Abstract
Abstract Applications of two doses of an internal physiological marker, rubidium, were applied as foliar solutions of rubidium chloride (RbCl) to field plots of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., and grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, to determine the potential of this technique for detecting intercrop movement of generalist predators. Because artificially elevated rubidium levels of marked plants and insects decline with time, three applications were made at distinct phenological stages of grain sorghum to test if multiple mark-recapture experiments could be conducted at the same sites. Samples of predators and plant tissues were made at the onset of each sampling period and every 2 d through 6 d after RbCl application. Results showed that both crops, as well as all arthropod predators tested, exhibited significant elevation of rubidium levels over field-collected controls. Further, the effectiveness of the mark did not differ between crops, indicating that one set of protocols is sufficient for mar...
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