ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2014
The mono - and sesquiterpene content of aphid-induced galls on Pistacia palaestina is not a simple reflection of their composition in intact leaves.
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- Association Between Gall Structural and Metabolic Complexity: Evidence fromPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gall-forming aphids are protected (and benefit) from defoliating caterpillars: the role of plant-mediated mechanisms.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Leaves and Fruits Preparations ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Whole genomes and transcriptomes reveal adaptation and domestication of pistachio.Genome biology · 2019Article
- Extended phenotype in action. Two possible roles for silica needles in plants: not just injuring herbivores but also inserting pathogens into their tissues.Plant signaling & behavior · 2019Review
- The Galling Truth: Limited Knowledge of Gall-Associated Volatiles in Multitrophic Interactions.Frontiers in plant science · 2018Review
- Differences in Monoterpene Biosynthesis and Accumulation in Pistacia palaestina Leaves and Aphid-Induced Galls.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Does the whistling thorn acacia (Acacia drepanolobium) use auditory aposematism to deter mammalian herbivores?Plant signaling & behavior · 2016Article
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Abstract
Pistacia palaestina Boiss. (Anacardiaceae), a sibling species of P. terebinthus also known as turpentine tree or terebinth tree, is common in the Levant region. The aphid Baizongia pistaciae L. manipulates the leaves of the plant to form large galls, which provide both food and protection for its developing offspring. We analyzed the levels and composition of mono-and sesquiterpenes in both leaves and galls of ten naturally growing trees. Our results show that monoterpene hydrocarbons are the main constituents of P. palaestina leaves and galls, but terpene levels and composition vary among trees. Despite this inter-tree variation, terpene levels and compositions in galls from different trees resemble each other more than the patterns displayed by leaves from the same trees. Generally, galls contain 10 to 60 fold higher total terpene amounts than leaves, especially of the monoterpenes α-pinene and limonene. Conversely, the leaves generally accumulate more sesquiterpenes, in particular E-caryophyllene, germacrene D and δ-cadinene, in comparison to galls. Our results clearly show that the terpene pattern in the galls is not a simple reflection of that of the leaves and suggest that aphids have a strong impact on the metabolism of their host plant, possibly for their own defense.
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