ArticleScientific reports2018
Trans-generational inheritance of herbivory-induced phenotypic changes in Brassica rapa.
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- Adverse effects of inbreeding on the transgenerational expression of herbivore-induced defense traits in Solanum carolinense.PloS one · 2022Article
- Herbivory and jasmonate treatment affect reproductive traits in wild Lima bean, but without transgenerational effects.American journal of botany · 2021Article
- Exploration of Epigenetics for Improvement of Drought and Other Stress Resistance in Crops: A Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Plant Volatile Organic Compounds Evolution: Transcriptional Regulation, Epigenetics and Polyploidy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Simulated folivory increases vertical transmission of fungal endophytes that deter herbivores and alter tolerance to herbivory in Poa autumnalis.Annals of botany · 2020Article
- Transgenerational effects of ungulates and pre-dispersal seed predators on offspring success and resistance to herbivory.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Biotic stress can induce plastic changes in fitness-relevant plant traits. Recently, it has been shown that such changes can be transmitted to subsequent generations. However, the occurrence and extent of transmission across different types of traits is still unexplored. Here, we assessed the emergence and transmission of herbivory-induced changes in Brassica rapa and their impact on interactions with insects. We analysed changes in morphology and reproductive traits as well as in flower and leaf volatile emission during two generations with leaf herbivory by Mamestra brassicae and Pieris brassicae and two subsequent generations without herbivory. Herbivory induced changes in all trait types, increasing attractiveness of the plants to the parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata and decreasing visitation by the pollinator Bombus terrestris, a potential trade-off. While changes in floral and leaf volatiles disappeared in the first generation after herbivory, some changes in morphology and reproductive traits were still measurable two generations after herbivory. However, neither parasitoids nor pollinators further discriminated between groups with different past treatments. Our results suggest that transmission of herbivore-induced changes occurs preferentially in resource-limited traits connected to plant growth and reproduction. The lack of alterations in plant-insect interactions was likely due to the transient nature of volatile changes.
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