The bean α-amylase inhibitor αAI-1 in genetically modified chickpea seeds does not harm parasitoid wasps
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BACKGROUND: Legumes have been genetically engineered to express α-amylase inhibitor 1 (αAI-1) from common bean in their seeds. Whereas the genetically modified (GM) seeds are immune to multiple bruchid pest species, the cosmopolitan bruchid Acanthoscelides obtectus is tolerant to αAI-1 and their larvae develop normally inside the seeds. Hymenopteran bruchid parasitoids, the most important natural enemies of bruchids, might thus be exposed to αAI-1 when attacking A. obtectus larvae developing inside GM seeds. Exposure might reduce parasitoid fitness, resulting in a decline in the natural control of A. obtectus, and thus promote the spread of this pest. We investigated the impact of the presence of αAI-1 in legume seeds on parasitoid fitness in tritrophic experiments with αAI-1 GM or non-GM chickpea seeds, A. obtectus, and three parasitoid species. Additionally, we investigated the exposure of parasitoids to αAI-1 using a fourth, highly sensitive parasitoid species. RESULTS: Parasitoid fitness was not affected when A. obtectus was used in GM chickpea seeds as hosts, and this lack of effects was probably attributable to the fact that exposure of the parasitoids to αAI-1 was negligible. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the release of GM chickpeas containing αAI-1 should not harm this important group of non-target insects. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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αAI-1 containing GE seeds cause no harm to their parasitoids in tritrophic studies.
“Despite the fact that the alphaamylases of hymenopteran parasitoids of bruchids are also susceptible to this particular inhibitor (Álvarez-Alfagemen et al., 2012), tritrophic studies have shown that the αAI-1 containing GE seeds cause no harm to their parasitoids (Lüthi et al., 2013b(Lüthi et al., , 2018)).”
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- Authors
- Lüthi, C., Álvarez‐Alfageme, F., & Romeis, J.
- Affiliations
- Agroscope (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Romeis, Jörg
- Venue
- Pest Management Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-06-08
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2444-2449
- ISSN
- 1526-498X (ISSN-L)
- 1526-4998
- OpenAlex
- W2794103702
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pest Management Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Keywords
- Acanthoscelides obtectus, bruchid beetles, parasitoid wasps, non-target effects, tritrophic interactions, parasitoid fitness, natural enemies
- MeSH terms
- alpha-Amylases, Animals, Coleoptera, Host-Parasite Interactions, Larva, Plant Proteins, Seeds, Wasps, Cicer, Plants, Genetically Modified, Genetic Fitness
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