| Title: | Dynamic Plant-Plant-Herbivore Interactions Govern Plant Growth-Defence Integration |
| Author(s): | de Vries J; Evers JB; Poelman EH; |
| Address: | "Wageningen University, Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Wageningen University, Centre for Crop System Analysis, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: jorad.devries@wur.nl. Wageningen University, Centre for Crop System Analysis, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Wageningen University, Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen, The Netherlands" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.12.006 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1878-4372 (Electronic) 1360-1385 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Plants downregulate their defences against insect herbivores upon impending competition for light. This has long been considered a resource trade-off, but recent advances in plant physiology and ecology suggest this mechanism is more complex. Here we propose that to understand why plants regulate and balance growth and defence, the complex dynamics in plant-plant competition and plant-herbivore interactions needs to be considered. Induced growth-defence responses affect plant competition and herbivore colonisation in space and time, which has consequences for the adaptive value of these responses. Assessing these complex interactions strongly benefits from advanced modelling tools that can model multitrophic interactions in space and time. Such an exercise will allow a critical re-evaluation why and how plants integrate defence and competition for light" |
| Keywords: | Animals Herbivory/*physiology Host-Parasite Interactions Plant Development/genetics/*physiology Plant Physiological Phenomena Plants/*metabolism/*parasitology competition dynamic interactions functional-structural plant modelling growth-defence trade off; |
| Notes: | "Medlinede Vries, Jorad Evers, Jochem B Poelman, Erik H eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2017/01/17 Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Apr; 22(4):329-337. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.12.006. Epub 2017 Jan 13" |
