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Duan SJ, Du J, Yu DW, Pei XJ, Yin DQ, Wang SJ, Tao QZ, Dan Y, Zhang XC, Deng J, Chen JS, Wei Q, Lei NF. Clonal integration of stress signal induces morphological and physiological response of root within clonal network. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298258. [PMID: 38446823 PMCID: PMC10917298 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Clonal integration of defense or stress signal induced systemic resistance in leaf of interconnected ramets. However, similar effects of stress signal in root are poorly understood within clonal network. Clonal fragments of Centella asiaticas with first-young, second-mature, third-old and fourth-oldest ramets were used to investigate transportation or sharing of stress signal among interconnected ramets suffering from low water availability. Compared with control, oxidative stress in root of the first-young, second-mature and third-old ramets was significantly alleviated by exogenous ABA application to the fourth-oldest ramets as well as enhancement of antioxidant enzyme (SOD, POD, CAT and APX) activities and osmoregulation ability. Surface area and volume in root of the first-young ramets were significantly increased and total length in root of the third-old ramets was significantly decreased. POD activity in root of the fourth-oldest and third-old ramets was significantly enhanced by exogenous ABA application to the first-young ramets. Meanwhile, total length and surface area in root of the fourth-oldest and third-old ramets were significantly decreased. Ratio of belowground to aboveground biomass in the whole clonal fragments was significantly increased by exogenous ABA application to the fourth-oldest or first-young ramets. It is suggested that transportation or sharing of stress signal may induce systemic resistance in root of interconnected ramets. Specially, transportation or sharing of stress signal against phloem flow was observed in the experiment. Possible explanation is that rapid recovery of foliar photosynthesis in first-young ramets subjected to exogenous ABA application can partially reverse phloem flow within clonal network. Thus, our experiment provides insight into ecological implication on clonal integration of stress signal.
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- Su-Juan Duan
- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve Administration, Sichuan, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
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- Huaneng Tibet Yarlung Zangbo River Hydropower Development and Investment Co., Ltd, Lhasa, China
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- Huaneng Tibet Yarlung Zangbo River Hydropower Development and Investment Co., Ltd, Lhasa, China
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- Huaneng Tibet Yarlung Zangbo River Hydropower Development and Investment Co., Ltd, Lhasa, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
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Gagnon E, Baldaszti L, Moonlight P, Knapp S, Lehmann CER, Särkinen T. Functional and ecological diversification of underground organs in Solanum. Front Genet 2023; 14:1231413. [PMID: 37886686 PMCID: PMC10597785 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1231413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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The evolution of geophytes in response to different environmental stressors is poorly understood largely due to the great morphological variation in underground plant organs, which includes species with rhizomatous structures or underground storage organs (USOs). Here we compare the evolution and ecological niche patterns of different geophytic organs in Solanum L., classified based on a functional definition and using a clade-based approach with an expert-verified specimen occurrence dataset. Results from PERMANOVA and Phylogenetic ANOVAs indicate that geophytic species occupy drier areas, with rhizomatous species found in the hottest areas whereas species with USOs are restricted to cooler areas in the montane tropics. In addition, rhizomatous species appear to be adapted to fire-driven disturbance, in contrast to species with USOs that appear to be adapted to prolonged climatic disturbance such as unfavorable growing conditions due to drought and cold. We also show that the evolution of rhizome-like structures leads to changes in the relationship between range size and niche breadth. Ancestral state reconstruction shows that in Solanum rhizomatous species are evolutionarily more labile compared to species with USOs. Our results suggest that underground organs enable plants to shift their niches towards distinct extreme environmental conditions and have different evolutionary constraints.
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- Edeline Gagnon
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Chair of Phytopathology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Fu QY, Yu CL, Dong R, Shi J, Luo FL, Gao JQ, Li HL, Dong BC, Yu FH. Transgenerational Herbivory Effects on Performance of Clonal Offspring of the Invasive Plant Alternanthera philoxeroides. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1180. [PMID: 36904040 PMCID: PMC10005396 DOI: 10.3390/plants12051180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Interactions between alien plants and local enemies in introduced ranges may determine plant invasion success. However, little is known about whether herbivory-induced responses are transmitted across vegetative generations of plants and whether epigenetic changes are involved during this process. In a greenhouse experiment, we examined the effects of herbivory by the generalist herbivore Spodoptera litura on the growth, physiology, biomass allocation and DNA methylation level of the invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides in the first- (G1), second- (G2) and third-generation (G3). We also tested the effects of root fragments with different branching orders (i.e., the primary- or secondary-root fragments of taproots) of G1 on offspring performance. Our results showed that G1 herbivory promoted the growth of the plants in G2 that sprouted from the secondary-root fragments of G1 but had a neutral or negative effect on the growth of the plants in G2 from the primary-root fragments. The growth of plants in G3 was significantly reduced by G3 herbivory but not affected by G1 herbivory. Plants in G1 exhibited a higher level of DNA methylation when they were damaged by herbivores than when they were not, while neither plants in G2 nor G3 showed herbivory-induced changes in DNA methylation. Overall, the herbivory-induced growth response within one vegetative generation may represent the rapid acclimatization of A. philoxeroides to the unpredictable generalist herbivores in the introduced ranges. Herbivory-induced trans-generational effects may be transient for clonal offspring of A. philoxeroides, which can be influenced by the branching order of taproots, but be less characterized by DNA methylation.
