| Title: | Flowers prepare thyselves: leaf and root herbivores induce specific changes in floral phytochemistry with consequences for plant interactions with florivores |
| Author(s): | Rusman Q; Hooiveld-Knoppers S; Dijksterhuis M; Bloem J; Reichelt M; Dicke M; Poelman EH; |
| Address: | "Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, the Netherlands. Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knoll-Strasse 8, 07745, Jena, Germany" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1469-8137 (Electronic) 0028-646X (Print) 0028-646X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The phenotypic plasticity of flowering plants in response to herbivore damage to vegetative tissues can affect plant interactions with flower-feeding organisms. Such induced systemic responses are probably regulated by defence-related phytohormones that signal flowers to alter secondary chemistry that affects resistance to florivores. Current knowledge on the effects of damage to vegetative tissues on plant interactions with florivores and the underlying mechanisms is limited. We compared the preference and performance of two florivores on flowering Brassica nigra plants damaged by one of three herbivores feeding from roots or leaves. To investigate the underlying mechanisms, we quantified expression patterns of marker genes for defence-related phytohormonal pathways, and concentrations of phytohormones and glucosinolates in buds and flowers. Florivores displayed contrasting preferences for plants damaged by herbivores feeding on roots and leaves. Chewing florivores performed better on plants damaged by folivores, but worse on plants damaged by the root herbivore. Chewing root and foliar herbivory led to specific induced changes in the phytohormone profile of buds and flowers. This resulted in increased glucosinolate concentrations for leaf-damaged plants, and decreased glucosinolate concentrations for root-damaged plants. The outcome of herbivore-herbivore interactions spanning from vegetative tissues to floral tissues is unique for the inducing root/leaf herbivore and receiving florivore combination" |
| Keywords: | *Flowers/physiology *Herbivory Mustard Plant/metabolism Plant Growth Regulators/metabolism Plant Leaves/metabolism Brassica nigra flower-feeding organisms flowers glucosinolates herbivore-induced plant responses phenotypic plasticity phytohormones plant d; |
| Notes: | "MedlineRusman, Quint Hooiveld-Knoppers, Sanne Dijksterhuis, Mirjam Bloem, Janneke Reichelt, Michael Dicke, Marcel Poelman, Erik H eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2021/12/26 New Phytol. 2022 Mar; 233(6):2548-2560. doi: 10.1111/nph.17931. Epub 2022 Jan 22" |
