ArticleRoyal Society open science2024
Phytochemical drivers of insect herbivory: a functional toolbox to support agroecological diversification.
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- Unravelling trait-mediated effects of genotype and companion planting system on oilseed rape performance.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Phytochemical drivers of insect herbivory: a functional toolbox to support agroecological diversification.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
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Abstract
Plant metabolism is a key feature of biodiversity that remains underexploited in functional frameworks used in agroecology. Here, we study how phytochemical diversity considered at three organizational levels can promote pest control. In a factorial field experiment, we manipulated plant diversity in three monocultures and three mixed crops of oilseed rape to explore how intra- and interspecific phytochemical diversity affects pest infestation. We combined recent progress in metabolomics with classic metrics used in ecology to test a box of hypotheses grounded in plant defence theory. According to the hypothesis of 'phytochemically mediated coevolution', our study stresses the relationships between herbivore infestation and particular classes of specialized metabolites like glucosinolates. Among 178 significant relationships between metabolites and herbivory rates, only 20% were negative. At the plant level, phytochemical abundance and richness had poor predictive power on pest regulation. This challenges the hypothesis of 'synergistic effects
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