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Front Plant Sci

Title:		Analyzing spatial patterns linked to the ecology of herbivores and their natural enemies in the soil
Author(s):		Campos-Herrera R; Ali JG; Diaz BM; Duncan LW;
Address:		"Departamento de Contaminacion Ambiental, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid, Spain ; Entomology and Nematology Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida Lake Alfred, FL, USA"
Journal Title:		Front Plant Sci
Year:		2013
Volume:		20130930
Issue:
Page Number:		378 -
DOI:		10.3389/fpls.2013.00378
ISSN/ISBN:		1664-462X (Print) 1664-462X (Electronic) 1664-462X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Modern agricultural systems can benefit from the application of concepts and models from applied ecology. When understood, multitrophic interactions among plants, pests, diseases and their natural enemies can be exploited to increase crop production and reduce undesirable environmental impacts. Although the understanding of subterranean ecology is rudimentary compared to the perspective aboveground, technologies today vastly reduce traditional obstacles to studying cryptic communities. Here we emphasize advantages to integrating as much as possible the use of these methods in order to leverage the information gained from studying communities of soil organisms. PCR-based approaches to identify and quantify species (real time qPCR and next generation sequencing) greatly expand the ability to investigate food web interactions because there is less need for wide taxonomic expertise within research programs. Improved methods to capture and measure volatiles in the soil atmosphere in situ make it possible to detect and study chemical cues that are critical to communication across trophic levels. The application of SADIE to directly assess rather than infer spatial patterns in belowground agroecosystems has improved the ability to characterize relationships between organisms in space and time. We review selected methodology and use of these tools and describe some of the ways they were integrated to study soil food webs in Florida citrus orchards with the goal of developing new biocontrol approaches"
Keywords:		PCR-based molecular methods SADIE analysis biological control herbivore-induced plant volatiles soil food webs;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINECampos-Herrera, R Ali, J G Diaz, B M Duncan, L W eng Review Switzerland 2013/10/19 Front Plant Sci. 2013 Sep 30; 4:378. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00378"