| Title: | Inbreeding alters volatile signalling phenotypes and influences tri-trophic interactions in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L.) |
| Author(s): | Kariyat RR; Mauck KE; De Moraes CM; Stephenson AG; Mescher MC; |
| Address: | "Department of Biology and Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USADepartment of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USADepartment of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01738.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1461-0248 (Electronic) 1461-023X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The ecological consequences of inter-individual variation in plant volatile emissions remain largely unexplored. We examined the effects of inbreeding on constitutive and herbivore-induced volatile emissions in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L.) and on the composition of the insect community attracted to herbivore-damaged and undamaged plants in the field. Inbred plants exhibited higher constitutive emissions, but weaker induction of volatiles following herbivory. Moreover, many individual compounds previously implicated in the recruitment of predators and parasitoids (e.g. terpenes) were induced relatively weakly (or not at all) in inbred plants. In trapping experiments, undamaged inbred plants attracted greater numbers of generalist insect herbivores than undamaged outcrossed plants. But inbred plants recruited fewer herbivore natural enemies (predators and parasitoids) when damaged. Taken together, these findings suggest that inbreeding depression negatively impacts the overall pattern of volatile emissions - increasing the apparency of undamaged plants to herbivores, while reducing the recruitment of predatory insects to herbivore-damaged plants" |
| Keywords: | Animals Herbivory *Inbreeding Insecta Phenotype Plant Leaves/chemistry Solanum/*chemistry/*genetics Terpenes/chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry Genetic variation horsenettle inbreeding plant defence tritrophic interactions volatile organic co; |
| Notes: | "MedlineKariyat, Rupesh R Mauck, Kerry E De Moraes, Consuelo M Stephenson, Andrew G Mescher, Mark C eng Letter Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2012/01/20 Ecol Lett. 2012 Apr; 15(4):301-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01738.x. Epub 2012 Jan 19" |
