ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2015
Maize Plants Recognize Herbivore-Associated Cues from Caterpillar Frass.
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- The dual function of elicitors and effectors from insects: reviewing the 'arms race' against plant defenses.Plant molecular biology · 2022Review
- Molecular and Biochemical Mechanisms of Elicitors in Pest Resistance.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Molecular tug-of-war: Plant immune recognition of herbivory.The Plant cell · 2022Review
- Key Genes in the JAZ Signaling Pathway Are Up-Regulated Faster and More Abundantly in Caterpillar-Resistant Maize.Journal of chemical ecology · 2022Article
- Deciphering genome-wide transcriptomic changes in grapevines heavily infested by spotted lanternflies.Frontiers in insect science · 2022Article
- Dynamic regulation of phenylpropanoid pathway metabolites in modulating sorghum defense against fall armyworm.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution.Trends in ecology & evolution · 2021Review
- Parasitoid Causes Cascading Effects on Plant-Induced Defenses Mediated Through the Gut Bacteria of Host Caterpillars.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Exposure to polyphenol-rich purple corn pericarp extract restricts fall armywormPlant signaling & behavior · 2020Article
- Asymmetry in Herbivore Effector Responses: Caterpillar Frass Effectors Reduce Performance of a Subsequent Herbivore.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Two New Polyphenol Oxidase Genes of Tea Plant (International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Article
- Gut-Associated Bacteria of Helicoverpa zea Indirectly Trigger Plant Defenses in Maize.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
- Generalist and Specialist Mite Herbivores Induce Similar Defense Responses in Maize and Barley but Differ in Susceptibility to Benzoxazinoids.Frontiers in plant science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Caterpillar behaviors such as feeding, crawling, and oviposition are known to induce defenses in maize and other plant species. We examined plant defense responses to another important caterpillar behavior, their defecation. Fall armyworms (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda), a major threat to maize (Zea mays), are voracious eaters and deposit copious amounts of frass in the enclosed whorl tissue surrounding their feeding site, where it remains for long periods of time. FAW frass is composed of molecules derived from the host plant, the insect itself, and associated microbes, and hence provides abundant cues that may alter plant defense responses. We observed that proteins from FAW frass initially induced wound-responsive defense genes in maize; however, a pathogenesis-related (pr) defense gene was induced as the time after application increased. Elicitation of pathogen defenses by frass proteins was correlated with increased herbivore performance and reduced fungal pathogen performance over time. These responses differ from the typical plant response to oral secretions of the FAW. The results pave the way for identification of protein molecule(s) from the excretion of an herbivore that elicits pathogen defense responses while attenuating herbivore defenses in plants.
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