@article{fdi:010074374,
  title = {{I}nfluence of feeding-damaged plants on the oviposition responses within a community of female moths},
  author = {{N}tiri, {E}. {S}. and {C}alatayud, {P}aul-{A}ndr{\'e} and {M}usyoka, {B}. and {V}an den {B}erg, {J}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}ompetitive or facilitative interactions characterise phytophagous insect communities that utilise the same resources. {T}hese interactions are often mediated by the host plant. {P}lant mediation influences the oviposition choices that a community of insects, sharing the same host plant make. {I}n this context, the oviposition choices of females within a community of lepidopteran cereal stemborers namely {B}usseola fusca, {S}esamia calamistis and {C}hilo partellus were studied in plant choice-experiments under laboratory and field conditions. {G}ravid females of each species were presented with a choice between maize plants infested by conspecific or heterospecific larvae and uninfested maize plants. {T}he number of eggs and egg batches laid on plants were used to quantify oviposition. {R}esults showed that none of the three stemborer species avoided oviposition on infested maize plants. {I}n some cases a significant preference for infested maize plants were observed. {S}imilarly, data from field trials under natural stemborer infestation, with {B}. fusca as the only species, showed that the wild ovipositing moths were not avoiding infested plants. {H}ost plant mediation may influence the incidence of multi-species infestations by stemborer species often found in the field. {T}he potential roles of herbivore-induced and egg-deposited-induced plant volatiles in this mechanism are discussed.},
  keywords = {{B}usseola fusca ; {C}hilo partellus ; {H}erbivore-induction ; {L}epidoptera ; {S}esamia calamistis ; {O}viposition ; {KENYA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}hytoparasitica},
  volume = {46},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {607--615},
  ISSN = {0334-2123},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1007/s12600-018-0695-1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074374},
}