Abstract
The present study investigated the ovipositional preference of okra shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella (Fabricius) (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Noctuidae) in relation to host plant biochemical traits independently and also through combining with host plant morphological traits in different wild and cultivated Abelmoschus species. Correlation studies revealed a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to total protein (P, r = 0.17) and a significant negative relationship with total phenols (TP, r = -0.57), total flavonoids (TF, r = -0.38), total sugar (TS, r = -0.57) and total reducing sugars (TRS, r = -0.64). Path co-efficient analysis revealed that total phenols, flavonoids, and total reducing sugars appear to be particularly important, as they, directly and indirectly, affect E. vittella egg-laying choice. Multiple step-wise regression analyses of the number of eggs laid by E. vittella on different Abelmoschus species with host plant biochemical traits together explained the variability in the egg laying to the tune of 54% (R2 = 0.54; Y=26.71-0.30TP+0.32TF-1.39TS-4.41TRS+8.29P; R2=0.54; VIF=2.19). Further, combining the significant biochemical traits (TRS and P) with significant morphological traits (FL: fruit length, FW: fruit width, T: trichomes) based on r/SE explained the variability in the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to the tune of 78%; Y=7.15+1.35FL-3.64FW+0.05T-2.00TRS+1.66P; R2=0.78; VIF=4.56.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Number of eggs laid by E. vittella shows a significant positive relationship with total protein in Abelmoschus species (r = 0.17).
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus species
Abelmoschust0 - Interactor
- E. vittella
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Earias vittellae0pest - Compound
- total proteine0
- Outcome
- number of eggs laid by E. vittellae0
- Direction
- positivee0
- Value
- r = 0.17e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Figure_26b.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e0“Correlation studies revealed a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to total protein (P, r = 0.17)”
Claim · model-written summary
Number of eggs laid by E. vittella shows a significant negative relationship with total phenols in Abelmoschus species (r = -0.57).
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae0pest
- Compound
- total phenolse1
- Outcome
- number of eggs laid by E. vittellae0
- Direction
- negativee1
- Value
- r = -0.57e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e0“Correlation studies revealed a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to total protein (P, r = 0.17)”
e1“a significant negative relationship with total phenols (TP, r = -0.57), total flavonoids (TF, r = -0.38), total sugar (TS, r = -0.57) and total reducing sugars (TRS, r = -0.64)”
Claim · model-written summary
Number of eggs laid by E. vittella shows a significant negative relationship with total flavonoids in Abelmoschus species (r = -0.38).
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae0pest
- Compound
- total flavonoidse1
- Outcome
- number of eggs laid by E. vittellae0
- Direction
- negativee1
- Value
- r = -0.38e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e0“Correlation studies revealed a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to total protein (P, r = 0.17)”
e1“a significant negative relationship with total phenols (TP, r = -0.57), total flavonoids (TF, r = -0.38), total sugar (TS, r = -0.57) and total reducing sugars (TRS, r = -0.64)”
Claim · model-written summary
Number of eggs laid by E. vittella shows a significant negative relationship with total sugar in Abelmoschus species (r = -0.57).
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae0pest
- Compound
- total sugare1
- Outcome
- number of eggs laid by E. vittellae0
- Direction
- negativee1
- Value
- r = -0.57e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e0“Correlation studies revealed a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to total protein (P, r = 0.17)”
e1“a significant negative relationship with total phenols (TP, r = -0.57), total flavonoids (TF, r = -0.38), total sugar (TS, r = -0.57) and total reducing sugars (TRS, r = -0.64)”
Claim · model-written summary
Number of eggs laid by E. vittella shows a significant negative relationship with total reducing sugars in Abelmoschus species (r = -0.64).
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae0pest
- Compound
- total reducing sugarse1
- Outcome
- number of eggs laid by E. vittellae0
- Direction
- negativee1
- Value
- r = -0.64e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e0“Correlation studies revealed a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to total protein (P, r = 0.17)”
e1“a significant negative relationship with total phenols (TP, r = -0.57), total flavonoids (TF, r = -0.38), total sugar (TS, r = -0.57) and total reducing sugars (TRS, r = -0.64)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total phenols, flavonoids and total reducing sugars appear to be particularly important for egg-laying choice of E. vittella, directly and indirectly.
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae2pest
- Compound
- total phenols, flavonoids, and total reducing sugarse2
- Outcome
- egg-laying choicee2
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e2“total phenols, flavonoids, and total reducing sugars appear to be particularly important, as they, directly and indirectly, affect E. vittella egg-laying choice”
Claim · model-written summary
Host plant biochemical traits together explained 54% of the variability in egg laying by E. vittella on Abelmoschus species.
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Treatment
- host plant biochemical traitse3
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae3pest
- Outcome
- variability in the egg layinge3
- Value
- 54%e3
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e3“Multiple step-wise regression analyses of the number of eggs laid by E. vittella on different Abelmoschus species with host plant biochemical traits together explained the variability in the egg laying to the tune of 54%”
Claim · model-written summary
Combining biochemical (TRS and P) and morphological traits explained 78% of the variability in egg laying by E. vittella on Abelmoschus species.
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus speciesAbelmoschust0
- Interactor
- E. vittellaEarias vittellae4pest
- Outcome
- variability in the number of eggs laid by E. vittellae4
- Value
- 78%e4
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Insights into the biochemical basis of ovipositional preference of Earias vittella (Fabricius) in Abelmoschus species”
e4“combining the significant biochemical traits (TRS and P) with significant morphological traits (FL: fruit length, FW: fruit width, T: trichomes) based on r/SE explained the variability in the number of eggs laid by E. vittella to the tune of 78%”