ArticleMolecular ecology2014
The role of glucosinolates and the jasmonic acid pathway in resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana against molluscan herbivores.
Article in Molecular ecology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
- Human, Animal and Plant Health Benefits of Glucosinolates and Strategies for Enhanced Bioactivity: A Systematic Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Pooled it
- Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi Shape Herbivore Behavior and Plant-Insect Interactions: Implications for Biological Control.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effects of contrasting herbivore cues on seedlings of a long-lived woody tree: growth, chemistry, and resistance to herbivores.AoB PLANTS · 2026Article
- Identification, Bioinformatics, and Expression Analysis ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones.AoB PLANTS · 2026Article
- Article
- Humic Substances from Different Sources Modulate Salicylic Acid-Mediated Defense in Plants Infected by Powdery Mildew.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Feeding by slugs on maize imposes variable productivity costs but can induce compensatory growth under some conditions.Pest management science · 2025Article
- Herbivore cues and plant damage-associated compounds jointly alter seed germination and seedling herbivory.Oecologia · 2025Article
- Article
- Identification of MsCYP79 and MsCYP83 gene families and its response to mechanical damage in Medicago sativa L.PloS one · 2025Article
- Article
- Heat stress reprograms herbivory-induced defense responses in potato plants.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Appraisal of growth inhibitory, biochemical and genotoxic effects of Allyl Isothiocyanate on different developmental stages of Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae).Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Jasmonate Signaling Pathway Modulates Plant Defense, Growth, and Their Trade-Offs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Article
- Mechanisms of Isothiocyanate Detoxification in Larvae of Two Belowground Herbivores,Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- A comparative study of plant volatiles induced by insect and gastropod herbivory.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The emerging role of GABA as a transport regulator and physiological signal.Plant physiology · 2021Review
- Life Table and Preference Choice ofInsects · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Although slugs and snails play important roles in terrestrial ecosystems and cause considerable damage on a variety of crop plants, knowledge about the mechanisms of plant immunity to molluscs is limited. We found slugs to be natural herbivores of Arabidopsis thaliana and therefore investigated possible resistance mechanisms of this species against several molluscan herbivores. Treating wounded leaves with the mucus residue ('slime trail') of the Spanish slug Arion lusitanicus increased wound-induced jasmonate levels, suggesting the presence of defence elicitors in the mucus. Plants deficient in jasmonate biosynthesis and signalling suffered more damage by molluscan herbivores in the laboratory and in the field, demonstrating that JA-mediated defences protect A. thaliana against slugs and snails. Furthermore, experiments using A. thaliana mutants with altered levels of specific glucosinolate classes revealed the importance of aliphatic glucosinolates in defending leaves and reproductive structures against molluscs. The presence in mollusc faeces of known and novel metabolites arising from glutathione conjugation with glucosinolate hydrolysis products suggests that molluscan herbivores actively detoxify glucosinolates. Higher levels of aliphatic glucosinolates were found in plants during the night compared to the day, which correlated well with the nocturnal activity rhythms of slugs and snails. Our data highlight the function of well-known antiherbivore defence pathways in resistance against slugs and snails and suggest an important role for the diurnal regulation of defence metabolites against nocturnal molluscan herbivores.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.