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1 December 2012 Employing Immunomarkers to Track Dispersal and Trophic Relationships of a Piercing-Sucking Predator, Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Jessica L. Kelly, James R. Hagler, Ian Kaplan
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Abstract

Immunoproteins are markers that are useful for monitoring dispersal and/or pest consumption, but current application techniques are less effective for the large guild of piercing-sucking predators important in biocontrol. We quantified the use of protein immunomarks in tracking emigration of spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris Say (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and predation on the hornworm caterpillar, Manduca sexta L. (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). An external protein mark was topically applied to adult P. maculiventris to assess persistence under field conditions for >2 wk. Internal marks were incorporated into the artificial diet of M. sexta to test retention of the internal mark in the prey and uptake of the mark by predators. External marks remained detectable in 100% of individuals after 3 d and >50% still tested positive at 12 d after application in the field. Internal diet-based marking was also effective in tracking feeding by P. maculiventris on M. sexta, especially using rabbit IgG that was far more persistent than chicken IgY. Nearly 90% of stink bugs fed caterpillars previously reared on protein-enriched diet retained their mark for 24 h. Surprisingly, diet concentration and time reared on diet had comparatively little impact on mark retention. Development on unmarked tomato leaves clearly diluted the initial diet mark, but plant-reared individuals that were marked were still successfully detected in 35 and 20% of the predators.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
Jessica L. Kelly, James R. Hagler, and Ian Kaplan "Employing Immunomarkers to Track Dispersal and Trophic Relationships of a Piercing-Sucking Predator, Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)," Environmental Entomology 41(6), 1527-1533, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/EN12175
Received: 11 June 2012; Accepted: 1 September 2012; Published: 1 December 2012
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KEYWORDS
augmentation
biological control
ELISA
predation monitoring
protein marking
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