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Constitutive phytochemicals in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss. in relation to biological fitness of Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach)

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The study aimed to decipher the variation in constitutive plant biochemicals, and their influence on development, reproduction and survival of Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Aphididae: Hemiptera) on diverse Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss. (Brassicales) cultivars. These studies revealed significant differences in total nymphal, reproductive and developmental periods, fecundity and offspring survival of L. erysimi on the test B. juncea cultivars. Toal developmental period was significantly longer, while fecundity and survival were lower on Pusa Mustard 27, NRCHB 101, RLC 3, RH 749, RH 725, DRMR 150-35, Pusa Mustard 26 and Pusa Mustard 25, except in a few cases. Further, total protein, antioxidants, tannins, phenols, FRAP, glucosinolates, photosynthetic pigments and different enzymes tested were significantly higher, and total sugars lower in Pusa Mustard 32, Pusa Mustard 30, NRCHB 101, RLC 3, DRMR 150-35, Pusa Mustard 26 and Pusa Mustard 27 as compared to other B. juncea cultivars, except in a few cases. Total sugars exhibited significant and positive association with survival of L. erysimi, while total protein, ferric ion reducing power, chlorophyll A, carotenoids, catalase, phenyl ammonia lyase and tyrosine ammonia lyase showed significant and negative correlation with survival of L. erysimi. Further, the biochemical constituents suggested 94.99, 95.88, 95.30, 97.06 and 84.75% variation in total nymphal, reproductive and total developmental periods, fecundity and survival of the L. erysimi on the test B. juncea cultivars, respectively. Overall, DRMR 150-35, RLC 3, NRCHB 101 and Pusa Mustard 26 have higher amounts of anti-nutritional defence compounds and antioxidative enzymes, distress the growth and survival of L. erysimi, and thus could be deployed in Brassica improvement programme.

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MKD and NS conceived and designed the study. KC, MKD, NS and AKT executed the experiments. KC, MKD and AKT curated the data. KC, and AKT analyzed the data. The first draft of the manuscript was written by KC and AKT. MKD, NS commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Chandrakumara, K., Dhillon, M.K., Tanwar, A.K. et al. Constitutive phytochemicals in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss. in relation to biological fitness of Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 18, 227–239 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-023-10023-8

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