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Effect of coffee alkaloids and phenolics on egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2008

S.T.V. Magalhães ,
R.N.C. Guedes ,
A.J. Demuner  and
E.R. Lima
S.T.V. Magalhães
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36571-000, Brazil
R.N.C. Guedes*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36571-000, Brazil Biological Research Unit, Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
A.J. Demuner
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36571-000, Brazil
E.R. Lima
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36571-000, Brazil
*
*Author for correspondence Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36571-000, Brazil. Fax: (+55) (+31) 3899-4012 E-mail: guedes@ufv.br
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Abstract

The recognized importance of coffee alkaloids and phenolics mediating insect-plant interactions led to the present investigation aiming to test the hypothesis that the phenolics chlorogenic and caffeic acids and the alkaloid caffeine and some of its derivatives present in coffee leaves affect egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera (=Perileucoptera) coffeella (Guérin-Méneville & Perrottet) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), one of the main coffee pests in the Neotropical region. These phytochemicals were, therefore, quantified in leaves from 12 coffee genotypes and their effect on the egg-laying preference by the coffee leaf miner was assessed. Canonical variate analysis and partial canonical correlation provided evidence that increased leaf levels of caffeine favour egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner. An egg-laying preference bioassay was, therefore, carried out to specifically test this hypothesis using increasing caffeine concentrations sprayed on leaves of one of the coffee genotypes with the lowest level of this compound (i.e. Hybrid UFV 557-04 generated from a cross between Coffea racemosa Lour. and C. arabica L.). The results obtained allowed the recognition of a significant concentration-response relationship, providing support for the hypothesis that caffeine stimulates egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner in coffee leaves.

Keywords

LepidopteraLyonetiidaecoffee resistancecaffeineCoffea arabicaegg-laying preference
Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 98 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 483 - 489
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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