Phototactic behaviour and the role of light in host transmission of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Phototactic behaviour and the role of light in host transmission of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
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松材线虫的趋光行为和光在宿主传播中的作用
DOI:
10.1163/15685411-00003186
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发表时间:
2018
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影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Jiafu Hu
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作者:
Zhitao Xia;Liqun Bai;Bicheng Sheng;Xingyao Zhang;Stefan Schuetz;Hongshi Yu;Jiafu Hu
The pine wood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilusis the causal agent of pine wilt disease (PWD). To understandthe light influence on PWN, we investigated its phototactic behaviour. Our data indicated the mixed population of propagative PWN hada positive response to red, orange, yellow, green, blue and white lights, but a weak negative response to violet. For age-synchronisedpropagative nematodes, however, phototactic behavioural features changed with development. Interestingly, the dispersal fourth-stagejuveniles (JIV) showed negative response to all tested lights, which was almost completely the reverse of the propagative fourth-stage juveniles (J4). Further bioassays proved that green, blue and white lights suppressed the host transmission of dispersal JIVfromvector beetle to healthy pine branches. Our results revealed that night could be the peak of host transmission. With the results ofprevious studies, we speculate volatiles from the host tree and light may play pull-and-push roles to accelerate the host transmission ofB. xylophilus.