ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2014
Variation in cyanogenic glycosides across populations of wild lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus) has no apparent effect on bruchid beetle performance.
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- Plant cyanogenic glycosides: from structure to properties and potential applications.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
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- Rhizobia-legume symbiosis mediates direct and indirect interactions between plants, herbivores and their parasitoids.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Herbivory and jasmonate treatment affect reproductive traits in wild Lima bean, but without transgenerational effects.American journal of botany · 2021Article
- Host density and parasitoid presence interact and shape the outcome of a tritrophic interaction on seeds of wild lima bean.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Role of cyanogenic glycosides in the seeds of wild lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus: defense, plant nutrition or both?Planta · 2019Article
- Induced Plant Defenses Against Herbivory in Cultivated and Wild Tomato.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
- Changes in plant growth and seed production in wild lima bean in response to herbivory are attenuated by parasitoids.Oecologia · 2018Article
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Abstract
Cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) act as feeding or oviposition deterrents and are toxic after enzymatic hydrolysis, thus negatively affecting herbivore performance. While most studies on CNGs focus on leaf herbivores, here we examined seeds from natural populations of Phaseolus lunatus in Mexico. The predominant CNGs, linamarin and lotaustralin, were quantified for each population by using ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. We also examined whether there was a correlation between the concentration of CNGs and the performance of the Mexican bean beetle, Zabrotes subfasciatus, on seeds from each population(.) The concentrations of CNGs in the seeds were relatively high compared to the leaves and were significantly variable among populations. Surprisingly, this had little effect on the performance of the bruchid beetles. Zabrotes subfasciatus can tolerate high concentrations of CNGs, most likely because of the limited β-glucosidase activity in the seeds. Seed herbivory does not appear to liberate hydrogen cyanide due to the low water content in the seed. This study illustrates the importance of quantifying the natural variation and activity of toxic compounds in order to make relevant biological inferences about their role in defense against herbivores.
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