Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1151
Title: Adaptation of the gypsy moth to an unsuitable host plant
Authors: Lazarević, Jelica
Perić-Mataruga, Vesna
Stojković, Biljana 
Tucić, Nikola
Keywords: Life history traits;Lymantria dispar;Nutritional indices;Trade-off
Issue Date: 27-May-2002
Journal: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Abstract: 
The pattern of adaptation with regard to life history traits and traits thought to be important in feeding habits of caterpillars in two populations of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.; Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) originating from the locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia; Fabaceae) and oak (Quercus petrea; Fagaceae) forests were investigated in the laboratory. The Robinia population has experienced unsuitable locust tree leaves as an exclusive food resource for more than 40 years. Since Quercus species are the principal host plants of the gypsy moth, the specific objectives of this study have been to measure the extent of differentiation between ancestral and derived populations in several life history traits (egg-to-adult viability, duration of larval and pupal stages, and pupal weight) and nutritional indices -- relative growth rate (RGR), relative consumption rate (RCR), assimilation efficiency (AD), gross growth efficiency (ECI), and net growth efficiency (ECD). Significant differences between the Quercus and Robinia populations were detected in pupal duration, RGR, RCR, and AD. The presence of a significant population × host interaction in traits such as preadult viability, duration of pupal stage, RGR, and ECI suggests that adaptation of the gypsy moth to the unsuitable host might be ongoing. Using a full-sib design, we screened for genetic variation in life history traits within both populations, and examined the genetic correlations of performance across oak and locust leaves within both populations. The genetic variances for analyzed life history traits were lower under conditions that are commonly encountered in nature. Our data show that positive cross-host genetic correlations preponderate within both populations.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1151
ISSN: 0013-8703
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015238812443
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