Effect of dietary cowpea trypsin inhibitor (CpTI) on the growth and development of the tomato moth Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and on the success of the gregarious ectoparasitoid Eulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
✍ Scribed by Howard A Bell; Elaine C Fitches; Rachel E Down; Louise Ford; Gay C Marris; John P Edwards; John A Gatehouse; Angharad M R Gatehouse
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1526-498X
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✦ Synopsis
Cowpea trypsin inhibitor (CpTI) was shown to have a deleterious effect on the growth and development of larvae of the tomato moth, Lacanobia oleracea, when incorporated in arti®cial diet (2.0 % of soluble protein) and expressed in transgenic potato leaf (up to 1.0 % of soluble protein).
The effect of CpTI on parasitism of L oleracea by the ectoparasitoid Eulophus pennicornis was investigated. The parasitic success of the wasp was reduced by the presence of CpTI in the diet of the host and, in the case of transgenic potato leaves expressing the transgene protein, was collated with the length of time the host fed on the diet prior to parasitism. In all cases the proportion of hosts parasitised when fed CpTI-containing diets was reduced when compared with controls, although these differences were only signi®cant when hosts were fed from the third instar on the transgenic potato leaves. Parasitoid progeny that developed on L oleracea reared on CpTI-containing diets, however, were not adversely affected.
These results show that, whilst expression of CpTI in transgenic potato plants confers resistance to the lepidopterous pest L oleracea, adverse effects on the ability of the ectoparasitoid E pennicornis to parasitise this moth species successfully may also occur. These results are discussed in relation to the potential impact of transgenic crops on bene®cial biological control agents.