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One more step toward a push-pull strategy combining both a trap crop and plant volatile organic compounds against the cabbage root fly Delia radicum

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The “push-pull” strategy aims at manipulating insect pest behavior using a combination of attractive and repulsive stimuli using either plants derived volatile organic compounds or insect host plant preferences. In a field experiment using broccoli as a crop, we combined in a “push-pull” context the oviposition deterrent effect of dimethyl disulfide and the attractive effect of a Chinese cabbage strip enhanced with Z-3-hexenyl-acetate. The push component dimethyl disulfide reduced Delia radicum L. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) oviposition on broccoli by nearly 30%, and applying Z-3-hexenyl-acetate in the pull component of Chinese cabbage increased it by 40%. Moreover, pest infestation was 40% higher in Chinese cabbage compared to broccoli and parasitism by Trybliographa rapae Westwood (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) was four times higher on this trap plant. In addition, lab experiments confirmed that Chinese cabbage is a more suitable host plant than broccoli for the cabbage root fly. Taken together, our results demonstrate the technical possibility of using a push-pull strategy to manipulate the egg-laying behavior of D. radicum in the field.

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Abbreviations

VOC:

Volatile organic compound

Z-3-HAC:

Z-3-hexenyl-acetate

DMDS:

Dimethyl disulfide

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We thank the staff of the “Domaine experimental de la Motte au Vicomte UE0787” (INRA Center, Le Rheu, France) and especially Gabriel Nedelec for his advice and help with the field experiment. The authors acknowledge Valentin Gaudu and Chloe Guyot for the precious help provided during the monitoring of the field experiment.

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    Fabrice Lamy, Sébastien Dugravot, Anne Marie Cortesero, Valérie Chaminade & Denis Poinsot

  2. Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France

    Fabrice Lamy, Sébastien Dugravot, Anne Marie Cortesero, Valérie Chaminade & Denis Poinsot

  3. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1349, IGEPP, 35000, Rennes, France

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AMC, DP, SD, and FL conceived and designed research. VF helped designing the field experiment. DP and SD conducted laboratory experiments. FL and VC conducted field experiments. FL and DP analyzed data. FL wrote the manuscript. All authors commented and approved the manuscript.

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Lamy, F., Dugravot, S., Cortesero, A. et al. One more step toward a push-pull strategy combining both a trap crop and plant volatile organic compounds against the cabbage root fly Delia radicum . Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 29868–29879 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9483-6

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