Host plant affects morphometric variation of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae)
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- Subject Areas
- Agricultural Science, Ecology, Entomology
- Keywords
- ACP, Asian citrus psyllid, morphometrics, host plant, Huanglongbing
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- © 2016 Paris et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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- 2016. Host plant affects morphometric variation of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) PeerJ Preprints 4:e2450v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2450v1
Abstract
The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, is one of the most serious citrus pests worldwide due to its role as vector of huanglongbing or citrus greening disease. While some optimal plant species for ACP oviposition and development have been identified, little is known of the influence of host plants on ACP size and shape. Our goal was to determine how size and shape of ACP wing and body size varies when development occurs on different host plants in a controlled rearing environment. ACP were reared on six different rutaceous species; Bergera koenigii, Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus macrophylla, Citrus maxima, Citrus taiwanica and Murraya paniculata. Adults were examined for morphometric variation using traditional and geometric analysis based on 12 traits or landmarks. ACP reared on C. taiwanica were consistently smaller than those reared on the other plant species. Wing aspect ratio also differed between C. maxima and C. taiwanica. Significant differences in shape were detected with those reared on M. paniculata having narrower wings than those reared on C. macrophylla. This study provides evidence of wing size and shape differences of ACP based on host plant species which potentially may impact dispersal. Further study is needed to determine if behavioral and physiological differences are associated with the observed phenotypic differences.
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This is a submission to PeerJ for review.
Supplemental Information
Landmark values for traditional morphometric analysis
Landmark values for geometric analysis
Table S2. Landmark values for geometric morphometric analysis for Asian citrus psyllids reared on different host plants.