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Yamauchi A, Takabayashi J, Shiojiri K, Karban R. Evolution of sensitivity to warning cues from kin in plants with a structured population. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11057. [PMID: 38384830 PMCID: PMC10879904 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11057] [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: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Plants exchange a variety of information intra- and interspecifically by using various mediating cues. For example, plant individuals that are injured by herbivores release volatile chemicals, which induce receiver plants to express anti-herbivore resistance. Remarkably, some plant species were known to represent kin specificity in the response, where cues from a damaged individual induce a higher level of resistance in a kin receiver than in a non-kin receiver. Such higher sensitivity to warning cues from kin could be advantageous via two mechanisms. If each herbivore tends to attack plants with a certain genotype, plants should be more sensitive to warning cues from kin that share genetic properties. In addition, if herbivores successively attack the neighboring plant with a high probability, and if related plants tend to grow in close proximity, plants may be more sensitive to warning cues from neighboring kin under the presence of a trade-off between sensitivity to kin and non-kin. In the present study, we constructed a mathematical model including those mechanisms to investigate the evolutionary process of the higher sensitivity to warning cues from kin than sensitivities to cues from non-kin. According to the analysis of evolutionary dynamics, we revealed that both mechanisms could contribute, although higher sensitivity to cues from kin is more likely to evolve when the spatial range of competition is greater than the range of effective alarm cues. This result highlights the importance of the competition regime in the evolution of signaling among kin.
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- Department of Entomology and NematologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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Foba CN, Shi JH, An QQ, Liu L, Hu XJ, Hegab MAMS, Liu H, Zhao PM, Wang MQ. Volatile-mediated tritrophic defense and priming in neighboring maize against Ostrinia furnacalis and Mythimna separata. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:105-113. [PMID: 36088646 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants respond to attackers by triggering phytohormones signaling associated metabolites, including herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). HIPVs can indirectly act against herbivory by recruitment of natural enemies and priming of neighboring plants. Ostrinia furnacalis and Mythimna separata are important insect herbivores of maize plants that have a devastating influence on yield. However, little is known about how maize temporally reconfigures its defense systems against these herbivores and variation of neighboring plant resistance. RESULTS This study investigated the effects of HIPVs on the behavior of the dominant predatory beetle Harmonia axyridis and priming in neighboring maize defense against O. furnacalis and M. separata over time. The results showed that maize damaged by either O. furnacalis or M. separata enhanced the release of volatiles including terpenes, aldehydes, alkanes and an ester, which elicited an increased attractive response to H. axyridis after 3 and 12 h, respectively. O. furnacalis damage resulted in accumulations of leaf jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid in maize after 6 and 3 h, respectively, while M. separata damage only raised the JA level after 3 h. Furthermore, HIPVs were able to prime neighboring plants through the accumulation of JA after 24 h. Both larvae showed a significant decrease in weight accumulation after 48 h of feeding on the third leaves of the primed plant. CONCLUSION Taken together, the findings provide a dynamic overview of how attacked maize reconfigures its volatiles and phytohormones to defend against herbivores, as well as priming of neighboring plants against oncoming attacks. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Caroline Ngichop Foba
- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
- Lincoln University, College of Agriculture, Environmental and Human Sciences, Cooperative Extension, 65101, Jefferson City, MO, USA
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Damietta El-Gadeeda City, Kafr Saad, Damietta Governorate, 34511, Egypt
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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Communication occurs when a sender emits a cue perceived by a receiver that changes the receiver's behavior. Plants perceive information regarding light, water, other nutrients, touch, herbivores, pathogens, mycorrhizae, and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Plants also emit cues perceived by other plants, beneficial microbes, herbivores, enemies of herbivores, pollinators, and seed dispersers. Individuals responding to light cues experienced increased fitness. Evidence for benefits of responding to cues involving herbivores and pathogens is more limited. The benefits of emitting cues are also less clear, particularly for plant–plant communication. Reliance on multiple or dosage-dependent cues can reduce inappropriate responses, and plants often remember past cues. Plants have multiple needs and prioritize conflicting cues such that the risk of abiotic stress is treated as greater than that of shading, which is in turn treated as greater than that of consumption. Plants can distinguish self from nonself and kin from strangers. They can identify the species of competitor or consumer and respond appropriately. Cues involving mutualists often contain highly specific information.
