| Title: | Root-associated entomopathogenic fungi manipulate host plants to attract herbivorous insects |
| Author(s): | Cotes B; Thoming G; Amaya-Gomez CV; Novak O; Nansen C; |
| Address: | "Integrated Plant Protection Unit, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden. belencotesramal@gmail.com. Division for Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, 1433, As, Norway. Integrated Plant Protection Unit, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden. Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA), La Libertad, 900005, Villavicencio, Colombia. Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science, Palacky University and Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-020-80123-5 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Root-associated entomopathogenic fungi (R-AEF) indirectly influence herbivorous insect performance. However, host plant-R-AEF interactions and R-AEF as biological control agents have been studied independently and without much attention to the potential synergy between these functional traits. In this study, we evaluated behavioral responses of cabbage root flies [Delia radicum L. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)] to a host plant (white cabbage cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba cv. Castello L.) with and without the R-AEF Metarhizium brunneum (Petch). We performed experiments on leaf reflectance, phytohormonal composition and host plant location behavior (behavioral processes that contribute to locating and selecting an adequate host plant in the environment). Compared to control host plants, R-AEF inoculation caused, on one hand, a decrease in reflectance of host plant leaves in the near-infrared portion of the radiometric spectrum and, on the other, an increase in the production of jasmonic, (+)-7-iso-jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine and salicylic acid in certain parts of the host plant. Under both greenhouse and field settings, landing and oviposition by cabbage root fly females were positively affected by R-AEF inoculation of host plants. The fungal-induced change in leaf reflectance may have altered visual cues used by the cabbage root flies in their host plant selection. This is the first study providing evidence for the hypothesis that R-AEF manipulate the suitability of their host plant to attract herbivorous insects" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Brassica/metabolism/*microbiology/*parasitology Diptera/*physiology Female Herbivory/*physiology Host Microbial Interactions/physiology Metarhizium/*pathogenicity Models, Biological Oviposition Pest Control, Biological Plant Leaves/metabolism Plan;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCotes, Belen Thoming, Gunda Amaya-Gomez, Carol V Novak, Ondrej Nansen, Christian eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2021/01/01 Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 30; 10(1):22424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80123-5" |