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- Qiu-Yue Fu
- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Institute of Wetland Ecology & Clone Ecology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- The Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection in the Yellow River Basin of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- The Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection in the Yellow River Basin of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- The Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection in the Yellow River Basin of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- The Key Laboratory of Ecological Protection in the Yellow River Basin of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Wetland Ecology & Clone Ecology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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Sandoval-Castellanos E, Núñez-Farfán J. The Joint Evolution of Herbivory Defense and Mating System in Plants: A Simulation Approach. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:555. [PMID: 36771638 PMCID: PMC9919119 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Agricultural losses brought about by insect herbivores can be reduced by understanding the strategies that plants use against insect herbivores. The two main strategies that plants use against herbivory are resistance and tolerance. They are, however, predicted to be mutually exclusive, yet numerous populations have them both (hence a mixed defense strategy). This has been explained, among other alternatives, by the non-linear behavior of the costs and benefits of resistance and tolerance and their interaction with plants' mating system. Here, we studied how non-linearity and mating system affect the evolutionary stability of mixed defense strategies by means of agent-based model simulations. The simulations work on a novel model that was built upon previous ones. It incorporates resistance and tolerance costs and benefits, inbreeding depression, and a continuously scalable non-linearity. The factors that promoted the evolutionary stability of mixed defense strategies include a multiplicative allocation of costs and benefits of resistance and tolerance, a concave non-linearity, non-heritable selfing, and high tolerance costs. We also found new mechanisms, enabled by the mating system, that are worth considering for empirical studies. One was a double trade-off between resistance and tolerance, predicted as a consequence of costs duplication and the inducibility of tolerance, and the other was named the resistance-cost-of-selfing, a term coined by us, and was derived from the duplication of costs that homozygous individuals conveyed when a single resistance allele provided full protection.
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- Edson Sandoval-Castellanos
- Laboratorio de Genética Ecológica y Evolución, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
- Population Genomics Group, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Genética Ecológica y Evolución, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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Nihranz CT, Helms AM, Tooker JF, Mescher MC, De Moraes CM, Stephenson AG. Adverse effects of inbreeding on the transgenerational expression of herbivore-induced defense traits in Solanum carolinense. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0274920. [PMID: 36282832 PMCID: PMC9595541 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In addition to directly inducing physical and chemical defenses, herbivory experienced by plants in one generation can influence the expression of defensive traits in offspring. Plant defense phenotypes can be compromised by inbreeding, and there is some evidence that such adverse effects can extend to the transgenerational expression of induced resistance. We explored how the inbreeding status of maternal Solanum carolinense plants influenced the transgenerational effects of herbivory on the defensive traits and herbivore resistance of offspring. Manduca sexta caterpillars were used to damage inbred and outbred S. carolinense maternal plants and cross pollinations were performed to produced seeds from herbivore-damaged and undamaged, inbred and outbred maternal plants. Seeds were grown in the greenhouse to assess offspring defense-related traits (i.e., leaf trichomes, internode spines, volatile organic compounds) and resistance to herbivores. We found that feeding by M. sexta caterpillars on maternal plants had a positive influence on trichome and spine production in offspring and that caterpillar development on offspring of herbivore-damaged maternal plants was delayed relative to that on offspring of undamaged plants. Offspring of inbred maternal plants had reduced spine production, compared to those of outbred maternal plants, and caterpillars performed better on the offspring of inbred plants. Both herbivory and inbreeding in the maternal generation altered volatile emissions of offspring. In general, maternal plant inbreeding dampened transgenerational effects of herbivory on offspring defensive traits and herbivore resistance. Taken together, this study demonstrates that inducible defenses in S. carolinense can persist across generations and that inbreeding compromises transgenerational resistance in S. carolinense.
