title: Silicon-mediated resistance in a susceptible rice variety to the rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
abstract: The rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée), is one of the most destructive rice pests in Asian countries. Rice varieties resistant to the rice leaf folder are generally characterized by high silicon content. In this study, silicon amendment, at 0.16 and 0.32 g Si/kg soil, enhanced resistance of a susceptible rice variety to the rice leaf folder. Silicon addition to rice plants at both the low and high rates significantly extended larval development and reduced larval survival rate and pupation rate in the rice leaf folder. When applied at the high rate, silicon amendment reduced third-instars' weight gain and pupal weight. Altogether, intrinsic rate of increase, finite rate of increase and net reproduction rate of the rice leaf folder population were all reduced at both the low and high silicon addition rates. Although the third instars consumed more in silicon-amended treatments, C:N ratio in rice leaves was significantly increased and food conversion efficiencies were reduced due to increased silicon concentration in rice leaves. Our results indicate that reduced food quality and food conversion efficiencies resulted from silicon addition account for the enhanced resistance in the susceptible rice variety to the rice leaf folder.
authors.affiliation: College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Lizhang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Maolin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002241:Carbohydrates; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009036:Moths / Q000502:physiology; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D012275:Oryza / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000469:parasitology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D012098:Reproduction; D012825:Silicon / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen; D012825:Silicon
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