Review
Plant Sciences
Po-An Lin, Jessica Kansman, Wen-Po Chuang, Christelle Robert, Matthias Erb, Gary W. Felton
Summary: Water availability has a significant impact on plant-herbivore interactions. This review summarizes recent research on the effects of water availability on plant antiherbivore defense and the physiological processes involved. Water deficit tends to enhance certain defense traits but negatively affects others, and the impact of water availability on species interactions and plant evolution is discussed. However, there is a lack of study on the interactive impact of additional abiotic stressors on water-plant-herbivore interactions.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Carla C. M. Arce, Vanitha Theepan, Bernardus C. J. Schimmel, Geoffrey Jaffuel, Matthias Erb, Ricardo A. R. Machado
Summary: This study demonstrates the significance of CO2 perception in western corn rootworm larvae and how it affects their interaction with host plants, particularly in long-distance host location. The ability of larvae to perceive root-emitted CO2 plays a crucial role in their preferred orientation towards well-fertilized plants.
Article
Plant Sciences
Julio S. S. Bernal, Anjel M. M. Helms, Ana A. A. Fontes-Puebla, Thomas J. J. DeWitt, Michael V. V. Kolomiets, John M. M. Grunseich
Summary: Domestication has a greater impact on the abundances and diversity of maize root volatiles than northward spread and modern breeding. The preference of the herbivore for maize roots is correlated with volatile diversity and herbivore resistance. Changes in abundances of individual volatiles are evident at the level of volatile groups, and maize domestication has the greatest effects.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anouk Guyer, Cong van Doan, Corina Maurer, Ricardo A. R. Machado, Pierre Mateo, Katja Steinauer, Lucie Kesner, Guenter Hoch, Ansgar Kahmen, Matthias Erb, Christelle A. M. Robert
Summary: Climate change has complex effects on belowground tritrophic interactions within agricultural systems. While individual abiotic factors influence plant growth and insect performance, their combined effects under predicted climate scenarios often counterbalance each other. However, drought has a significant negative impact on leaf wilting.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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.
Review
Virology
Jianhang Zhang, Mengyuan Ma, Yule Liu, Asigul Ismayil
Summary: This review discusses the recent progress in understanding plant defense and viral counter-defense mechanisms during plant-geminivirus interactions.
Article
Plant Sciences
Karim Barkaoui, Florence Volaire
Summary: Dehydration tolerance in plants is crucial for drought survival, and it is influenced by factors such as soil water content, vapour pressure deficit, and plant-plant interactions. This study compared the dehydration dynamics, mortality, and recovery of two perennial grass species under different drought conditions, and found that plant-plant interactions can improve dehydration tolerance and drought resistance. The study also revealed that dehydration of leaf meristems leads to plant mortality, and acclimation to drought can increase dehydration tolerance.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Elena Hamann, Cameron Blevins, Steven J. Franks, M. Inam Jameel, Jill T. Anderson
Summary: Elevated temperatures, CO2 concentrations, drought stress, and nutrient conditions induce greater food consumption by herbivores. These factors also have direct and indirect effects on herbivore development.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katrin Meusburger, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Paul Schmidt-Walter, Andri Baltensweiler, Philipp Brun, Fabian Bernhard, Mana Gharun, Raphael Habel, Frank Hagedorn, Roger Koechli, Achilleas Psomas, Heike Puhlmann, Anne Thimonier, Peter Waldner, Stephan Zimmermann, Lorenz Walthert
Summary: A study simulated the water availability of Swiss forests and found that trees switched to deeper water sources during droughts. The 2018 drought triggered widespread early wilting across Swiss forests.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Wenfeng Ye, Carlos Bustos-Segura, Thomas Degen, Matthias Erb, Ted C. J. Turlings
Summary: Extensive transcriptomic analyses have revealed distinct differences in the gene expression profiles of maize plants upon shoot and root attack, both locally and distantly from the affected tissue. This study provides detailed insights into the specificity of plant defense responses and offers a molecular resource for further genetic studies on maize resistance to herbivores. It also paves the way for novel strategies to enhance maize resistance to pests.
Review
Plant Sciences
Pankaj Trivedi, Bruna D. Batista, Kathryn E. Bazany, Brajesh K. Singh
Summary: Climate change affects plant-microbiome interactions and ecological functions in various scales. Short-term plant adaptation to climate change relies on the plant microbiome, while long-term adaptation is equally driven by eco-evolutionary interactions between the plant microbiome and its host. Understanding these dynamics can inform predictions of climate change impacts on primary productivity and help in developing management strategies for plant systems.
Review
Plant Sciences
Ali Raza, Hajar Salehi, Md Atikur Rahman, Zainab Zahid, Maryam Madadkar Haghjou, Shiva Najafi-Kakavand, Sidra Charagh, Hany S. S. Osman, Mohammed Albaqami, Yuhui Zhuang, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Weijian Zhuang
Summary: Global climate change has led to abiotic stresses that affect plant growth and productivity. Plants have developed various endogenous strategies, such as plant hormone biosynthesis, to withstand these stresses. Abiotic stresses disrupt normal transportation systems in plants, leading to oxidative stress. Plant defense systems, including enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms, help protect plants from oxidative stress.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Christina L. Mogren, Ikkei Shikano
Summary: Microbes associated with insects play a significant role in the interactions between herbivorous insects, pollinators, and their host plants. These interactions can have implications for the health and immunity of pollinators, highlighting the importance of plant quality, gut microbiomes, and multitrophic interactions between herbivores and pollinators. Additionally, other herbivore-associated factors, such as agricultural inputs aimed at pest control, can also impact pollinator microbiomes.
