Fig. 5
From: Girdling behavior of the longhorn beetle modulates the host plant to enhance larval performance
Effect of girdling behavior on Agapanthia amurensis. (a) Larval mass of A. amurensis measured from the egg inoculation experiment. Boxes indicate the 1st and 3rd quantiles (n.s., no significant differences). (b) Number of putative detoxification genes identified from de novo assembled transcriptome of P. rufiventris and A. amurensis (CYP450; Cytochrome P450, UGT; UDP-glucosyltransferase, GST; Glutathione-S-transferase, ABC transporter; ATP-binding cassette transporter, COE; Carboxylesterase). (c) Experimental scheme of the co-infestation assay. The scientific names of insects indicate egg inoculation. (d) Larval survival of P. rufiventris and A. amurensis larvae in co-infested E. annuus stem. Treatments for each group are indicated in Fig. 5c (e-f) Oviposition preference of A. amurensis on girdled and non-girdled E. annuus in (e) field monitoring (***; P < 0.001, Chi-squared test) and (f) choice assay (**; P < 0.01, Fisher’s exact test). The field-girdled E. annuus contained P. rufiventris egg inside the stem while experimentally girdled E. annuus stem did not