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- Richard Karban
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Ayelo PM, Pirk CWW, Yusuf AA, Chailleux A, Mohamed SA, Deletre E. Exploring the Kairomone-Based Foraging Behaviour of Natural Enemies to Enhance Biological Control: A Review. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.641974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kairomones are chemical signals that mediate interspecific interactions beneficial to organisms that detect the cues. These attractants can be individual compounds or mixtures of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) or herbivore chemicals such as pheromones, i.e., chemicals mediating intraspecific communication between herbivores. Natural enemies eavesdrop on kairomones during their foraging behaviour, i.e., location of oviposition sites and feeding resources in nature. Kairomone mixtures are likely to elicit stronger olfactory responses in natural enemies than single kairomones. Kairomone-based lures are used to enhance biological control strategies via the attraction and retention of natural enemies to reduce insect pest populations and crop damage in an environmentally friendly way. In this review, we focus on ways to improve the efficiency of kairomone use in crop fields. First, we highlight kairomone sources in tri-trophic systems and discuss how these attractants are used by natural enemies searching for hosts or prey. Then we summarise examples of field application of kairomones (pheromones vs. HIPVs) in recruiting natural enemies. We highlight the need for future field studies to focus on the application of kairomone blends rather than single kairomones which currently dominate the literature on field attractants for natural enemies. We further discuss ways for improving kairomone use through attract and reward technique, olfactory associative learning, and optimisation of kairomone lure formulations. Finally, we discuss why the effectiveness of kairomone use for enhancing biological control strategies should move from demonstration of increase in the number of attracted natural enemies, to reducing pest populations and crop damage below economic threshold levels and increasing crop yield.
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Bell K, Naranjo-Guevara N, dos Santos RC, Meadow R, Bento JMS. Predatory Earwigs are Attracted by Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Linked with Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria. INSECTS 2020; 11:E271. [PMID: 32365691 PMCID: PMC7290886 DOI: 10.3390/insects11050271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Plant-associated microbes may induce plant defenses against herbivores. Plants, in turn, can attract natural enemies, such as predators, using herbivore-induced plant volatiles. Intricate communication occurs between microorganisms, plants, and insects. Given that many aspects related to mechanisms involved in this symbiotic system remain unknown, we evaluated how beneficial soil-borne microorganisms can affect the interactions between plants, herbivores, and natural enemies. For this study, we established a multitrophic system composed of the predatory earwig Doru luteipes (Dermaptera: Forficulidae), arugula (Eruca sativa, Brassicaceae) as the host plant, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) larvae as a specialist herbivore, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae as a generalist herbivore, and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens as the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), in a series of nocturnal olfactometry experiments. By assessing earwig preference towards herbivore-induced and PGPR-inoculated plants in different combinations, we showed that the interaction between rhizobacteria, plants, and herbivores can affect the predatory earwig's behavior. Furthermore, we observed a synergistic effect in which earwigs were attracted by plants that presented as PGPR inoculated and herbivore damaged, for both specialist and generalist herbivores. Our findings help fill the important knowledge gap regarding multitrophic interactions and should provide useful guidelines for their application to agricultural fields.
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- Kim Bell
- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1433 Ås, Norway; (K.B.); (R.M.)
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo State 13418-900, Brazil; (N.N.-G.); (R.C.d.S.)
- Fontys International Business School Venlo, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, 5912 Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo State 13418-900, Brazil; (N.N.-G.); (R.C.d.S.)
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1433 Ås, Norway; (K.B.); (R.M.)
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo State 13418-900, Brazil; (N.N.-G.); (R.C.d.S.)
