Article
Plant Sciences
Mei Luo, Bin Li, Georg Jander, Shaoqun Zhou
Summary: Non-volatile metabolites play a crucial role in plant-insect interactions, serving as both nutrients and defensive compounds. Functional genetics studies have identified receptors targeting plant non-volatile metabolites in insects, while the understanding of plant receptors for insect-derived molecules is limited. Insect feeding induces changes in plant specialized metabolism, but the effects on core metabolism vary among species. Furthermore, non-volatile metabolites can facilitate tripartite communication in plant communities through direct root-to-root communication and interactions with parasitic plants, mycorrhizae, and the rhizosphere microbiome.
Review
Plant Sciences
Shaoqun Zhou, Georg Jander
Summary: Plant-derived volatile organic compounds play key roles in interactions with insect herbivores, acting as toxic or deterrent agents, signal molecules, and priming signals for plant tissues. The functions of VOC blends are strongly influenced by environmental conditions and specific plant-insect interactions. The complexity of plant-insect chemical communication via VOCs is enriched by the sophisticated molecular perception mechanisms of insects, which influence insect behavior in ways that are not fully understood.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xose Lopez-Goldar, Amy Hastings, Tobias Zuest, Anurag Agrawal
Summary: The coevolution between plants and herbivores often involves the escalation of defence-offence strategies. This study found that different tissues of the tropical milkweed have increasing concentrations of toxins, and specialized herbivores show proportionate tolerance to these toxins. However, there are variations in insect adaptation to tissue-specific toxins. These findings suggest the presence of tissue-specific coevolutionary dynamics between the plant and its specialized herbivores.
Review
Plant Sciences
Po-An Lin, Yintong Chen, Gabriela Ponce, Flor E. Acevedo, Jonathan P. Lynch, Charles T. Anderson, Jared G. Ali, Gary W. Felton
Summary: Stomata play a central role in plant-insect interactions, with herbivores able to manipulate stomatal dynamics to influence plant physiological processes, potentially impacting cells, organisms, and communities.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Tali S. Berman, Moshe Inbar
Summary: Research has shown that large mammalian herbivores inadvertently ingest an entire food chain of plant-dwelling arthropods, including herbivores, predators, and parasites. This highlights the complex trophic connections between herbivores and arthropods, suggesting that herbivores can be considered as omnivorous enemies of arthropods.
Article
Plant Sciences
Po-An Lin, Sulav Paudel, Nursyafiqi Bin Zainuddin, Ching-Wen Tan, Anjel Helms, Jared G. Ali, Gary W. Felton
Summary: Water availability has an impact on the ability of plants to attract natural enemies through herbivore-induced plant volatiles. Low water availability increases the emission of repellent volatiles and reduces the emission of volatiles that attract natural enemies, disrupting plant indirect defense mediated by natural enemies.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pratap A. Divekar, Vijaya Rani, Sujan Majumder, Suhas Gorakh Karkute, Kutubuddin A. Molla, Koshlendra Kumar Pandey, Tusar Kanti Behera, Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi Govindharaj
Summary: Plants have developed defense mechanisms, including the production of protease inhibitors, to protect themselves against herbivores. However, insects have adapted to these inhibitors, rendering them ineffective. Understanding the gene regulation of proteases in herbivore insects can aid in the development of alternative pest management strategies.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
Muhammad Yasir Ali, Tayyaba Naseem, Jarmo K. K. Holopainen, Tongxian Liu, Jinping Zhang, Feng Zhang
Summary: Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are released by plants in response to damage or disturbance by phytophagous insects. These HIPVs serve as signals and can be used by predators and parasitoids to locate herbivores at different spatial scales. Understanding and closing the loopholes regarding the role of HIPVs can contribute to sustainable pest management in agriculture.
Article
Ecology
Joshua S. Lynn, Tom E. X. Miller, Jennifer A. Rudgers
Summary: This study found that mammalian herbivores are key drivers of the low-elevation range limits of alpine plants. Exclosures can increase plant population growth rates, with a more significant effect in novel habitats, implying that novel interactions may have negative impacts on plant populations.
Article
Ecology
Saumik Basu, Benjamin W. Lee, Robert E. Clark, Sayanta Bera, Clare L. Casteel, David W. Crowder
Summary: Pea plants grown with rhizobia exhibit reduced herbivory by Sitona lineatus due to increased expression of hormone-related and physical defenses. However, herbivory also disrupts the symbiosis between pea plants and rhizobia.
