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REPORT Contrary effects of jasmonate treatment of two closely related plant species on attraction of and oviposition by a specialist herbivore.
- Source :
- Ecology Letters; Apr2004, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p337-345, 9p, 3 Charts, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Elevated jasmonic acid (JA) concentrations in response to herbivory can induce wounded plants to produce defences against herbivores. In laboratory and field experiments we compared the effects of exogenous JA treatment to two closely related cabbage species on the host-searching and oviposition preference of the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella. JA-treated Chinese cabbage ( Brassica campestris) was less attractive than untreated Chinese cabbage to ovipositing DBM, while JA-treatment of common cabbage ( B. oleracea) made plants more attractive than untreated controls for oviposition by this insect. Similar effects were observed when plants of the two species were damaged by DBM larvae. In the absence of insect-feeding, or JA application, Chinese cabbage is much more attractive to DBM than common cabbage. Inducible resistance therefore appears to occur in a more susceptible plant and induced susceptibility appears to occur in a more resistant plant, suggesting a possible balance mechanism between constitutive and inducible defences to a specialist herbivore. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TURNIPS
COLE crops
PLUTELLA
HERBIVORES
PLANTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1461023X
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Ecology Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12544728
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00582.x