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ArticleThe New phytologist2018

Leaf rust infection reduces herbivore-induced volatile emission in black poplar and attracts a generalist herbivore.

Franziska Eberl, Almuth Hammerbacher, Jonathan Gershenzon, Sybille B Unsicker

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Article in The New phytologist, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Franziska EberlDepartment of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Almuth HammerbacherDepartment of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Jonathan GershenzonDepartment of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Sybille B UnsickerDepartment of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants release complex volatile blends after separate attack by herbivores and pathogens, which play many roles in interactions with other organisms. Large perennials are often attacked by multiple enemies, but the effect of combined attacks on volatile emission is rarely studied, particularly in trees. We infested Populus nigra trees with a pathogen, the rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina, and Lymantria dispar caterpillars alone and in combination. We investigated poplar volatile emission and its regulation, as well as the behavior of the caterpillars towards volatiles from rust-infected and uninfected trees. Both the rust fungus and the caterpillars alone induced volatile emission from poplar trees. However, the herbivore-induced volatile emission was significantly reduced when trees were under combined attack by the herbivore and the fungus. Herbivory induced terpene synthase transcripts as well as jasmonate concentrations, but these increases were suppressed when the tree was additionally infected with rust. Caterpillars preferred volatiles from rust-infected over uninfected trees. Our results suggest a defense hormone crosstalk upon combined herbivore-pathogen attack in poplar trees which results in lowered emission of herbivore-induced volatiles. This influences the preference of herbivores, and might have other far-reaching consequences for the insect and pathogen communities in natural poplar forests.

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HerbivoryAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesAnimalsBasidiomycotaCyclopentanesGene Expression Regulation, PlantLarvaMothsOxylipinsPlant DiseasesPlant LeavesPopulusRNA, MessengerSalicylic AcidSpores, FungalVolatile Organic CompoundsAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesCyclopentanesjasmonic acidOxylipinsRNA, MessengerSalicylic Acidterpene synthaseVolatile Organic Compoundscrosstalkmultiple interactionsphytohormonesterpenesterpene synthasesvolatile organic compounds (VOCs)woody plants

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PMID28418581
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