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pratap Adinath Divekar, Srinivasa Narayana, Bhupendra Adinath Divekar, Rajeev Kumar, Basana Gowda Gadratagi, Aishwarya Ray, Achuit Kumar Singh, Vijaya Rani, Vikas Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Radhe Shyam Meena, Tusar Kanti Behera
Summary: Plants have evolved adaptive strategies to defend against herbivores by synthesizing plant secondary metabolites (PSMs). PSMs play important roles in detecting and responding to herbivore attacks, and have limited adaptability to insects. They cause direct toxicity to pests and indirectly protect plants by attracting herbivore natural enemies. Understanding the molecular regulation of PSM biosynthesis can contribute to improving plant tolerance to herbivores.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Maite Fernandez de Bobadilla, Alessia Vitiello, Matthias Erb, Erik H. Poelman
Summary: Plants have the ability to recognize their attackers and adjust their physiology to defend against multiple herbivores. However, little is known about how plants defend against multiple attackers, which is a major gap in plant science research.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Zhiwei Zhong, Xiaofei Li, Christian Smit, Tianyun Li, Ling Wang, Valeria Aschero, Diego Vazquez, Mark Ritchie, J. Hall Cushman, Deli Wang
Summary: Large herbivores have both direct and indirect effects on plants, influencing their growth and abundance through consumption and altered interactions with other species. Grazing by cattle in a temperate grassland led to a significant increase in the aboveground biomass of Artemisia scoparia due to multiple indirect positive effects that outweighed the direct negative effects of consumption. These effects were mediated by cattle preference for a competing grass species and alterations in plant microhabitats and ant species abundance.
Article
Ecology
Luke D. Fannin, Elise J. Laugier, Adam van Casteren, Sabrina L. Greenwood, Nathaniel J. Dominy
Summary: Silica is important for terrestrial plant life and geochemical cycling. It is also relevant to the evolution of mammalian teeth, but there is debate over the type of siliceous particle that has had the strongest selective pressure on tooth morphology. This study presents a protocol for separating and quantifying siliceous matter in the diets of herbivores, which can detect differences in silica ingestion at species or population level. The study also found meaningful variation within the digestive tracts of cows, supporting the hypothesis of ruminal fluid 'washing' of siliceous grit. The protocol shows promise for testing competing hypotheses on dental traits evolution.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Warwick J. Allen, Lauren P. Waller, Barbara I. P. Barratt, Ian A. Dickie, Jason M. Tylianakis
Summary: The study found that exotic plants support higher herbivore diversity and biomass compared to natives, and experience larger proportional biomass reductions from herbivory. However, exotic plants consistently dominate community biomass, likely due to their fast growth rates rather than strong potential to exert apparent competition on neighbors.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Tali S. Berman, Sivan Laviad-Shitrit, Maya Lalzar, Malka Halpern, Moshe Inbar
Article
Agronomy
Sharon Warburg, Moshe Inbar, Shira Gal, Mor Salomon, Eric Palevsky, Asaf Sadeh
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Matan Ben-Ari, Yannick Outreman, Gaetan Denis, Jean-Francois Le Gallic, Moshe Inbar, Jean-Christophe Simon
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tali S. Berman, Noa Messeri, Tzach A. Glasser, Moshe Inbar
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Zoology
T. S. Berman, T. A. Glasser, M. Inbar
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Daniel Schlesinger, Rachel Davidovich Rikanati, Sergei Volis, Adi Faigenboim, Vera Vendramin, Federica Cattonaro, Matthew Hooper, Elad Oren, Mark Taylor, Yaron Sitrit, Moshe Inbar, Efraim Lewinsohn
Article
Ecology
Tali S. Berman, Moshe Inbar
Summary: Research has shown that large mammalian herbivores inadvertently ingest an entire food chain of plant-dwelling arthropods, including herbivores, predators, and parasites. This highlights the complex trophic connections between herbivores and arthropods, suggesting that herbivores can be considered as omnivorous enemies of arthropods.
Article
Ecology
Tali Sarah Berman, Moshe Inbar
Summary: This study found that large mammalian herbivores frequently ingest plant-dwelling arthropods while feeding, including herbivores, predators, and parasites. The ingested species varied seasonally and among individual animals, with a preference for immobile herbivorous species.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Tali Sarah Berman, Yehuda Izraeli, Maya Lalzar, Netta Mozes-Daube, David Lepetit, Arnon Tabic, Julien Varaldi, Einat Zchori-Fein
Summary: The study characterizes the virome of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis, commonly used for biological pest control. It reveals a diverse RNA virome in P. persimilis, including previously documented and novel viruses, which may impact the mite's physiology and biological control efficacy.
