Adaptations to Furanocoumarins of Pastinaca Sativa by Depressaria Pastinacella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)

Furanocoumarins are plant secondary compounds toxic to a wide variety of organisms. In the wild parsnip, Pastinaca sativa (Umbelliferae), these compounds are most concentrated in the floral parts. Despite these allelochemicals, the parsnip webworm, Depressaria pastinacella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), feeds almost exclusively on the floral parts of this plant and of certain other umbellifers containing furanocoumarins. The allocation patterns of the furanocoumarins in the wild parsnip and the mechanisms by which the parsnip webworm circumvents the toxicity of these compounds were investigated.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Nitao, James Kenji

Contributors dc:contributor

• Berenbaum, May

• Biology, Entomology

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8803154

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71106