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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Plant vascular architecture and within-plant spatial patterns in resource quality following herbivory
Author(s):		Viswanathan DV; Thaler JS;
Address:		"Department of Botany, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B2. danush@botany.utoronto.ca"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		2004
Volume:		30
Issue:		3
Page Number:		531 - 543
DOI:		10.1023/b:joec.0000018627.26420.e0
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In this study, we used plant vascular architecture as a framework from which to predict induced changes in resource quality for Lema trilinea feeding on the host plant Solanum dulcamara at both low and high levels of herbivory. The systemic patterns of allocation of dye from a capillary tube inserted onto the petiole of the first true leaf and sections of the stem were used to establish the degree of vascular connectivity among different leaf positions. Induced changes in the activity of two defensive proteins, proteinase inhibitor (PI) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO), as well as larval L. trilinea performance, were measured in weakly or strongly connected leaves on plants with the first leaf damaged or undamaged by adult L. trilinea. At high levels of herbivory, larval performance decreased on the sixth leaf, which has strong vascular connections to the first leaf, yet increased on the fifth leaf, which has weak vascular connections to the first leaf. PPO activity increased in both the fifth and sixth leaf, while PI activity decreased in the fifth leaf although remaining unchanged in the sixth leaf. At low levels of herbivory, a decrease in larval performance was observed in the sixth leaf, but no change occurred in the weakly connected fifth leaf. Hence, plant vascular architecture clearly predicted within-plant changes in resource quality following only small amounts of herbivore damage"
Keywords:		"Animals Carbon/analysis Catechol Oxidase/metabolism *Coleoptera *Feeding Behavior Larva Nitrogen/analysis Plant Leaves/anatomy & histology/chemistry Plant Proteins/analysis Plant Stems/anatomy & histology/chemistry *Plants, Edible Protease Inhibitors/meta;"
Notes:		"MedlineViswanathan, D V Thaler, J S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2004/05/14 J Chem Ecol. 2004 Mar; 30(3):531-43. doi: 10.1023/b:joec.0000018627.26420.e0"