期刊
ECOLOGY LETTERS
卷 15, 期 1, 页码 55-64出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01708.x
关键词
Diabrotica virgifera; DIMBOA; optimal defence; optimal foraging; plant-insect interactions; root herbivore; Zea mays
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资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [FN 31000AO-107974]
- U.S. Department of Energy through Office of Biological and Environmental Science [DE-ACO2-98CH10886]
- National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)
The most valuable organs of plants are often particularly rich in essential elements, but also very well defended. This creates a dilemma for herbivores that need to maximise energy intake while minimising intoxication. We investigated how the specialist root herbivore Diabrotica virgifera solves this conundrum when feeding on wild and cultivated maize plants. We found that crown roots of maize seedlings were vital for plant development and, in accordance, were rich in nutritious primary metabolites and contained higher amounts of the insecticidal 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIMBOA) and the phenolic compound chlorogenic acid. The generalist herbivores Diabrotica balteata and Spodoptera littoralis were deterred from feeding on crown roots, whereas the specialist D. virgifera preferred and grew best on these tissues. Using a 1,4-benzoxazin-3-one-deficient maize mutant, we found that D. virgifera is resistant to DIMBOA and other 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones and that it even hijacks these compounds to optimally forage for nutritious roots.
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