Effects of Maize Development and Phenology on the Field Infestation Dynamics of the European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Author:

Revillon SachaORCID,Dillmann ChristineORCID,Galic Nathalie,Bauland CyrilORCID,Palaffre CarineORCID,Malvar Rosa AnaORCID,Butron AnaORCID,Rebaudo FrançoisORCID,Legrand JudithORCID

Abstract

AbstractPhenological match/mismatch between cultivated plants and their pest could impact pest infestastion dynamics in the field. To explore how such match/mismatch of plant and pest phenologies may interact with plant defense dynamics, we studied the infestation dynamics of maize by one of its main pests in Europe, the European Corn Borer (Ostrinia nubilalis; Lepidoptera: Crambidae). A two-year field experiment was carried out on a collection of 23 maize inbred lines contrasted for their earliness. Each inbred line was sown at three different dates in order to expose different developmental stages of maize to natural European corn borer infestation. The effect of the sowing date depended on the inbred line, the pest generation and the year. In 2021, the final pest incidence ranged from 36% to 91% depending on inbred lines and sowing date. In 2022, it ranged from 2% to 77%. This variability in final pest incidence can be related to variations in plant development during plant exposure to pest infestation. However, this relationship was not straightforward. Indeed, the shape and intensity of the relationship depended on the timing of the onset of the pest infestation. When infestation occurred while plants were in a vegetative stage, a non-linear relationship between development and pest incidence was observed with the least and most developed plants being the most infested. When infestation occurred when all plants were in the mature phase, the most developed plants were the least infested. Our results highlight the effect of plant-pest phenological match/mismatch on pest infestation dynamics and underline the importance of taking plant-pest interactions into account to propose relevant control strategies.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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