2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Diversity and conservation of mutually symbiotic seed-feeding insects
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19510237
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Resource conservation science
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
TUDA Midori Kyushu University, 大学院・農学研究院, 助教 (20294910)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
BURANAPANICHPAN S.
SZENTESI A.
JERMY T.
GYORGY Z.
BASKY Z.
BELOBEL A.
KERGOAT G.j
KENICER G.j
NIYOMDHAM C.
TAKAHASHI Naoki
YANAGI Shin-ichi
SAKURAI Gen
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 植物 / 昆虫 / 進化生態学 / 種多様性保全 / 種子発芽 |
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| Research Abstract |
For plant (legume)-herbivore (seed predator) relationship to be mutually symbiotic, the number of herbivore species per plant species had to be one (independent of the herbivore being specialist/generalist), whereas other factors like the plant being annual/perennial, the size, hardness and number of seeds, the body size of herbivores, and ancestral states were not important. In the most symbiotic combination of species, the germination of uninfested seeds was impossible, the deposited number of eggs per seed was the highest, and the probability of sympatry with other related legumes was the lowest. Thus, since this legume species requires a symbiotic herbivore for its germination and forest rim with few competitors, it is relevant to conserve such habitat for its existence.
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[Journal Article] A novel host shift and invaded range of a seed predator, Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), of an invasive weed, Leucaena leucocephala.2009
Author(s)
Tuda, M., Wu, L.-H., Tateishi, Y., Niyomdham, C., Buranapanichpan S., Morimoto, K., Wu, W.-J., Wang, C.-P., Chen, Z., Zhu, H., Zhang, Y., Murugan, K., Chou, L.-Y., Johnson, C.D.
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Journal Title
Entomological Science 12
Pages: 1-8
Peer Reviewed
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