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Parasitoid wasps’ exposure to host-infested plant volatiles affects their olfactory cognition of host-infested plants. Anim Cogn 2017; 21:79-86. [DOI: 10.1007/s10071-017-1141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nocturnal herbivore-induced plant volatiles attract the generalist predatory earwig Doru luteipes Scudder. Naturwissenschaften 2017; 104:77. [PMID: 28871442 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-017-1498-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Numerous studies have demonstrated that entomophagous arthropods use herbivore-induced plant volatile (HIPV) blends to search for their prey or host. However, no study has yet focused on the response of nocturnal predators to volatile blends emitted by prey damaged plants. We investigated the olfactory behavioral responses of the night-active generalist predatory earwig Doru luteipes Scudder (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) to diurnal and nocturnal volatile blends emitted by maize plants (Zea mays) attacked by either a stem borer (Diatraea saccharalis) or a leaf-chewing caterpillar (Spodoptera frugiperda), both suitable lepidopteran prey. Additionally, we examined whether the earwig preferred odors emitted from short- or long-term damaged maize. We first determined the earwig diel foraging rhythm and confirmed that D. luteipes is a nocturnal predator. Olfactometer assays showed that during the day, although the earwigs were walking actively, they did not discriminate the volatiles of undamaged maize plants from those of herbivore damaged maize plants. In contrast, at night, earwigs preferred volatiles emitted by maize plants attacked by D. saccharalis or S. frugiperda over undamaged plants and short- over long-term damaged maize. Our GC-MS analysis revealed that short-term damaged nocturnal plant volatile blends were comprised mainly of fatty acid derivatives (i.e., green leaf volatiles), while the long-term damaged plant volatile blend contained mostly terpenoids. We also observed distinct volatile blend composition emitted by maize damaged by the different caterpillars. Our results showed that D. luteipes innately uses nocturnal herbivore-induced plant volatiles to search for prey. Moreover, the attraction of the earwig to short-term damaged plants is likely mediated by fatty acid derivatives.
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Desurmont GA, Guiguet A, Turlings TCJ. Invasive insect herbivores as disrupters of chemically-mediated tritrophic interactions: effects of herbivore density and parasitoid learning. Biol Invasions 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1526-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Li Y, Weldegergis BT, Chamontri S, Dicke M, Gols R. Does Aphid Infestation Interfere with Indirect Plant Defense against Lepidopteran Caterpillars in Wild Cabbage? J Chem Ecol 2017; 43:493-505. [PMID: 28405915 PMCID: PMC5487765 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0842-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Attraction of parasitoids to plant volatiles induced by multiple herbivory depends on the specific combinations of attacking herbivore species, especially when their feeding modes activate different defense signalling pathways as has been reported for phloem feeding aphids and tissue feeding caterpillars. We studied the effects of pre-infestation with non-host aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae) for two different time periods on the ability of two parasitoid species to discriminate between volatiles emitted by plants infested by host caterpillars alone and those emitted by plants infested with host caterpillars plus aphids. Using plants originating from three chemically distinct wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) populations, Diadegma semiclausum switched preference for dually infested plants to preference for plants infested with Plutella xylostella hosts alone when the duration of pre-aphid infestation doubled from 7 to 14 days. Microplitis mediator, a parasitoid of Mamestra brassicae caterpillars, preferred dually-infested plants irrespective of aphid-infestation duration. Separation of the volatile blends emitted by plants infested with hosts plus aphids or with hosts only was poor, based on multivariate statistics. However, emission rates of individual compounds were often reduced in plants infested with aphids plus hosts compared to those emitted by plants infested with hosts alone. This effect depended on host caterpillar species and plant population and was little affected by aphid infestation duration. Thus, the interactive effect of aphids and hosts on plant volatile production and parasitoid attraction can be dynamic and parasitoid specific. The characteristics of the multi-component volatile blends that determine parasitoid attraction are too complex to be deduced from simple correlative statistical analyses.
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- Yehua Li
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Clavijo McCormick A. Can plant-natural enemy communication withstand disruption by biotic and abiotic factors? Ecol Evol 2016; 6:8569-8582. [PMID: 28031808 PMCID: PMC5167045 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The attraction of natural enemies towards herbivore-induced plant volatiles is a well-documented phenomenon. However, the majority of published studies are carried under optimal water and nutrient regimes and with just one herbivore. But what happens when additional levels of ecological complexity are added? Does the presence of a second herbivore, microorganisms, and abiotic stress interfere with plant-natural enemy communication? or is communication stable enough to withstand disruption by additional biotic and abiotic factors?Investigating the effects of these additional levels of ecological complexity is key to understanding the stability of tritrophic interactions in natural ecosystems and may aid to forecast the impact of environmental disturbances on these, especially in climate change scenarios, which are often associated with modifications in plant and arthropod species distribution and increased levels of abiotic stress.This review explores the literature on natural enemy attraction to herbivore-induced volatiles when, besides herbivory, plants are challenged by additional biotic and abiotic factors.The aim of this review was to establish the impact of different biotic and abiotic factors on plant-natural enemy communication and to highlight critical aspects to guide future research efforts.
