PMID- 25503440
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151117
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 4
DP  - 2014 Dec 15
TI  - Centuries of domestication has not impaired oviposition site-selection function 
      in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori.
PG  - 7472
LID - 10.1038/srep07472 [doi]
LID - 7472
AB  - Oviposition site-selection in insects is mediated through innate recognition 
      templates (IRTs) tuned to specific chemical cues. These cues aid gravid insects 
      in choosing suitable oviposition sites and may even enhance the fitness of their 
      offspring by warding off predators and parasitoids. However, studies on the 
      evolution of oviposition site-selection and cues instigating oviposition in 
      domesticated insects remain elusive. Using the interaction between the silkmoth, 
      Bombyx mori, and its host plant mulberry, Morus alba, as a model system, we 
      demonstrate that centuries of domestication of silkmoth has not impaired its 
      oviposition site-selection function. Silkmoths significantly preferred mulberry 
      leaves to filter paper as oviposition sites. Oviposition assays with filter 
      paper, filter paper treated with leaf volatiles and leaf alone proved that 
      surface texture was not a significant criterion for oviposition site-selection, 
      but volatile cues were. Oviposition assays with electrophysiologically active 
      compounds from mulberry revealed that two of the volatiles, valencene and 
      alpha-humulene, aided moths in choosing suitable oviposition sites and enhanced 
      egg-laying significantly. Moreover, we show that generalist egg-parasitoids are 
      strongly repelled by valencene and alpha-humulene. Our results demonstrate that IRTs 
      tuned to cues that aid crucial functions like oviposition site-selection are less 
      likely to be impaired even after centuries of domestication.
FAU - Damodaram, Kamala Jayanthi Pagadala
AU  - Damodaram KJ
AD  - National Fellow Lab, Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of 
      Horticultural Research, Hesserghatta Lake Post, Bangalore 560 089, India.
FAU - Kempraj, Vivek
AU  - Kempraj V
AD  - National Fellow Lab, Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of 
      Horticultural Research, Hesserghatta Lake Post, Bangalore 560 089, India.
FAU - Aurade, Ravindra Mahadappa
AU  - Aurade RM
AD  - National Fellow Lab, Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of 
      Horticultural Research, Hesserghatta Lake Post, Bangalore 560 089, India.
FAU - Rajasekhar, Sowmya Bandhisara
AU  - Rajasekhar SB
AD  - National Fellow Lab, Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of 
      Horticultural Research, Hesserghatta Lake Post, Bangalore 560 089, India.
FAU - Venkataramanappa, Ravindra Kothapalli
AU  - Venkataramanappa RK
AD  - Department of Insect Ecology, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important 
      Insects, Bangalore, 560 024, India.
FAU - Nandagopal, Bakthavatsalam
AU  - Nandagopal B
AD  - Department of Insect Ecology, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important 
      Insects, Bangalore, 560 024, India.
FAU - Verghese, Abraham
AU  - Verghese A
AD  - Department of Insect Ecology, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important 
      Insects, Bangalore, 560 024, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20141215
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
RN  - 0 (Chemotactic Factors)
RN  - 0 (Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes)
RN  - 0 (Sesquiterpenes)
RN  - 54W56MD2WD (humulene)
RN  - 96H21P91IG (valencene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Animals, Domestic
MH  - Behavior, Animal/*drug effects
MH  - Bombyx/parasitology/*physiology
MH  - Chemotactic Factors/pharmacology
MH  - Chemotaxis/*drug effects
MH  - *Cues
MH  - Eggs/parasitology
MH  - Larva/parasitology/*physiology
MH  - Models, Biological
MH  - Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes
MH  - Morus/chemistry
MH  - Oviposition/*drug effects
MH  - Pest Control, Biological
MH  - Plant Leaves/*chemistry
MH  - Sesquiterpenes/pharmacology
MH  - Wasps/physiology
PMC - PMC4265781
EDAT- 2014/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/18 06:00
PMCR- 2014/12/15
CRDT- 2014/12/16 06:00
PHST- 2014/08/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/11/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/12/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/12/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - srep07472 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/srep07472 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2014 Dec 15;4:7472. doi: 10.1038/srep07472.