Claim · model-written summary
Several herbivores performed poorly on a German Bunias orientalis population.
- Taxon
- Bunias orientalis
Bunias orientalist0 - Outcome
- herbivores performed very poorlye0
- Setting
- Germane0
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Verbatim
e0“Further assays with a German Bu. orientalis population also showed that several specialist and generalist herbivores performed very poorly on this plant, with the exception of Spodoptera littoralis and M. brassicae.”
t0“Bunias orientalis”
t1“Bunias orientalis”
Title
Jeffrey A. Harvey; Arjen Biere; Taiadjana Fortuna; et al. Biological Invasions 2010. doi:10.1007/s10530-010-9696-9
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Association Pieris rapae larvae performed poorly on Bunias orientalis, with nearly all failing to pupate.
- Association Pieris brassicae larvae performed poorly on Bunias orientalis, with nearly all failing to pupate.
- Association Spodoptera exigua larvae performed poorly on Bunias orientalis, with nearly all failing to pupate.
- Association Pierid butterflies preferred native crucifers for oviposition.
- Association Mamestra brassicae developed poorly on native crucifers.
- Association Mamestra brassicae thrived on Bunias orientalis.
- Observation Spodoptera littoralis was an exception to poor herbivore performance on German Bunias orientalis.
- Observation Mamestra brassicae was an exception to poor herbivore performance on German Bunias orientalis.
- Association Bunias orientalis produced more glucosinolates than Brassica nigra.
- Association Bunias orientalis did not produce more glucosinolates than Sinapis arvensis.
- Mechanism Glucosinolates did not appear important for herbivore development.