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CHEMOTYPIC Variation in Volatiles and Herbivory for Sagebrush. J Chem Ecol 2016; 42:829-840. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0741-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ardanuy A, Albajes R, Turlings TCJ. Innate and Learned Prey-Searching Behavior in a Generalist Predator. J Chem Ecol 2016; 42:497-507. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0716-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Yamauchi A, van Baalen M, Kobayashi Y, Takabayashi J, Shiojiri K, Sabelis MW. Cry-wolf signals emerging from coevolutionary feedbacks in a tritrophic system. Proc Biol Sci 2015; 282:20152169. [PMID: 26538597 PMCID: PMC4650166 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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For a communication system to be stable, senders should convey honest information. Providing dishonest information, however, can be advantageous to senders, which imposes a constraint on the evolution of communication systems. Beyond single populations and bitrophic systems, one may ask whether stable communication systems can evolve in multitrophic systems. Consider cross-species signalling where herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) attract predators to reduce the damage from arthropod herbivores. Such plant signals may be honest and help predators to identify profitable prey/plant types via HIPV composition and to assess prey density via the amount of HIPVs. There could be selection for dishonest signals that attract predators for protection from possible future herbivory. Recently, we described a case in which plants release a fixed, high amount of HIPVs independent of herbivore load, adopting what we labelled a 'cry-wolf' strategy. To understand when such signals evolve, we model coevolutionary interactions between plants, herbivores and predators, and show that both 'honest' and 'cry-wolf' types can emerge, depending on the assumed plant-herbivore encounter rates and herbivore population density. It is suggested that the 'cry-wolf' strategy may have evolved to reduce the risk of heavy damage in the future. Our model suggests that eco-evolutionary feedback loops involving a third species may have important consequences for the stability of this outcome.
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- Atsushi Yamauchi
- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Hirano 2-509-3, Otsu 520-2113, Japan
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie, CNRS UMR7625, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France Laboratoire d'Ecologie, CNRS UMR7625, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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- Department of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi 782-8502, Japan Research Center for Future Design, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi 782-8502, Japan
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- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Hirano 2-509-3, Otsu 520-2113, Japan
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- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Hirano 2-509-3, Otsu 520-2113, Japan The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Yokotani 1-5, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu 520-2194, Japan
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- Population Biology Section, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 911, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vicente RE, Dáttilo W, Izzo TJ. Differential Recruitment of Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius) Ants in Response to Ant Garden Herbivory. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2014; 43:519-525. [PMID: 27194059 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-014-0245-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Although several studies have shown that ants can recognize chemical cues from their host plants in ant-plant systems, it is poorly demonstrated in ant gardens (AGs). In this interaction, ant species constantly interact with various epiphyte species. Therefore, it is possible to expect a convergence of chemical signals released by plants that could be acting to ensure that ants are able to recognize and defend epiphyte species frequently associated with AGs. In this study, it was hypothesized that ants recognize and differentiate among chemical stimuli released by AG epiphytes and non-AG epiphytes. We experimentally simulated leaf herbivore damage on three epiphyte species restricted to AGs and a locally abundant understory herb, Piper hispidum, in order to quantify the number of recruited Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius) defenders. When exposed to the AG epiphytes Peperomia macrostachya and Codonanthe uleana leaves, it was observed that the recruitment of C. femoratus workers was, on average, respectively 556% and 246% higher than control. However, the number of ants recruited by the AG epiphyte Markea longiflora or by the non-AG plant did not differ from paper pieces. This indicated that ants could discern between chemicals released by different plants, suggesting that ants can select better plants. These results can be explained by evolutionary process acting on both ants' capability in discerning plants' chemical compounds (innate attraction) or by ants' learning based on the epiphyte frequency in AGs (individual experience). To disentangle an innate behavior, a product of classical coevolutionary process, from an ant's learned behavior, is a complicated but important subject to understand in the evolution of ant-plant mutualisms.
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- R E Vicente
- Lab de Ecologia de Comunidades, Depto de Ecologia e Botânica, Univ Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil.
