Brace yourselves, winter is coming: the winter activity, natural diet, and prey preference of winter-active spiders on pear trees

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00135337" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00135337 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/62156489:43410/24:43923150

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01609-5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01609-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01609-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10340-023-01609-5</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Brace yourselves, winter is coming: the winter activity, natural diet, and prey preference of winter-active spiders on pear trees

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Modern agricultural pest management systems rely on naturally occurring generalist predators to promote pest suppression. Still, little research has been done to assess their overall effectiveness, especially over the winter period when their potential is high. In this study, we focused on three genera of winter-active spiders Clubiona, Philodromus, and Anyphaena, common predators on pear trees in Central Europe during winter and early spring. We investigated their predation activity, natural diet, and prey preference using molecular gut content and abundance data obtained from cardboard bands, which served as natural shelters. We compared these characteristics between two distinct biocontrol-promoting managements-integrated pest management (IPM) and organic management (ORG). We found the proportion of prey-positive spider individuals during the winter period to be lower compared to the spring period with Anyphaena having by far the highest proportion. The prey composition during winter was more diverse in ORG orchards, but in both managements, it was inclined toward pests, mostly pear psyllids. Conversely, in early spring, despite psyllids still being a part of the diet, spiders in IPM orchards preyed more frequently on neutral prey (mostly dipterans), while the spiders from organic orchards preyed mostly on pests (lepidopterans). Although more data are needed to assess trophic interactions and the overall efficiency of these winter-active predators in complex arthropod food webs present in pear orchards, the results obtained from this research provide the first evidence of higher pest predation during a period of agricultural quiescence.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Brace yourselves, winter is coming: the winter activity, natural diet, and prey preference of winter-active spiders on pear trees

Popis výsledku anglicky

Modern agricultural pest management systems rely on naturally occurring generalist predators to promote pest suppression. Still, little research has been done to assess their overall effectiveness, especially over the winter period when their potential is high. In this study, we focused on three genera of winter-active spiders Clubiona, Philodromus, and Anyphaena, common predators on pear trees in Central Europe during winter and early spring. We investigated their predation activity, natural diet, and prey preference using molecular gut content and abundance data obtained from cardboard bands, which served as natural shelters. We compared these characteristics between two distinct biocontrol-promoting managements-integrated pest management (IPM) and organic management (ORG). We found the proportion of prey-positive spider individuals during the winter period to be lower compared to the spring period with Anyphaena having by far the highest proportion. The prey composition during winter was more diverse in ORG orchards, but in both managements, it was inclined toward pests, mostly pear psyllids. Conversely, in early spring, despite psyllids still being a part of the diet, spiders in IPM orchards preyed more frequently on neutral prey (mostly dipterans), while the spiders from organic orchards preyed mostly on pests (lepidopterans). Although more data are needed to assess trophic interactions and the overall efficiency of these winter-active predators in complex arthropod food webs present in pear orchards, the results obtained from this research provide the first evidence of higher pest predation during a period of agricultural quiescence.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10616 - Entomology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/QK1910296" target="_blank" >QK1910296: Efektivita nových postupů regulace škodlivých činitelů v ovocnářství</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Pest Science

ISSN

1612-4758

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

97

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

113-126

Kód UT WoS článku

000942639200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85149105946