Article
Immunology
Tali S. Berman, Maya Weinberg, Kelsey R. Moreno, Gabor A. Czirjak, Yossi Yovel
Summary: This study investigated the changes in gut microbiome (GM) of bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) during health and disease. The results showed that antigen challenge caused a shift in the composition of the bat GM, which was significantly correlated with haptoglobin concentration and sampling time. The bat GM exhibited high resilience, rapidly regaining the colony's group GM composition.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Tali Sarah Berman, Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki, Tamar Berman, Eli Marom
Summary: The development of antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human and animal health worldwide. Food-producing animals are an important source of antimicrobial resistance due to the frequent use of antimicrobials in animal husbandry. Although many countries have implemented national action plans to combat antimicrobial resistance, Israel has yet to publish such a plan. This review investigates national action plans around the world and provides recommendations for the development of a national action plan in Israel.
ISRAEL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Leena Taha-Salaime, Rachel Davidovich-Rikanati, Asaf Sadeh, Jackline Abu-Nassar, Sally Marzouk-Kheredin, Yahyaa Yahyaa, Mwafaq Ibdah, Murad Ghanim, Efraim Lewinsohn, Moshe Inbar, Radi Aly
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jiarui Zhao, Xiaohu Yuan, Zhanjun Liu, Haotian Shi, Bingnian Zhai, Yuanjun Zhu
Summary: Overfertilization is common in rainfed apple orchards on China's Loess Plateau, but its impacts on soil physicochemical properties in deep soil profiles are poorly understood. This study found that different land-use types showed divergent distribution patterns in soil properties, with low variability for SWC and pH, moderate variability for NH4+-N, AP, and AK, and high variability for SOC, NO3--N, and EC. The results also showed that fertilization influenced soil water content, NO3--N, AP, and AK, and NO3--N played a crucial role in regulating pH and EC. Soil profiles were useful for studying the evolution of soil quality.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Daniel Nyfeler, Olivier Huguenin-Elie, Emmanuel Frossard, Andreas Luscher
Summary: Grass-legume mixtures combine high yields, low fertiliser requirements, and low nitrate leaching better than either pure grass or pure legume swards, both during the intact plant cover and after tilling for the subsequent crop.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Martin Faucher, Seraphine Grellier, Clemence Chaudron, Jean-Louis Janeau, Gabrielle Rudi, Fabrice Vinatier
Summary: The Mediterranean region is expected to experience more intense rainfall events and severe droughts due to climate change, leading to an increase in runoff and erosion rates in agrosystems. Vegetation cover can help reduce erosion and the soil seed bank can provide cost-effective vegetation. This study assessed the effect of vegetation cover on seed loss in vineyards and evaluated the differences in the soil seed bank along a transect. The results suggest that vegetation may not protect interrows from runoff-induced seed loss.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Christian Thierfelder, Blessing Mhlanga, Isaiah Nyagumbo, Kelvin Kalala, Esau Simutowe, Mazvita Chiduwa, Chloe Maclaren, Joao Vasco Silva, Hambulo Ngoma
Summary: The performance of different maize-legume diversification strategies was compared in southern Africa. Intercropping systems showed significant nutritional and economic benefits, but had higher labor requirements compared to other cropping systems. Soil organic carbon content and pH were not affected by the tested cropping systems.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Han Chen, Han Li, Yizhao Wei, Edward Mcbean, Hong Liang, Weimin Wang, Jinhui Jeanne Huang
Summary: This research introduces a hybrid four-sub-deep neural network (HFSD) model for partitioning NEE into GPP and ER. The HFSD employs dual sub-deep neural networks to estimate ERa and ERb and incorporates GPP and environmental variables to predict vegetation transpiration. The results of the model show that the dual sub-DNNs architecture enhances the accuracy of ER simulations, while using EC-derived T as a constraint improves the accuracy of GPP simulations. Correlation analyses suggest that solar radiation and air temperature primarily influence the seasonal variations in GPP and ER, while soil moisture has a strong impact during dry seasons. This study advances the biophysical description of data-driven models for NEE partitioning and enhances the accuracy of GPP and ER estimates.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Michael Glaser, Stefan Dullinger, Dietmar Moser, Johannes Wessely, Milan Chytry, Zdenka Lososova, Irena Axmanova, Christian Berg, Jana Buerger, Serge Buholzer, Fabrizio Buldrini, Alessandro Chiarucci, Swen Follak, Filip Kuezmic, Stefan Meyer, Petr Pysek, Nina Richner, Urban Silc, Siegrid Steinkellner, Alexander Wietzke, Franz Essl
Summary: This study investigated changes in vascular plant species in Central European arable fields and their edges from 1930 to 2019. The results showed a small decline in overall species occupancy, but a more pronounced species turnover. Species with environmental preferences for nutrient-rich sites with neutral pH increased in occupancy, while species typical for arable fields decreased. No response to climate change was observed, and there was a decrease in archaeophytes and native species and an increase in neophytes.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Thomas Abrell, Krishna Naudin, Felix J. J. A. Bianchi, Debora Veiga Aragao, Pablo Tittonell, Marc Corbeels