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- Institute of Neuroethology, Univ Veracruzana, Xalapa, VZ, Mexico
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- Lab de Ecologia de Comunidades, Depto de Ecologia e Botânica, Univ Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil
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Janssen A, Fonseca JO, Colares F, Silva L, Pedrosa ARP, Lima ER, van Wijk M, Pallini A, Oliveira CM, Sabelis MW, Lesna I. Time scales of associating food and odor by predator communities in the field. Behav Ecol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Wason EL, Hunter MD. Genetic variation in plant volatile emission does not result in differential attraction of natural enemies in the field. Oecologia 2013; 174:479-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2787-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Peñaflor MFGV, Bento JMS. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles to enhance biological control in agriculture. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2013; 42:331-43. [PMID: 23949852 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-013-0147-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Plants under herbivore attack synthetize defensive organic compounds that directly or indirectly affect herbivore performance and mediate other interactions with the community. The so-called herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) consist of odors released by attacked plants that serve as important cues for parasitoids and predators to locate their host/prey. The understanding that has been gained on the ecological role and mechanisms of HIPV emission opens up paths for developing novel strategies integrated with biological control programs with the aim of enhancing the efficacy of natural enemies in suppressing pest populations in crops. Tactics using synthetic HIPVs or chemically/genetically manipulating plant defenses have been suggested in order to recruit natural enemies to plantations or help guiding them to their host more quickly, working as a "synergistic" agent of biological control. This review discusses strategies using HIPVs to enhance biological control that have been proposed in the literature and were categorized here as: (a) exogenous application of elicitors on plants, (b) use of plant varieties that emit attractive HIPVs to natural enemies, (c) release of synthetic HIPVs, and (d) genetic manipulation targeting genes that optimize HIPV emission. We discuss the feasibility, benefits, and downsides of each strategy by considering not only field studies but also comprehensive laboratory assays that present an applied approach for HIPVs or show the potential of employing them in the field.
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- M F G V Peñaflor
- Depto de Entomologia e Acarologia, Univ de São Paulo, ESALQ/USP, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, CP 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil
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Deuterium labeling for investigating de novo synthesis of terpene volatiles in Achyranthes bidentata. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:1247-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1201-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tamogami S, Noge K, Abe M, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R. Methyl jasmonate is transported to distal leaves via vascular process metabolizing itself into JA-Ile and triggering VOCs emission as defensive metabolites. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2012; 7:1378-81. [PMID: 22918499 PMCID: PMC3548852 DOI: 10.4161/psb.21762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plants have developed multifaceted defensive systems against adverse environmental factors. One such recognized system is the production of metabolites in plants. Jasmonic acid (JA) and its metabolite methyl jasmonate (MeJA) are known to play key roles in metabolites production. The role of MeJA as a mobile signal has been established in Arabidopsis and Solanaceae plants. However, it remains largely unclear how MeJA-based signaling is organized via its elicited metabolites. Here, we investigated the signaling ability of MeJA by means of vascular transport using Achyranthes bidentata as an experimental plant. Results showed that MeJA was transported and essentially metabolized into its active form JA-Ile in the distal undamaged leaves accompanied by emission of volatile organic compounds. Results presented and discussed therein provide convincing evidence that MeJA acts as a transportable inter-cellular mobile compound in plants self-defense scheme.
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- Shigeru Tamogami
- Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds; Department of Biological Production; Akita Prefectural University; Akita, Japan
- Correspondence to: Shigeru Tamogami, and Randeep Rakwal,
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- Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds; Department of Biological Production; Akita Prefectural University; Akita, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds; Department of Biological Production; Akita Prefectural University; Akita, Japan
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB); Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB); Kathmandu, Nepal
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Department of Anatomy I; School of Medicine; Showa University; Tokyo, Japan
- Correspondence to: Shigeru Tamogami, and Randeep Rakwal,
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Tasin M, Knudsen GK, Pertot I. Smelling a diseased host: grapevine moth responses to healthy and fungus-infected grapes. Anim Behav 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Tamogami S, Takahashi Y, Abe M, Noge K, Rakwal R, Agrawal GK. Conversion of airborne nerolidol to DMNT emission requires additional signals in Achyranthes bidentata. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:1807-13. [PMID: 21510937 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2011] [Revised: 04/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DMNT biosynthesis was proposed to proceed via (E)-nerolidol in plants a decade ago. However, (E)-nerolidol function as airborne signal/substrate for in-vivo biosynthesis of DMNT remains to be investigated and the regulation of DMNT production and emission is largely unknown. We address both of these aspects using Achyranthes bidentata model plant in conjunction with deuterium-labeled d(5)-(E)-nerolidol, headspace, GC-FID, and GC/MS-based absolute quantification approaches. We demonstrate that airborne (E)-nerolidol is specifically metabolized in-vivo into DMNT emission, but requires airborne VOC MeJA or predator herbivore as additional environmental signal. In addition, we provide new insight into the complex regulation underlying DMNT emission, and highlight the importance of studying multiple environmental factors on emission patterns of plant VOCs and their mechanistic regulation.
