| Title: | "Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought" |
| Author(s): | Netherer S; Kandasamy D; Jirosova A; Kalinova B; Schebeck M; Schlyter F; |
| Address: | "Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna, Austria. GRID: grid.5173.0. ISNI: 0000 0001 2298 5320 Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany. GRID: grid.418160.a. ISNI: 0000 0004 0491 7131 ETM Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, CULS, Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic. GRID: grid.15866.3c. ISNI: 0000 0001 2238 631X Chemical Ecology Plant Protection Department, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Alnarp, Sweden. GRID: grid.6341.0. ISNI: 0000 0000 8578 2742" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10340-021-01341-y |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1612-4758 (Print) 1612-4766 (Electronic) 1612-4758 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Resilience and functionality of European Norway spruce forests are increasingly threatened by mass outbreaks of the bark beetle Ips typographus promoted by heat, wind throw and drought. Here, we review current knowledge on Norway spruce and I. typographus interactions from the perspective of drought-stressed trees, host selection, colonisation behaviour of beetles, with multi-level effects of symbiotic ophiostomatoid fungi. By including chemo-ecological, molecular and behavioural perspectives, we provide a comprehensive picture on this complex, multitrophic system in the light of climate change. Trees invest carbon into specialised metabolism to produce defence compounds against biotic invaders; processes that are strongly affected by physiological stress such as drought. Spruce bark contains numerous terpenoid and phenolic substances, which are important for bark beetle aggregation and attack success. Abiotic stressors such as increased temperatures and drought affect composition, amounts and emission rates of volatile compounds. Thus, drought events may influence olfactory responses of I. typographus, and further the pheromone communication enabling mass attack. In addition, I. typographus is associated with numerous ophiostomatoid fungal symbionts with multiple effects on beetle life history. Symbiotic fungi degrade spruce toxins, help to exhaust tree defences, produce beetle semiochemicals, and possibly provide nutrition. As the various fungal associates have different temperature optima, they can influence the performance of I. typographus differently under changing environmental conditions. Finally, we discuss why effects of drought on tree-killing by bark beetles are still poorly understood and provide an outlook on future research on this eruptive species using both, field and laboratory experiments" |
| Keywords: | Drought Ophiostomatoid fungi Picea abies Specialised metabolites Spruce bark beetle Tree defence; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINENetherer, Sigrid Kandasamy, Dineshkumar Jirosova, Anna Kalinova, Blanka Schebeck, Martin Schlyter, Fredrik eng V 631/FWF_/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria Review Germany 2021/11/02 J Pest Sci (2004). 2021; 94(3):591-614. doi: 10.1007/s10340-021-01341-y. Epub 2021 Feb 22" |
