| Title: | Interplay of phytohormones facilitate sorghum tolerance to aphids |
| Author(s): | Grover S; Agpawa E; Sarath G; Sattler SE; Louis J; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA. Wheat, Sorghum, and Forage Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA. Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA. joelouis@unl.edu. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA. joelouis@unl.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11103-020-01083-y |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-5028 (Electronic) 0167-4412 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Interactions among phytohormones are essential for providing tolerance of sorghum plants to aphids. Plant's encounter with insect herbivores trigger defense signaling networks that fine-tune plant resistance to insect pests. Although it is well established that phytohormones contribute to antixenotic- and antibiotic-mediated resistance to insect pests, their role in conditioning plant tolerance, the most durable and promising category of host plant resistance, is largely unknown. Here, we screened a panel of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) inbred lines to identify and characterize sorghum tolerance to sugarcane aphids (SCA; Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner), a relatively new and devastating pest of sorghum in the United States. Our results suggest that the sorghum genotype SC35, the aphid-tolerant line identified among the sorghum genotypes, displayed minimal plant biomass loss and a robust photosynthetic machinery, despite supporting higher aphid population. Phytohormone analysis revealed significantly higher basal levels of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, a precursor in the jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway, in the sorghum SCA-tolerant SC35 plants. Salicylic acid accumulation appeared as a generalized plant response to aphids in sorghum plants, however, SCA feeding-induced salicylic acid levels were unaltered in the sorghum tolerant genotype. Conversely, basal levels of abscisic acid and aphid feeding-induced cytokinins were accumulated in the SCA-tolerant sorghum genotype. Our findings imply that the aphid-tolerant sorghum genotype tightly controls the relationship among phytohormones, as well as provide significant insights into the underlying mechanisms that contribute to plant tolerance to sap-sucking aphids" |
| Keywords: | Animals *Aphids/physiology Edible Grain Herbivory Plant Growth Regulators Salicylic Acid *Sorghum/genetics Abscisic acid Aphids Cytokinins Opda Phytohormones Plant tolerance Sorghum; |
| Notes: | "MedlineGrover, Sajjan Agpawa, Earl Sarath, Gautam Sattler, Scott E Louis, Joe eng 1845588/Division of Integrative Organismal Systems/ Netherlands 2020/10/17 Plant Mol Biol. 2022 Jul; 109(4-5):639-650. doi: 10.1007/s11103-020-01083-y. Epub 2020 Oct 15" |
