Fertilization Affects Constitutive and Wound-Induced Chemical Defenses in Gerbera jamesonii
| Autor: | James D. Spiers, Scott A. Senseman, Fred T. Davies, Kevin M. Heinz, Chuanjiu He, Terri W. Starman, Scott A. Finlayson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 29:180-184 |
| ISSN: | 2573-5586 0738-2898 |
| DOI: | 10.24266/0738-2898-29.4.180 |
| Popis: | The total phenolic content and jasmonic acid (JA) content of foliage from gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii ‘Festival Salmon’) subjected to low and high fertilization rates were measured to determine effects of fertilization on phytochemicals implicated in defense of insect pests. Gerbera seedlings were fertilized with low (only supplied with initial fertilizer charge present in professional growing media) or high (200 mg·liter−1 N; recommended rate) fertilization rates. Since JA is induced in response to wounding, treatments consisted of ± mechanical wounding with a hemostat to one physiologically mature leaf and the subsequent harvest of that leaf at specified time intervals (0, 0.5, 1, 3, and 10 h) for JA quantification. Total phenolic content was measured in mature and newly formed leaves. Plants receiving low fertility had reduced aboveground dry mass, were deficient in nitrogen and phosphorous, and had approximately a 9-fold higher concentration of total phenolics in mature leaf tissue compared to high fertility plants. Newly formed leaves had greater concentrations of phenolics than mature leaves in low fertility plants. In response to wounding, JA accumulation was more rapid and higher concentrations of JA were sustained longer in low fertility plants than in high fertility plants. These results show that altering fertilization does affect phytochemicals implicated in defense against insect pests, and these chemical defenses are increased in the foliage of low fertility gerberas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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