ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2013
Generalist insects behave in a jasmonate-dependent manner on their host plants, leaving induced areas quickly and staying longer on distant parts.
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- The oriental armyworm ( Mythimna separata) feeding induces systemic defence responses within and between maize leaves.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Drought and plant neighbourhood interactively determine herbivore consumption and performance.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Bringing Ecology Back: How Can the Chemistry of Indirect Plant Defenses Against Herbivory Be Manipulated to Improve Pest Management?Frontiers in plant science · 2018Article
- Identification and characterization of aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) in the cotton bollworm.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2017Article
- Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of tomato induced defense responses affects spider mite performance and behavior.Plant signaling & behavior · 2017Article
- Combined biotic stresses trigger similar transcriptomic responses but contrasting resistance against a chewing herbivore in Brassica nigra.BMC plant biology · 2017Article
- A Generalist Herbivore Copes with Specialized Plant Defence: the Effects of Induction and Feeding by Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae on Intact Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicales) Plants.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Mechanisms and ecological consequences of plant defence induction and suppression in herbivore communities.Annals of botany · 2015Review
- Caught between parasitoids and predators - survival of a specialist herbivore on leaves and flowers of mustard plants.Journal of chemical ecology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Plants are sessile, so have evolved sensitive ways to detect attacking herbivores and sophisticated strategies to effectively defend themselves. Insect herbivory induces synthesis of the phytohormone jasmonic acid which activates downstream metabolic pathways for various chemical defences such as toxins and digestion inhibitors. Insects are also sophisticated animals, and many have coevolved physiological adaptations that negate this induced plant defence. Insect behaviour has rarely been studied in the context of induced plant defence, although behavioural adaptation to induced plant chemistry may allow insects to bypass the host's defence system. By visualizing jasmonate-responsive gene expression within whole plants, we uncovered spatial and temporal limits to the systemic spread of plant chemical defence following herbivory. By carefully tracking insect movement, we found induced changes in plant chemistry were detected by generalist Helicoverpa armigera insects which then modified their behaviour in response, moving away from induced parts and staying longer on uninduced parts of the same plant. This study reveals that there are plant-wide signals rapidly generated following herbivory that allow insects to detect the heterogeneity of plant chemical defences. Some insects use these signals to move around the plant, avoiding localized sites of induction and staying ahead of induced toxic metabolites.
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