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- Chad T. Nihranz
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Chavana J, Singh S, Vazquez A, Christoffersen B, Racelis A, Kariyat RR. Local adaptation to continuous mowing makes the noxious weed Solanum elaeagnifolium a superweed candidate by improving fitness and defense traits. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6634. [PMID: 33758235 PMCID: PMC7988165 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85789-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
The role of disturbance in accelerating weed growth is well understood. While most studies have focused on soil mediated disturbance, mowing can also impact weed traits. Using silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), a noxious and invasive weed, through a series of field, laboratory, and greenhouse experiments, we asked whether continuous mowing influences growth and plant defense traits, expressed via different avenues, and whether they cascade into offspring. We found that mowed plants produced significantly less number of fruits, and less number of total seeds per plant, but had higher seed mass, and germinated more and faster. When three herbivores were allowed to feed, tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) caterpillars, gained more mass on seedlings from unmowed plants, while cow pea aphid (Aphis craccivora), a generalist, established better on mowed seedlings; however, leaf trichome density was higher on unmowed seedlings, suggesting possible negative cross talk in defense traits. Texas potato beetle (Leptinotarsa texana), a co-evolved specialist on S. elaeagnifolium, did not show any differential feeding effects. We also found that specific root length, an indicator of nutrient acquisition, was significantly higher in first generation seedlings from mowed plants. Taken together, we show that mowing is a selective pressure that enhances some fitness and defense traits and can contribute to producing superweeds.
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- Jesus Chavana
- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
- School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA.
- School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA.
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Tayal M, Chavana J, Kariyat RR. Efficiency of using electric toothbrush as an alternative to a tuning fork for artificial buzz pollination is independent of instrument buzzing frequency. BMC Ecol 2020; 20:8. [PMID: 32039719 PMCID: PMC7008546 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-020-00278-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Breeding programs and research activities where artificial buzz-pollinations are required to have primarily relied upon using tuning forks, and bumble bees. However, these methods can be expensive, unreliable, and inefficient. To find an alternative, we tested the efficiency of pollen collection using electric toothbrushes and compared it with tuning forks at three vibration frequencies-low, medium, and high and two extraction times at 3 s and 16 s- from two buzz-pollinated species (Solanum lycopersicum and Solanum elaeagnifolium). RESULTS Our results show that species, and extraction time significantly influenced pollen extraction, while there were no significant differences for the different vibration frequencies and more importantly, the use of a toothbrush over tuning fork. More pollen was extracted from S. elaeagnifolium when compared to S. lycopersicum, and at longer buzzing time regardless of the instrument used. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that electric toothbrushes can be a viable and inexpensive alternative to tuning forks, and regardless of the instrument used and buzzing frequency, length of buzzing time is also critical in pollen extraction.
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- Mandeep Tayal
- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78541, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78541, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78541, USA.
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Nihranz CT, Walker WS, Brown SJ, Mescher MC, De Moraes CM, Stephenson AG. Transgenerational impacts of herbivory and inbreeding on reproductive output in Solanum carolinense. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:286-297. [PMID: 31944272 PMCID: PMC7064912 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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PREMISE Plant maternal effects on offspring phenotypes are well documented. However, little is known about how herbivory on maternal plants affects offspring fitness. Furthermore, while inbreeding is known to reduce plant reproductive output, previous studies have not explored whether and how such effects may extend across generations. Here, we addressed the transgenerational consequences of herbivory and maternal plant inbreeding on the reproduction of Solanum carolinense offspring. METHODS Manduca sexta caterpillars were used to inflict weekly damage on inbred and outbred S. carolinense maternal plants. Cross-pollinations were performed by hand to produce seed from herbivore-damaged outbred plants, herbivore-damaged inbred plants, undamaged outbred plants, and undamaged inbred plants. The resulting seeds were grown in the greenhouse to assess emergence rate and flower production in the absence of herbivores. We also grew offspring in the field to examine reproductive output under natural conditions. RESULTS We found transgenerational effects of herbivory and maternal plant inbreeding on seedling emergence and reproductive output. Offspring of herbivore-damaged plants had greater emergence, flowered earlier, and produced more flowers and seeds than offspring of undamaged plants. Offspring of outbred maternal plants also had greater seedling emergence and reproductive output than offspring of inbred maternal plants, even though all offspring were outbred. Moreover, the effects of maternal plant inbreeding were more severe when plant offspring were grown in field conditions. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that both herbivory and inbreeding have fitness consequences that extend across generations even in outbred progeny.
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- Chad T. Nihranz
- Intercollege Graduate Program in EcologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
- Department of BiologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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- Department of BiologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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- Department of BiologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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- Department of Environmental Systems ScienceSwiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)CH‐8092ZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems ScienceSwiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)CH‐8092ZurichSwitzerland
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- Intercollege Graduate Program in EcologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
- Department of BiologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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