Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) is a leaf miner specialist on Salicaceae recently introduced to Chile and Argentina, where it is causing economic damage to poplar plantations. We report a field survey in a poplar nursery naturally infested showing that regardless of the poplar hybrid taxon, high variability in resistance was observed among clones within families for oviposition and leaf-mining damage. A group of susceptible and resistant hybrid poplar clones was then selected for a laboratory evaluation of oviposition (antixenosis) and leaf-mining damage (antibiosis) on potted, rooted shoot cuttings. The concentration of condensed tannins (CTs) and salicinoid phenolic glucosides (SPGs) of the leaves of the selected clones from the laboratory study was also measured. Total oviposited eggs were positively correlated with leaf area, with the lowest oviposition onTMxT 11372 clone. The lowest percentage of mined leaf area was obtained for clones TMxT 11372, TMxT 11463, and TDxD 17574, but surprisingly no correlation between the percentage of mined leaf area and concentration of CTs and SPGs was found. Resistant poplar hybrids of our study could be suitable for breeding programs aimed for L. sinuella integrated pest management.
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13 July 2023
Resistance against Leucoptera sinuella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) among hybrid clones of Populus spp. in central Chile
Sebastián Yánez-Segovia,
Claudio C. Ramírez,
Richard L. Lindroth,
Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 116 • No. 5
October 2023
Vol. 116 • No. 5
October 2023
antibiosis
oviposition
salicinoid
severity
tannin