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- Shigeru Tamogami
- Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds, Department of Biological Production, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan.
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Vittecoq M, Djieto-Lordon C, Buatois B, Dormont L, McKey D, Blatrix R. The Evolution of Communication in Two Ant-Plant Mutualisms. Evol Biol 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9125-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sznajder B, Sabelis MW, Egas M. Innate responses of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis to a herbivore-induced plant volatile. EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY 2011; 54:125-138. [PMID: 21321807 PMCID: PMC3084430 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9430-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The responses of the predatory mite P. persimilis to herbivore-induced plant volatiles are at least partly genetically determined. Thus, there is potential for the evolution of this behaviour by natural selection. We tested whether distinct predator genotypes with contrasting responses to a specific herbivore-induced plant volatile, i.e. methyl salicylate (MeSa), could be found in a base population collected in the field (Sicily). To this end, we imposed purifying selection on individuals within iso-female lines of P. persimilis such that the lines were propagated only via the individual that showed either a preference or avoidance of MeSa. The responses of the lines were characterized as the mean proportion of individuals choosing MeSa when given a choice between MeSa and clean air. Significant variation in predator responses was detected among iso-female lines, thus confirming the presence of a genetic component for this behaviour. Nevertheless, we did not find a significant difference in the response to MeSa between the lines that were selected to avoid MeSa and the lines selected to prefer MeSa. Instead, in the course of selection the lines selected to avoid MeSa shifted their mean response towards a preference for MeSa. An inverse, albeit weaker, shift was detected for the lines selected to prefer MeSa. We discuss the factors that may have caused the apparent lack of a response to selection within iso-female line in this study and propose experimental approaches that address them.
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- B. Sznajder
- Department of Population Biology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, P.O.Box 94240, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, P.O.Box 94240, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, P.O.Box 94240, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Pierre PS, Jansen JJ, Hordijk CA, van Dam NM, Cortesero AM, Dugravot S. Differences in volatile profiles of turnip plants subjected to single and dual herbivory above- and belowground. J Chem Ecol 2011; 37:368-77. [PMID: 21448706 PMCID: PMC3197925 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9934-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Plants attacked by herbivorous insects emit volatile organic compounds that are used by natural enemies to locate their host or prey. The composition of the blend is often complex and specific. It may vary qualitatively and quantitatively according to plant and herbivore species, thus providing specific information for carnivorous arthropods. Most studies have focused on simple interactions that involve one species per trophic level, and typically have investigated the aboveground parts of plants. These investigations need to be extended to more complex networks that involve multiple herbivory above- and belowground. A previous study examined whether the presence of the leaf herbivore Pieris brassicae on turnip plants (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) influences the response of Trybliographa rapae, a specialist parasitoid of the root feeder Delia radicum. It showed that the parasitoid was not attracted by volatiles emitted by plants under simultaneous attack. Here, we analyzed differences in the herbivore induced plant volatile (HIPV) mixtures that emanate from such infested plants by using Orthogonal Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA). This multivariate model focuses on the differences between odor blends, and highlights the relative importance of each compound in an HIPV blend. Dual infestation resulted in several HIPVs that were present in both isolated infestation types. However, HIPVs collected from simultaneously infested plants were not the simple combination of volatiles from isolated forms of above- and belowground herbivory. Only a few specific compounds characterized the odor blend of each type of damaged plant. Indeed, some compounds were specifically induced by root herbivory (4-methyltridecane and salicylaldehyde) or shoot herbivory (methylsalicylate), whereas hexylacetate, a green leaf volatile, was specifically induced after dual herbivory. It remains to be determined whether or not these minor quantitative variations, within the background of more commonly induced odors, are involved in the reduced attraction of the root feeder’s parasitoid. The mechanisms involved in the specific modification of the odor blends emitted by dual infested turnip plants are discussed in the light of interferences between biosynthetic pathways linked to plant responses to shoot or root herbivory.
