| Title: | Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution |
| Author(s): | Mertens D; Boege K; Kessler A; Koricheva J; Thaler JS; Whiteman NK; Poelman EH; |
| Address: | "Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: daan.mertens@wur.nl. Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-275, Coyoacan, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK. Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: erik.poelman@wur.nl" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2020.12.009 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1872-8383 (Electronic) 0169-5347 (Print) 0169-5347 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "To achieve ecological and reproductive success, plants need to mitigate a multitude of stressors. The stressors encountered by plants are highly dynamic but typically vary predictably due to seasonality or correlations among stressors. As plants face physiological and ecological constraints in responses to stress, it can be beneficial for plants to evolve the ability to incorporate predictable patterns of stress in their life histories. Here, we discuss how plants predict adverse conditions, which plant strategies integrate predictability of biotic stress, and how such strategies can evolve. We propose that plants commonly optimise responses to correlated sequences or combinations of herbivores and pathogens, and that the predictability of these patterns is a key factor governing plant strategies in dynamic environments" |
| Keywords: | "Herbivory *Plants *Stress, Physiological anticipatory responses growth-defence strategy induced defence predictability risk perception;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMertens, Daan Boege, Karina Kessler, Andre Koricheva, Julia Thaler, Jennifer S Whiteman, Noah K Poelman, Erik H eng R35 GM119816/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2021/01/21 Trends Ecol Evol. 2021 May; 36(5):444-456. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.12.009. Epub 2021 Jan 16" |
