Journal of Pest Science (2015) 88, 507-516

Beata Gabrys, Katarzyna Dancewicz, Anna Gliszczynska, Bozena Kordan and Czeslaw Wawrzenczyk (2015)
Systemic deterrence of aphid probing and feeding by novel ß-damascone analogues
Journal of Pest Science 88 (3), 507-516
Abstract: ß-Damascone appeared a weak attractant close to not active to Myzus persicae, but modifications of its structure caused the avoidance of treated leaves by aphids during settling and reluctance to probe in simple choice- and no-choice experiments in previous studies. Here, the electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique, which allows monitoring of aphid probing within plant tissues, was applied to explore the biological background and localisation in plant tissues of the deterrent activities of ß-damascone and its analogues. Activity of ß-damascone and ß-damascone-derived compounds depended on their substituents, which was manifested in the variation in the potency of the behavioural effect and differences in aphid probing phases that were affected. ß-Damascone appeared a behaviourally inactive compound. The moderately active ß-damascone ester affected aphid activities only during the phloem phase. The highly active deterrents—dihydro-ß-damascol, ß-damascone acetate, delta-bromo-gamma-lactone, and unsaturated gamma-lactone—affected pre-phloem and phloem aphid probing activities. The most effective structural modification that evoked the strongest negative response from M. persicae was the transformation of ß-damascone into delta-bromo-gamma-lactone. The behavioural effect of this transformation was demonstrated in frequent interruption of probing in peripheral tissues, which caused repeated failures in finding sieve elements, and reduction in the ingestion time during the phloem phase in favour of watery salivation. The inhibition of aphid probing at both the pre-phloem and phloem levels reveals the passage of the compounds studied through the plant surface and their distribution within plant tissues in a systemic way, which may reduce the risk of the transmission of non-persistent and persistent viruses.
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Database assignments for author(s): Beata Gabrys, Bozena Kordan

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Myzus persicae