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Plant genetic diversity affects multiple trophic levels and trophic interactions

Authors :
Nian-Feng Wan
Liwan Fu
Matteo Dainese
Yue-Qing Hu
Lars Pødenphant Kiær
Forest Isbell
Christoph Scherber
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Plant intraspecific diversity genetic diversity could affect also other trophic levels. This meta-analysis shows that increasing plant genetic diversity improves the performance of plants and natural enemies of herbivores, while decreasing the performance of plant antagonists.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.901db5d3349947c6869de43a64a0df06
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35087-7