Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 233, Issue 6, Pages 2548-2560Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17931
Keywords
Brassica nigra; flower-feeding organisms; flowers; glucosinolates; herbivore-induced plant responses; phenotypic plasticity; phytohormones; plant defence
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- Earth and Life Science Council of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-ALW) [831.14.004]
- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [677139]
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The response of flowering plants to herbivore damage can influence their interactions with flower-feeding organisms. This study investigated the preferences and performances of two florivores on Brassica nigra plants damaged by different herbivores. The study also examined the changes in phytohormone profiles and glucosinolate concentrations in buds and flowers. The results showed that florivores had contrasting preferences depending on the type of herbivore damage, and this was associated with specific changes in phytohormone and glucosinolate levels.
The phenotypic plasticity of flowering plants in response to herbivore damage to vegetative tissues can affect plant interactions with flower-feeding organisms. Such induced systemic responses are probably regulated by defence-related phytohormones that signal flowers to alter secondary chemistry that affects resistance to florivores. Current knowledge on the effects of damage to vegetative tissues on plant interactions with florivores and the underlying mechanisms is limited. We compared the preference and performance of two florivores on flowering Brassica nigra plants damaged by one of three herbivores feeding from roots or leaves. To investigate the underlying mechanisms, we quantified expression patterns of marker genes for defence-related phytohormonal pathways, and concentrations of phytohormones and glucosinolates in buds and flowers. Florivores displayed contrasting preferences for plants damaged by herbivores feeding on roots and leaves. Chewing florivores performed better on plants damaged by folivores, but worse on plants damaged by the root herbivore. Chewing root and foliar herbivory led to specific induced changes in the phytohormone profile of buds and flowers. This resulted in increased glucosinolate concentrations for leaf-damaged plants, and decreased glucosinolate concentrations for root-damaged plants. The outcome of herbivore-herbivore interactions spanning from vegetative tissues to floral tissues is unique for the inducing root/leaf herbivore and receiving florivore combination.
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