Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:35 AM
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Tritrophic effects between soybean aphid resistance in Glycines max and ladybird beetles Harmonia axyridis and Coccinella septempunctata

Anne C. Mueller, Anne.Mueller@ndsu.edu and Paul Ode, Paul.Ode@ndsu.edu. North Dakota State University, Entomology, 270 Hultz Hall, Fargo, ND

Multitrophic interactions occur among particular plants, herbivores and their natural enemies. A change in traits at one trophic level may have an effect at another level. In some systems, the tritrophic effects of herbivore plant resistance on natural enemies varied. Soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, is a major pest of soybean Glycines max. A few varieties of G. max have shown resistance to A. glycines. Important predators of A. glycines are the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis, and the Sevenspotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata. In this study, we constructed and compared life tables of H. axyridis and C. septempunctata raised on aphids from resistant, intermediately resistant, and susceptible varieties of soybean.


Species 1: Coleoptera Coccinellidae Harmonia axyridis (multicolored Asian lady beetle)
Species 2: Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata (sevenspotted lady beetle)

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