ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2020
Spodoptera frugiperda Caterpillars Suppress Herbivore-Induced Volatile Emissions in Maize.
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- Herbivore-induced 4-ethylbenzaldehyde enhances maize resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda larvae.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- From leaves to aphid honeydew: the zucchini plants enrich bacterium to recruit natural enemy to resist herbivore attacks.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Insect frass fertilizer upregulates maize defence genes and resistance against an invasive herbivore pest.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The Spodoptera frugiperda L-aminoacylase degrades fatty acid-amino acid conjugates and promotes larvae growth on Zea mays.Communications biology · 2025Article
- The Threat of the Fall Armyworm to Asian Rice Production Is Amplified by the Brown Planthopper.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
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- Early transcriptomic responses of rice leaves to herbivory by Spodoptera frugiperda.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Grass lignin: biosynthesis, biological roles, and industrial applications.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
- A salivary GMC oxidoreductase of Manduca sexta re-arranges the green leaf volatile profile of its host plant.Nature communications · 2023Article
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- Experimental Growth Conditions affect Direct and Indirect Defences in two Cotton Species.Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The vast spectrum of inducible plant defenses can have direct negative effects on herbivores, or indirect effects, for instance in the form of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) that attract natural enemies. Various arthropods have evolved ways to suppress plant defenses. To test whether this is the case for caterpillar-induced HIPVs, we compared the volatile induction by Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), which is particularly well adapted to feed on maize (Zea mays), with the induction by three more generalist noctuid larvae. We tested the hypothesis that S. frugiperda suppresses HIPV emissions in maize, and thereby reduces attractiveness to natural enemies. HIPV emissions triggered by S. frugiperda when feeding on maize were indeed found to be significantly weaker than by Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera exigua, and Helicoverpa armigera. The suppression seems specific for maize, as we found no evidence for this when S. frugiperda caterpillars fed on cotton (Gossypium herbaceum). Artificially damaged maize plants treated with larval regurgitant revealed that HIPV suppression may be related to factors in the caterpillars' oral secretions. We also found evidence that differential physical damage that the caterpillars inflict on maize leaves may play a role. The suppressed induction of HIPVs had no apparent consequences for the attraction of a common parasitoid of S. frugiperda, Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Nevertheless, the ability to manipulate the defenses of its main host plant may have contributed to the success of S. frugiperda as a major pest of maize, especially in Africa and Asia, which it has recently invaded.
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