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- Prisca S Pierre
- UMR 1099 BiO3P, University of Rennes 1, INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
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Hoedjes KM, Kruidhof HM, Huigens ME, Dicke M, Vet LEM, Smid HM. Natural variation in learning rate and memory dynamics in parasitoid wasps: opportunities for converging ecology and neuroscience. Proc Biol Sci 2010; 278:889-97. [PMID: 21106587 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Although the neural and genetic pathways underlying learning and memory formation seem strikingly similar among species of distant animal phyla, several more subtle inter- and intraspecific differences become evident from studies on model organisms. The true significance of such variation can only be understood when integrating this with information on the ecological relevance. Here, we argue that parasitoid wasps provide an excellent opportunity for multi-disciplinary studies that integrate ultimate and proximate approaches. These insects display interspecific variation in learning rate and memory dynamics that reflects natural variation in a daunting foraging task that largely determines their fitness: finding the inconspicuous hosts to which they will assign their offspring to develop. We review bioassays used for oviposition learning, the ecological factors that are considered to underlie the observed differences in learning rate and memory dynamics, and the opportunities for convergence of ecology and neuroscience that are offered by using parasitoid wasps as model species. We advocate that variation in learning and memory traits has evolved to suit an insect's lifestyle within its ecological niche.
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- Katja M Hoedjes
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Plants respond to insect herbivory with the production of volatiles that attract carnivorous enemies of the herbivores, a phenomenon called indirect defence or 'plants crying for help'. Plants are under selection to maximize Darwinian fitness, and this can be done by making the right 'decisions' (i.e. by responding to environmental stress in ways that maximize seed production). Plant decisions related to the response to herbivory in terms of the emission of herbivore-induced volatiles include 'to respond or not to respond', 'how fast to respond', 'how to respond' and 'when to stop responding'. In this review, the state-of-the-art of the research field is presented in the context of these decisions that plants face. New questions and directions for future research are identified. To understand the consequences of plant responses in a community context, it is important to expand research from individual interactions to multispecies interactions in a community context. To achieve this, detailed information on underlying mechanisms is essential and first steps on this road have been made. This selective review addresses the ecology of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) by integrating information on mechanisms and ecological functions. New questions are identified as well as challenges for extending current information to community ecology.
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- Marcel Dicke
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, 6700 EH Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Bruinsma M, Posthumus MA, Mumm R, Mueller MJ, van Loon JJA, Dicke M. Jasmonic acid-induced volatiles of Brassica oleracea attract parasitoids: effects of time and dose, and comparison with induction by herbivores. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:2575-87. [PMID: 19451186 PMCID: PMC2692006 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Caterpillar feeding induces direct and indirect defences in brassicaceous plants. This study focused on the role of the octadecanoid pathway in induced indirect defence in Brassica oleracea. The effect of induction by exogenous application of jasmonic acid (JA) on the responses of Brussels sprouts plants and on host-location behaviour of associated parasitoid wasps was studied. Feeding by the biting-chewing herbivores Pieris rapae and Plutella xylostella resulted in significantly increased endogenous levels of JA, a central component in the octadecanoid signalling pathway that mediates induced plant defence. The levels of the intermediate 12-oxophyto-dienoic acid (OPDA) were significantly induced only after P. rapae feeding. Three species of parasitoid wasps, Cotesia glomerata, C. rubecula, and Diadegma semiclausum, differing in host range and host specificity, were tested for their behavioural responses to volatiles from herbivore-induced, JA-induced, and non-induced plants. All three species were attracted to volatiles from JA-induced plants compared with control plants; however, they preferred volatiles from herbivore-induced plants over volatiles from JA-induced plants. Attraction of C. glomerata depended on both timing and dose of JA application. JA-induced plants produced larger quantities of volatiles than herbivore-induced and control plants, indicating that not only quantity, but also quality of the volatile blend is important in the host-location behaviour of the wasps.
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- Maaike Bruinsma
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, PO Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, PO Box 8026, 6700 EG Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, PO Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazeutische Biologie, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, PO Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, PO Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Unusual mechanisms involved in learning of oviposition-induced host plant odours in an egg parasitoid? Anim Behav 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Schröder R, Hilker M. The Relevance of Background Odor in Resource Location by Insects: A Behavioral Approach. Bioscience 2008. [DOI: 10.1641/b580406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Xiaoyi W, Zhongqi Y. Behavioral mechanisms of parasitic wasps for searching concealed insect hosts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2032(08)60039-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Effect of the Presence of a Nonhost Herbivore on the Response of the Aphid Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae to Host-infested Cabbage Plants. J Chem Ecol 2007; 33:2229-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9379-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2007] [Revised: 09/27/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Identification of a Widespread Monomolecular Odor Differentially Attractive to Several Delia Radicum Ground-dwelling Predators in the Field. J Chem Ecol 2007; 33:2064-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9373-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Revised: 07/11/2007] [Accepted: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kessler A, Halitschke R. Specificity and complexity: the impact of herbivore-induced plant responses on arthropod community structure. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2007; 10:409-14. [PMID: 17652009 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Revised: 06/05/2007] [Accepted: 06/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The ways in which plants respond to damage are diverse and frequently herbivore-specific. These responses mediate interactions with organisms on multiple trophic levels, leading to complex, community-wide effects. We review recent research on the transcriptional and metabolic specificity of plant responses and their ecological consequences for arthropod community composition. We emphasize the necessity of viewing plants as active players in their interactions with other organisms.
