effectiveness of bacilluls thuringiensis var. kurstaki against helicoverpa armigera (hÜbner)*

Insect Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-81

  Wang, Chenzhu ^a   Zhang, Shufang ^a   Zhang, Jihong ^a   Xiang, Xiufeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki; Helicwpa annigera; Tannic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994236902     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1997.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Berenbaum, M. R. 1988 Allelochemicals in insect-microbe-plant interactions: agents provocateurs in the coevolutionary arms race, In: Novel Aspects of Insect-plant Interactions, P. Barbossa and D. K. Letourneau (eds), Wiley, New York pp. 97–123.
2. Bernays, E. A. and D. J. Chamberlain 1980 A study of tolerance of ingested tannin in Schistocerca gregaria. J. Insect Physd. 26:415–420.
3. Blytt, H. J., T. K. Guscar, and L. G. Butler 1988 Antinutritional effects and ecological significance of dietary condensed tannins may not be due to binding and inhibiting digestive enzymes. J. Chem. Ecol. 14:1455–1465.
4. Bot, J. 1966 Rearing Heliothis armigera Hubn. and Prodenia litura F. on an artificial diet. S. Afr. J. Agri. Sci. 9:538–539.
5. DeVeau, E. J. I. and J. C. Schultz 1992 Reassessment of interaction between gut detergents and tannins in Lepidoptera and significance for gypsy moth larvae. J. Chem. Ecol. 18:1437–1453.
6. Dulmage, H. T. 1970 Activity of HD-1, a new isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis var. alesti. J. Invertebrate Path. 15:232–239.
7. English, L. and S. L. Slatin 1992 Mode of action of delta-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis: a comparison with other bacterial toxins. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 22(1):1–7.
8. Feeny, P. P. 1976 Plant apparency and chemical defense. Rec. Adv. Phytochem. 10:1–40.
9. Gibson, D. M., L. G. Gallo, S. B. Krasnoff, and R. E. B. Ketchum 1995 Increased efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki in combination with tannic acid. J. Econ. Entomol. 88(2):270–277.
10. Glick, Z. and M. A. Joslyn 1970 Effect of tannic acid and related compounds on the absorption and utilization of protein in the rat. J. Nutr. 100:516–520.
11. Haslam, E. 1988 Plant polyphenols (syn. vegetable tannins) and chemical defense-a reappraisal. J. Chem. Ecol. 14:1789–1805.
12. Jermy, T., F. E. Hanson, and V. G. Dethier 1968 Induction of specific food preference in lepi-dopterous larvae. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 11:211–230.
13. Krischik, V. A., P. Barbosa, and C. F. Reichelderfer 1988 Three trophic level interaction: Allelochemicals, Mandwa sexta (L.), and Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki Berliner. Environ. Entomol. 17(3):476–482.
14. Ludlum, C. T., G. W. Felton and S. S. Duffey 1991 Plant defenses: chlorogenic acid and polyphenol oxidase enhance toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki to Heliothis zea. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:217–237.
15. Luthy, P., C. Hofmann and F. Faquet 1985 Inactivation of bendotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis by tannin. FEMS Microbial. Lett. 28:31–33.
16. MacIntosh, S. C., G. M. Koshore, F. J. Perlak, P. G. Manone, T. B. Stone, S. R. Sims and R. L. Fuchs 1990 Potentiation of Bacillw thuringiensis insecticidal activity by serine protease inhibitors. J. Agric. Food chem. 38:1145–1152.
17. Manuwoto, S. and J. M. Scriber 1986 Effects of hydrolyzable and condensed tannin on growth and development of two species of polyphagous Lepidoptera: Spodoptera dmia and Callosamia prmethea. Oecologia 69:225–230.
18. Martin, J. S., M. M. Martin, and E. A. Bernays 1987 Failure of tannic acid to inhibit digestion or reduce digestibility of plant protein in gut fluids of insect herbivores: Implications for theories of plant defense. J. Ch. Ecol. 13:605–621.
19. Navon, A. J., D. Hare, and B. A. Federici 1993 Interactions among Heldhis virescenr larvae, cotton condensed tannin and the cryIA (c) δ-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis. J. Chem. Ecol. 19:2484–2485.
20. Schults, J. C. and S. T. Keating 1991 Host-plant-mediated interactions between the gypsy moth and a baculovirus. In: Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interaction. P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik and C. G. Jones (eds.), Wiley, New York. pp, 489–505.
21. Steinly, N. and M. Berenbaum 1986 Histopathological effects of tannins on the midgut epithelium of Papdio polyxenes and Papdw glaucus. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 39:3–9.
22. Swain, T. 1979 Tannins and lignins, In: Herbivores: Their Interaction with Secondary Plant Metabolites. G. A. Rosenthal and D. H. Janzen (eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 413–442.
23. Vohra, P., F. H. Kratzer, and M. A. Joslyn 1966 The growth depressing and toxic effects of tannins to chicks. Poult. Sci. 45:135–142.