ArticleBMC plant biology2014
The volatile emission of Eurosta solidaginis primes herbivore-induced volatile production in Solidago altissima and does not directly deter insect feeding.
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- Induced resistance to herbivory and the intelligent plant.Plant signaling & behavior · 2024Review
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- A green leaf volatile, (Z)-3-hexenyl-acetate, mediates differential oviposition by Spodoptera frugiperda on maize and rice.BMC biology · 2023Article
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- Defense Suppression through Interplant Communication Depends on the Attacking Herbivore Species.Journal of chemical ecology · 2021Article
- Exposure to (Z)-11-hexadecenal [(Z)-11-16:Ald] increases Brassica nigra susceptibility to subsequent herbivory.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Arabidopsis, tobacco, nightshade and elm take insect eggs as herbivore alarm and show similar transcriptomic alarm responses.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Priming by Timing:Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Costs of plant defense priming: exposure to volatile cues from a specialist herbivore increases short-term growth but reduces rhizome production in tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima).BMC plant biology · 2019Article
- Eavesdropping on gall-plant interactions: the importance of the signaling function of induced volatiles.Plant signaling & behavior · 2019Review
- Behavioral Effect of Plant Volatiles Binding toFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
- Identification of an insect-produced olfactory cue that primes plant defenses.Nature communications · 2017Article
- Seeds of Change: exploring the transformative effects of seed priming in sustainable agriculture.Physiologia plantarumReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe induction of plant defenses in response to herbivory is well documented. In addition, many plants prime their anti-herbivore defenses following exposure to environmental cues associated with increased risk of subsequent attack, including induced volatile emissions from herbivore-damaged plant tissues. Recently, we showed in both field and laboratory settings that tall goldenrod plants (Solidago altissima) exposed to the putative sex attractant of a specialist gall-inducing fly (Eurosta solidaginis) experienced less herbivory than unexposed plants. Furthermore, we observed stronger induction of the defense phytohormone jasmonic acid in exposed plants compared to controls. These findings document a novel class of plant-insect interactions mediated by the direct perception, by plants, of insect-derived olfactory cues. However, our previous study did not exclude the possibility that the fly emission (or its residue) might also deter insect feeding via direct effects on the herbivores.
resultsHere we show that the E. solidaginis emission does not (directly) deter herbivore feeding on Cucurbita pepo or Symphyotrichum lateriflorum plants--which have no co-evolutionary relationship with E. solidaginis and thus are not expected to exhibit priming responses to the fly emission. We also document stronger induction of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPV) in S. altissima plants given previous exposure to the fly emission relative to unexposed controls. No similar effect was observed in maize plants (Zea mays), which have no co-evolutionary relationship with E. solidaginis.
conclusionsTogether with our previous findings, these results provide compelling evidence that reduced herbivory on S. altissima plants exposed to the emission of male E. solidaginis reflects an evolved plant response to olfactory cues associated with its specialist herbivore and does not involve direct effects of the fly emission on herbivore feeding behavior. We further discuss mechanisms by which the priming of HIPV responses documented here might contribute to enhanced S. altissima defense against galling.
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