The effect of population density of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) on its fitness, physiology and activation of the covert nucleopolyhedrovirus

Title:

The effect of population density of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) on its fitness, physiology and activation of the covert nucleopolyhedrovirus

Creator:

Pavlushin, Sergey V., Belousova, Irina A. , Chertkova, Ekaterina A., Kryukova, Natalia A., Glupov, Viktor V., and Martemyanov, Viatcheslav V.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:7bdd2aee-329b-4da1-a103-22fe04ef7af8
uuid:7bdd2aee-329b-4da1-a103-22fe04ef7af8
doi:10.14411/eje.2019.009

Subject:

Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Lymantria dispar asiatica, baculovirus, covert infection, population density, insect physiology, and fitness

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

počítač and online zdroj

Description:

After high population densities of insect defoliators there is often a dramatic decrease in their abundance due to various limiting factors. Here, we compared gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar L.) reared singly and in crowded conditions. We compared a number of physiological parameters of these insects and the effect of L. dispar population density on the activation of covert baculovirus infections in the larvae. It was found that the population density of gypsy moth larvae did not affect the mortality due to the activation of the covert virus infection or the total mortality. On the other hand, solitary-reared larvae were heavier, took longer to develop, and showed a four-fold higher concentration of dopamine in their haemolymph than larvae reared in groups. Thus, we demonstrated that an increase in the population density of larvae per se facilitates some changes in fitness and innate immunity traits but is not related to the activation of covert baculovirus infection. We suggest that an increase in population density does not increase the risk of epizootics triggered by the activation of covert baculovirus infection and that researchers should pay more attention to studying density-associated factors, such as starvation.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2019 Volume:116 | Number:1

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