Arthropod-Plant Interactions (2017) 11, 15-22

Juliana Durán Prieto, Cristina Castañé, Cinta Calvet, Amelia Camprubi, Donatella Battaglia, Vincenzo Trotta and Paolo Fanti (2017)
Tomato belowground–aboveground interactions: Rhizophagus irregularis affects foraging behavior and life history traits of the predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Arthropod-Plant Interactions 11 (1), 15-22
Abstract: In recent years, studies on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been revealing that the belowground symbiosis can influence the performance of aboveground herbivores and their natural enemies through its effects on the host plant. In this study, we tested whether the colonization of tomato plants by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis (Syn. Glomus intraradices Schenk and Smith) (Glomeromycota: Glomeraceae) affects the performance of the zoophytophagous mirid bug Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (Hemiptera: Miridae). Mycorrhizal colonization in tomato plants positively influenced the predator host-plant acceptance for feeding and oviposition, as well as nymphal survival and female weight. We hypothesize that AMF can modify mirid bug foraging behavior and performance.
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Database assignments for author(s): Juliana Durán Prieto, Cinta Calvet, Donatella Battaglia, Vincenzo Trotta, Cristina Castañe

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
environment/habitat manipulation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Macrolophus pygmaeus (predator)