Using plant chemistry to improve interactions between plants, herbivores and their natural enemies: challenges and opportunities
| Autor: | Tobias Züst, Matthias Erb, Christelle A. M. Robert |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Herbivore
Food Chain 1502 Bioengineering Resistance (ecology) Host (biology) business.industry Ecology fungi Biomedical Engineering Biological pest control Pest control 2204 Biomedical Engineering food and beverages Bioengineering 580 Plants (Botany) Plants Predation 10121 Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany 1305 Biotechnology Plant defense against herbivory Herbivory 10211 Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center business Biotechnology Trophic level |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 70:262-265 |
| ISSN: | 0958-1669 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.05.011 |
| Popis: | Plant secondary (or specialized) metabolites determine multitrophic interaction dynamics. Herbivore natural enemies exploit plant volatiles for host location and are negatively affected by plant defense chemicals that are transferred through herbivores. Recent work shows that herbivore natural enemies can evolve resistance to plant defense chemicals, and that generating plant defense resistance through forward evolution enhances their capacity to prey on herbivores. Here, we discuss how this knowledge can be used to engineer better biocontrol agents. We argue that herbivore natural enemies which are adapted to plant chemistry will likely enhance the efficacy of future pest control efforts. Detailed phenotyping and field experiments will be necessary to quantify costs and benefits of optimizing chemical links between plants and higher trophic levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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