Medfly Phenotypic Plasticity as A Prerequisite for Invasiveness and Adaptation
| Autor: | Helena Virić Gašparić, Luka Popović, Ivana Pajač Živković, Hugo A. Benítez, Darija Lemić, Mario Bjeliš, Pave Ninčević |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Integrated pest management
Phenotypic plasticity Wing biology Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment invasiveness Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law Ceratitis capitata biology.organism_classification TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Population variability Sexual dimorphism Environmental sciences Evolutionary biology plasticity Biological dispersal spreading potential GE1-350 Adaptation geometric morphometrics Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12510, p 12510 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 22 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The hypothesis of this study was that different plant hosts of the medfly Ceratitis capitata may cause variability as a prerequisite for its invasiveness. The main objective was to determine population variability based on medfly wing shape in three favorable medfly host plants (peach, fig and mandarin) from different agroecological growing areas with different pest management practices, and to evaluate phenotypic plasticity as a basis for future expansion into new areas and new hosts. Using geometric morphometric methods across 14 specific landmarks on the medfly wings, 10 populations were tested from infested peach, fig and mandarin fruits, as well as laboratory-grown sterile populations. The studies led to the following main findings: (1) all of the medfly populations that were studied exhibited sexual dimorphism in wing shape (2) the hosts in which the medfly develops influence wing shape and condition its variability (3) there is significant variability between laboratory mass-reared sterile and wild individuals in male and female populations (4) a high phenotypic plasticity of medfly populations was observed along the study sites. Even the low but clearly detected variability between different agroecological conditions and localized variability indicate genotypic stability and high phenotypic plasticity, which can be considered as a prerequisite for medfly invasiveness and dispersal to new areas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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