Volatile-mediated plant–plant communication and higher-level ecological dynamics

A Kessler, MB Mueller, A Kalske, A Chautá - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in general and herbivory-induced plant volatiles
(HIPVs) in particular are increasingly understood as major mediators of information transfer …

Trade‐offs in non‐native plant herbivore defences enhance performance

X Sun, Y Sun, X Cao, X Zhai, RM Callaway… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐native plants are typically released from specialist enemies but continue to be attacked
by generalists, albeit at lower intensities. This reduced herbivory may lead to less investment …

Experimental insect suppression causes loss of induced, but not constitutive, resistance in Solanum carolinense

TC Coverdale, AA Agrawal - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spatiotemporal variation in herbivory is a major driver of intraspecific variation in plant
defense. Comparatively little is known, however, about how changes in herbivory regime …

Evolution and seed dormancy shape plant genotypic structure through a successional cycle

AA Agrawal, AP Hastings… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Dormancy has repeatedly evolved in plants, animals, and microbes and is hypothesized to
facilitate persistence in the face of environmental change. Yet previous experiments have …

Cotyledon loss of Astragalus membranaceus hindered seedling establishment through mineral element reallocation and carbohydrate depletion

N Yang, W Jiang, B Jiang, J Liu, Y Liu, H Wang… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tissue loss of plants caused by herbivores is very common in nature. As the storage and first
photosynthetic organ, the loss of cotyledon severely impacts dicot seedling establishment …

Spatial and temporal variability in the structure of the multiple-herbivore community of horsenettle, and evidence for evolutionary responses in host-plant resistance

MJ Wise - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2024 - Springer
The geographic mosaic model of plant–herbivore coevolution asserts that interactions
between a plant species and an herbivore species vary in intensity among populations …

Multi-omics approaches in insect-plant interactions

MS Sai Reddy, S Karthik, BJ Raju… - Molecular advances in …, 2022 - Springer
In an era of intensive agriculture, insecticides play a predominant role in insect pest
management, which comes at the cost of injuring the environment and human health …

Herbivory selects for tolerance and constitutive defence across stages of community succession

A Kalske, A Kessler - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plants defend themselves from herbivory by either reducing damage (resistance) or
minimizing its negative fitness effects with compensatory growth (tolerance). Herbivore …

Effect of Grazing Treatments on Phenotypic and Reproductive Plasticity of Kobresia humilis in Alpine Meadows of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

L Wang, Y **g, C Xu, X Yu - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant phenotypic and reproductive plasticity is strongly influenced by long-term grazing
activities. It is important to understand the life history of dominant plant species, such as …

Three decades of experimental nitrogen fertilization increases the frequency of a defensive plant morph

M Howard, S Honroth, A McCall, J Lau - 2024 - authorea.com
Resources, such as nitrogen, are widely hypothesized to underlie the expression and
evolution of plant defenses to herbivory. However, resource availability can affect selection …