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ArticleAnnals of botany2013

Specificity of extrafloral nectar induction by herbivores differs among native and invasive populations of tallow tree.

Yi Wang, Juli Carrillo, Evan Siemann, Gregory S Wheeler, Lin Zhu, Xue Gu, Jianqing Ding

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Article in Annals of botany, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Yi WangKey Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Institute/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
Juli Carrillo
Evan Siemann
Gregory S Wheeler
Lin Zhu
Xue Gu
Jianqing Ding

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aimsInvasive plants can be released from specialist herbivores and encounter novel generalists in their introduced ranges, leading to variation in defence among native and invasive populations. However, few studies have examined how constitutive and induced indirect defences change during plant invasion, especially during the juvenile stage.

methodsConstitutive extrafloral nectar (EFN) production of native and invasive populations of juvenile tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) were compared, and leaf clipping, and damage by a native specialist (Noctuid) and two native generalist caterpillars (Noctuid and Limacodid) were used to examine inducible EFN production. KEY

resultsPlants from introduced populations had more leaves producing constitutive EFN than did native populations, but the content of soluble solids of EFN did not differ. Herbivores induced EFN production more than simulated herbivory. The specialist (Noctuid) induced more EFN than either generalist for native populations. The content of soluble solids in EFN was higher (2·1 times), with the specialist vs. the generalists causing the stronger response for native populations, but the specialist response was always comparable with the generalist responses for invasive populations.

conclusionsThese results suggest that constitutive and induced indirect defences are retained in juvenile plants of invasive populations even during plant establishment, perhaps due to generalist herbivory in the introduced range. However, responses specific to a specialist herbivore may be reduced in the introduced range where specialists are absent. This decreased defence may benefit specialist insects that are introduced for classical biological control of invasive plants.

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HerbivoryIntroduced SpeciesAnimalsEuphorbiaceaeMothsPlant NectarPlant NectarcaterpillarsConstitutive and inducible defencesEFNextrafloral nectargeneralistsinvasion ecologyjuvenile plantsLimacodidaeNoctuidaespecialiststallow treeTriadica sebifera

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PMCPMC3736772

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