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- André Kessler
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 445 Corson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Bruinsma M, Van Dam NM, Van Loon JJA, Dicke M. Jasmonic acid-induced changes in Brassica oleracea affect oviposition preference of two specialist herbivores. J Chem Ecol 2007; 33:655-68. [PMID: 17334923 PMCID: PMC1915630 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9245-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 12/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jasmonic acid (JA) is a key hormone involved in plant defense responses. The effect of JA treatment of cabbage plants on their acceptability for oviposition by two species of cabbage white butterflies, Pieris rapae and P. brassicae, was investigated. Both butterfly species laid fewer eggs on leaves of JA-treated plants compared to control plants. We show that this is due to processes in the plant after JA treatment rather than an effect of JA itself. The oviposition preference for control plants is adaptive, as development time from larval hatch until pupation of P. rapae caterpillars was longer on JA-treated plants. Total glucosinolate content in leaf surface extracts was similar for control and treated plants; however, two of the five glucosinolates were present in lower amounts in leaf surface extracts of JA-treated plants. When the butterflies were offered a choice between the purified glucosinolate fraction isolated from leaf surface extracts of JA-treated plants and that from control plants, they did not discriminate. Changes in leaf surface glucosinolate profile, therefore, do not seem to explain the change in oviposition preference of the butterflies after JA treatment, suggesting that as yet unknown infochemicals are involved.
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- Maaike Bruinsma
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8031, 6700 EH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Tentelier C, Fauvergue X. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles as cues for habitat assessment by a foraging parasitoid. J Anim Ecol 2007; 76:1-8. [PMID: 17184347 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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1. Animals usually require information about the current state of their habitat to optimize their behaviour. For this, they can use a learning process through which their estimate is continually updated according to the cues they perceive. Identifying these cues is a long-standing but still inveterate challenge for ecologists. 2. The use of plant cues by aphid parasitoids for the assessment of habitat profitability and the adaptation of patch exploitation was studied. Grounding on predictions from optimal foraging theory, we tested whether parasitoids exploited host patches less intensively after visiting heavily infested plants than after visiting plants bearing fewer aphids. 3. As predicted, after visiting heavily infested plants parasitoids reduced their residence time and attacked fewer hosts in the next patch. This was the case regardless of whether the aphids were actually present on the first plant, indicating that the cue came from the plant. Moreover, the level of infestation of a plant at some distance from the first plant visited affected parasitoid patch exploitation on the second plant in a similar manner, indicating that the cue was volatile. 4. These results highlight a novel role of herbivore-induced volatiles in parasitoid foraging behaviour, different from the widely studied attraction at a distance.
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- Cedric Tentelier
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1112 Réponse des Organismes aux Stress Environnementaux, 400, Routes des Chappes, BP 167, 06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
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van Wijk M, Wadman WJ, Sabelis MW. Morphology of the olfactory system in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY 2006; 40:217-29. [PMID: 17245560 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis locates its prey, the two-spotted spider mite, by means of herbivore-induced plant volatiles. The olfactory response to this quantitatively and qualitatively variable source of information is particularly well documented. The mites perform this task with a peripheral olfactory system that consists of just five putative olfactory sensilla that reside in a dorsal field at the tip of their first pair of legs. The receptor cells innervate a glomerular olfactory lobe just ventral of the first pedal ganglion. We have made a 3D reconstruction of the caudal half of the olfactory lobe in adult females. The glomerular organization as well as the glomerular innervation appears conserved across different individuals. The adult females have, by approximation, a 1:1 ratio of olfactory receptor cells to olfactory glomeruli.
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- Michiel van Wijk
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098, SM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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