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1 April 2004 Phenotypic Mechanisms of Host Resistance Against Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) Revealed by Near Isogenic Lines of Wheat
Yiqun Weng, Mark D. Lazar, Gerald J. Michels, Jackie C. Rudd
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Abstract

Interactions between biotype E greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), and wheat, Triticum aestivum L., were investigated using resistant and susceptible near isogenic lines of the greenbug resistance gene Gb3. In an antixenosis test, the greenbugs preferred susceptible plants to resistant ones when free choice of hosts was allowed. Aphid feeding resulted in quick and severe damage to susceptible plants, which seemed to follow a general pattern spatially and was affected by the position where the greenbugs were initially placed. Symptom of damage in resistant plants resembled senescence. Within-plant distribution of aphids after infestation was clearly different between the two genotypes. Significantly more greenbugs fed on the first (oldest) leaf than on the stem in resistant plants, but this preference was reversed in the susceptible one. After reaching its peak, aphid population on the susceptible plants dropped quickly. All susceptible plants were dead in 10–14 d after infestation due to greenbug feeding. Aphid population dynamics on resistant plants exhibited a multipeak curve. After the first peak, the greenbug population declined slowly. More than 70% of resistant plants were killed 47 d after infestation. Performance of both biotype E and I greenbugs on several Gb3-related wheat germplasm lines were also examined. It seems that the preference-on-stem that was characteristic of biotype E greenbugs on the susceptible plants was aphid biotype- and host genotype-dependent. Results from this study suggested that antixenosis, antibiosis, and tolerance in the resistant plants of wheat might all contribute to resistance against greenbug feeding.

Yiqun Weng, Mark D. Lazar, Gerald J. Michels, and Jackie C. Rudd "Phenotypic Mechanisms of Host Resistance Against Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) Revealed by Near Isogenic Lines of Wheat," Journal of Economic Entomology 97(2), 654-660, (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-97.2.654
Received: 10 June 2003; Accepted: 1 November 2003; Published: 1 April 2004
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KEYWORDS
antibiosis
antixenosis
greenbug
tolerance
wheat
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