Summary: This study demonstrates that reducing fallow periods in shifting cultivation systems in the Eastern Amazon region has negative effects on soil fertility and weed pressure, posing a threat to the sustainability and productivity of local farming systems.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jun Wang, Lu Lv, Ronggui Hu, Haiyang Ma, Bo Liu, Wenju Zhang, Lei Wu
Summary: Nitrification and denitrification are crucial for nitrogen losses in agricultural soils and are affected by soil properties. This study investigated the patterns and controlling factors of nitrification and denitrification potentials in paddy soils in major rice-producing areas of Hubei Province, China. The results showed that soil pH and SOC were the primary factors regulating nitrification and denitrification potentials, respectively.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Olga Fishkis, Jessica Weller, Jorn Lehmhus, Franz Pollinger, Jorn Strassemeyer, Heinz -Josef Koch
Summary: The Farm to Fork strategy of the European Union aims to reduce pesticide use and replace chemical measures with mechanical methods in weed control. However, there is currently no comprehensive evaluation of the ecological and economic parameters of mechanical methods. This study quantified these parameters for different weed control methods in sugar beet and found that no method can be considered fully environmentally friendly.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Mercedes Guerrero-Brotons, Nuria Perujo, Anna M. Romani, Rosa Gomez
Summary: Proper bed substrate selection is crucial for the performance of constructed wetlands, especially when treating drainage water with high nitrogen and low carbon and phosphorus concentrations. In a field-scale pilot plant, adding a carbon-rich substrate such as soil or biochar increased phosphorus availability in beds. Beds with soil displayed higher microbial density and activity, as well as better plant growth compared to gravel. These findings highlight the importance of selecting suitable substrates for treating irrigated agricultural water.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Beatrice Giannetta, Cesar Plaza, Giorgio Galluzzi, Iria Benavente-Ferraces, Juan Carlos Garcia-Gil, Marco Panettieri, Gabriel Gasco, Claudio Zaccone
Summary: This study examines the long-term effects of biochar application on soil organic C protection and finds that biochar, especially when combined with other amendments, has the potential to increase the content of particulate organic C and mineral-associated organic C in soils. The presence of ferrihydrite may mediate the positive effects on mineral-associated organic matter.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Emily Rose Waring, Carl Pederson, Ainis Lagzdins, Chelsea Clifford, Matthew J. Helmers
Summary: Addressing the global problem of eutrophication requires better management of inorganic nitrogen in the agricultural landscape. This study compares the effects of different tillage practices and cover crops on soil and water quality. The results show that the conventional tillage system is more effective in improving water quality and maintaining crop yields compared to other tillage practices. Additionally, the study reveals that the impact of tillage practices and cover crop growth methods on water and soil quality changes over time.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Annalisa Stevenson, Yakun Zhang, Jingyi Huang, Jie Hu, Keith Paustian, Alfred E. Hartemink
Summary: Considerable advances have been made in the assessment and mapping of soil organic carbon stocks. However, the rates of change in carbon stocks are influenced by various factors and need to be quantified. This study found that sandy soils under cultivation and forests have different organic carbon stocks. Factors such as tillage, irrigation, and nitrogen applications contribute to the decline in soil organic carbon stocks. Afforestation of abandoned cultivated fields can increase soil organic carbon, but it is still lower than soils under forest that have never been cultivated.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Zhiyuan Yao, Chuanxiong Huang, Huiling Hu, Tao Wang, Yulong Li, Xiaoming Sune, Sina Adl, Bo Zhu
Summary: Enhancing soil organic carbon levels through improved fertilization strategies is important for soil health and sustainable crop production. This study found that the relative abundance of organisms from higher trophic levels and increased network complexity in the soil micro-food webs are vital contributors to effective SOC accumulation.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Qing Qu, Lei Deng, Zhouping Shangguan, Jian Sun, Jinsheng He, Kaibo Wang, Zhengchao Zhou, Jiwei Li, Josep Penuelas
Summary: Grazing exclusion is a widely implemented strategy for restoring degraded grassland ecosystems and increasing carbon stocks. This study analyzed data from 199 experiments to understand the temporal responses and factors influencing plant and soil carbon stocks following grazing exclusion in different grassland ecosystems. The results showed that plant biomass carbon stocks and soil organic carbon stocks decreased exponentially or rationally with years since enclosure. Grazing exclusion had positive effects on aboveground biomass carbon, but the effects on belowground biomass and soil carbon were influenced by climate, initial carbon levels, and grazing exclusion duration. The response of carbon stocks to grazing exclusion stabilized after approximately 40 years, with soil carbon sequestration showing a lagged pattern compared to plant biomass carbon. The study highlighted the effectiveness of grazing exclusion in regions with low carbon content and non-water limited conditions. However, it might not be an effective measure to increase soil organic carbon stocks in water-limited areas like desert grasslands.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)