Wood borer performance and wood characteristics of drought-stressed Scots pine seedlings

作者：Heijari Juha; Nerg Anne Marja^*; Holopainen Jarmo K; Kainulainen Pirjo

来源：Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2010, 137(2): 105-110.

DOI：10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01046.x

• Hylotrupes bajulus
• Cerambycidae
• relative growth rate
• Pinus sylvestris
• xylem
• cell lumen
• earlywood
• latewood
• monoterpenes
• resin acids
• resin canal
• tracheid

Four-year-old Scots pine [Pinus sylvestris L. (Pinaceae)] seedlings were exposed to medium and severe drought stress for two consecutive years. The anatomical properties of drought-stressed Scots pine wood and their impact on the performance of destructive wood boring early instars of Hylotrupes bajulus L. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) were studied. Drought stress significantly decreased diameter of earlywood tracheids in both growing years and diameter of latewood tracheids after the second growing season only. Cell lumen area was significantly decreased by both medium and severe drought stress compared to well-watered controls. In addition, area of cell lumen was significantly smaller in severe drought than in medium drought treatment. The drought stress marginally increased the number of resin canals in the wood, but did not affect the size of resin canals either in wood or bark. The relative growth rate of xylophagous H. bajulus neonatal larvae was not significantly affected by drought stress during the 106-day feeding period on Scots pine wood blocks. The results show that although water availability was an important factor affecting the development and anatomy of wood cells, observed changes in wood characteristics did not affect the performance of early instars feeding on wood processed from drought-stressed young Scots pine seedlings.

• 出版日期2010-11