Journal
AOB PLANTS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa023
Keywords
Chaya; Cnidoscolus aconitifolius; crop wild relatives; domestication; herbivory; phenotypic plasticity; plant defence
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- Secretaria de Educacion Publica-Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente [CA27]
- Secretaria de Educacion Publica-Cinvestav [FIDSC2018/22]
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Phenotypic changes in plants during domestication may disrupt plant-herbivore interactions. Because wild and cultivated plants have different habitats and some anti-herbivore defences exhibit some plasticity, their defences may be also influenced by the environment. Our goal was to assess the effects of domestication and the environment on herbivory and some antiherbivore defences in chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) in its centre of domestication. Herbivores, herbivory, and direct and indirect anti-herbivore defences were assessed in wild and cultivated plants. The same variables were measured in the field and in a common garden to assess environmental effects. Our results show that domestication increased herbivory and herbivore abundance, but reduced direct and some indirect defences (ants). The environment also affected the herbivore guild (herbivore abundance and richness) and some direct and indirect defences (trichome number and ants). There was also an interaction effect of domestication and the environment on the number of trichomes. We conclude that domestication and the environment influence herbivory and anti-herbivore defences in an additive and interactive manner in chaya.
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