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Effect of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol on grain aphid Sitobion avenae and its parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi through food chain contamination

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We investigated the influence of the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol on the English grain aphid Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) using in vitro laboratory experiments. In this tritrophic interaction, deoxynivalenol caused lethal (declined survival) and sublethal (prolonged nymphal development and reduced reproduction) effects on S. avenae aphids and consequentially led to a decreased production of parasitoid offspring resulting from parasitized deoxynivalenol-contaminated aphids. This paper highlights that the presence of mycotoxins should be considered in environmental risk assessment tests because they may alter the efficiency of biological control agents such as parasitoids through food chain contamination.

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Nathalie De Zutter is holder of a Ph.D. grant by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT mandate No 111432).

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  1. Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Nathalie De Zutter, Maarten Ameye & Guy Smagghe

  2. Department of Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Nathalie De Zutter, Kris Audenaert, Maarten Ameye & Geert Haesaert

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De Zutter, N., Audenaert, K., Ameye, M. et al. Effect of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol on grain aphid Sitobion avenae and its parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi through food chain contamination. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 10, 323–329 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-016-9432-1

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