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Title:		Eliciting maize defense pathways aboveground attracts belowground biocontrol agents
Author(s):		Filgueiras CC; Willett DS; Pereira RV; Moino Junior A; Pareja M; Duncan LW;
Address:		"Universidade Federal de Lavras, Department of Entomology, Lavras, 37200-000, Brazil. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, 32608, USA. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil. Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Lake Alfred, 33850, USA"
Journal Title:		Sci Rep
Year:		2016
Volume:		20161104
Issue:
Page Number:		36484 -
DOI:		10.1038/srep36484
ISSN/ISBN:		2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Plant defense pathways mediate multitrophic interactions above and belowground. Understanding the effects of these pathways on pests and natural enemies above and belowground holds great potential for designing effective control strategies. Here we investigate the effects of aboveground stimulation of plant defense pathways on the interactions between corn, the aboveground herbivore adult Diabrotica speciosa, the belowground herbivore larval D. speciosa, and the subterranean ento-mopathogenic nematode natural enemy Heterorhabditis amazonensis. We show that adult D. speciosa recruit to aboveground herbivory and methyl salicylate treatment, that larval D. speciosa are relatively indiscriminate, and that H. amazonensis en-tomopathogenic nematodes recruit to corn fed upon by adult D. speciosa. These results suggest that entomopathogenicnematodes belowground can be highly attuned to changes in the aboveground parts of plants and that biological control can be enhanced with induced plant defense in this and similar systems"
Keywords:		Animals Biological Control Agents/pharmacology Coleoptera/drug effects/growth & development/*physiology Herbivory Larva/drug effects/physiology Nematoda/physiology Predatory Behavior/physiology Salicylates/pharmacology Zea mays/*metabolism/parasitology;
Notes:		"MedlineFilgueiras, Camila Cramer Willett, Denis S Pereira, Ramom Vasconcelos Moino Junior, Alcides Pareja, Martin Duncan, Larry W eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2016/11/05 Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 4; 6:36484. doi: 10.1038/srep36484"