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Shu Wang, Ragan M. Callaway
Summary: The study reveals that interactions between different plants can influence the growth and plasticity of plants in response to environmental factors, especially in dry conditions, plant interactions may have a positive facilitative effect on plant growth.
Review
Plant Sciences
Jae Young Kim, June-Hee Lee, Chung-Mo Park
Summary: Light serves as a crucial external cue for plants to coordinate growth and performance with changing environmental conditions. Recent studies have shown that the red/far-red light-absorbing phytochrome photoreceptors, especially phyB, play a key role in plant adaptation responses, particularly in coping with stress.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jinlong Wan, Jiahui Yi, Zhibin Tao, Zhikun Ren, Evans O. Otieno, Baoliang Tian, Jianqing Ding, Evan Siemann, Matthias Erb, Wei Huang
Summary: The identity and density of herbivores interact to determine plant responses and herbivore fitness. Low densities exhibit species-specific effects, while high densities converge. Considering herbivore identity and density is important for understanding plant-mediated interactions between herbivores.
Article
Plant Sciences
Rocio Escobar-Bravo, Bernardus C. J. Schimmel, Gaetan Glauser, Peter G. L. Klinkhamer, Matthias Erb
Summary: Herbivore population dynamics are affected by plant-mediated interactions. Leaf herbivory by one herbivore species can affect the performance of conspecific pupae in the soil. This study shows that the aboveground herbivory triggers changes in root defense signaling and volatile production, which can alter the pupal development time.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lingfei Hu, Zhenwei Wu, Christelle A. M. Robert, Xiao Ouyang, Tobias Zust, Adrien Mestrot, Jianming Xu, Matthias Erb
Summary: Plant secondary metabolites play a dual role in plant defense and root interactions with herbivores, with soil iron levels influencing the impact of these metabolites on herbivore growth. This study highlights the complex interplay between soil chemistry and plant defense mechanisms, demonstrating the multifunctionality of plant secondary metabolites in shaping interactions in variable environments.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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
Yan Sun, Tobias Zuest, Daniele Silvestro, Matthias Erb, Oliver Bossdorf, Pierre Mateo, Christelle Robert, Heinz Mueller-Schaerer
Summary: Climate change can influence plant-herbivore interactions and their associated ecosystem functions. An experimental study on invasive Ambrosia artemisiifolia showed that warming and herbivory by biocontrol beetles can lead to changes in the genetic composition and metabolomic profiles of plants, resulting in increased offspring biomass and resistance to herbivory. However, climate warming could reduce biocontrol efficiency and promote Ambrosia invasion, with potential economic and health consequences.
Article
Plant Sciences
Wenfeng Ye, Carlos Bustos-Segura, Thomas Degen, Matthias Erb, Ted C. J. Turlings
Summary: Extensive transcriptomic analyses have revealed distinct differences in the gene expression profiles of maize plants upon shoot and root attack, both locally and distantly from the affected tissue. This study provides detailed insights into the specificity of plant defense responses and offers a molecular resource for further genetic studies on maize resistance to herbivores. It also paves the way for novel strategies to enhance maize resistance to pests.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lei Wang, Matthias Erb
Summary: Herbivore-induced plant volatiles play a crucial role in regulating defenses in undamaged neighboring plants. Understanding the mechanisms of plant volatile uptake, perception, and translation into defense signaling pathways is essential. Various molecular processes, such as membrane-associated and intracellular receptors, as well as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), WRKY transcription factors, and jasmonates, are involved in translating volatiles into defense priming and induction. The diverse molecular processes in volatile signaling result in spatiotemporal and ontogenetic variation in plant responsiveness to volatiles, which has significant implications for plant-environment interactions.
ESSAYS IN BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Physiology
Adriana Moriguchi Jeckel, Franziska Beran, Tobias Zuest, Gordon Younkin, Georg Petschenka, Prayan Pokharel, Domenic Dreisbach, Stephanie Christine Ganal-Vonarburg, Christelle Aurelie Maud Robert
Summary: This review summarizes methods for studying how herbivorous insects cope with plant specialized metabolites (PSMs), and how to validate the genetic and biochemical mechanisms involved in PSM resistance. This research is crucial for understanding the biology, population dynamics, and evolution of herbivorous insects.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Christelle Aurelie Maud Robert, Pierre Mateo
Summary: Benzoxazinoids are specialized metabolites that play multiple roles in plant physiology and interactions with the environment, regulating plant nutrition, growth, and defense. Plants can modulate benzoxazinoid production in response to environmental factors, and these compounds act as strong selective forces on different trophic levels by shaping plant interactions with other organisms, impacting (agro)ecosystem functioning and diversity.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Josef J. Gross, Pierre Mateo, Dietmar Ramhold, Ewald Kramer, Matthias Erb, Christelle A. M. Robert
Summary: This study investigates the metabolization of benzoxazinoids (BXs) in silages of two maize genotypes during aerobic deterioration. It finds that the concentration of BXs in silage decreases over time in the wild type maize, while the concentration increases in mutant maize. Aerobic stability is influenced by BXs, and the nutrient composition is not affected. Further research is needed under different conditions.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Po-An Lin, Jessica Kansman, Wen-Po Chuang, Christelle Robert, Matthias Erb, Gary W. Felton
Summary: Water availability has a significant impact on plant-herbivore interactions. This review summarizes recent research on the effects of water availability on plant antiherbivore defense and the physiological processes involved. Water deficit tends to enhance certain defense traits but negatively affects others, and the impact of water availability on species interactions and plant evolution is discussed. However, there is a lack of study on the interactive impact of additional abiotic stressors on water-plant-herbivore interactions.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rocio Escobar-Bravo, Po-An Lin, Jamie M. Waterman, Matthias Erb
Summary: Plants shape terrestrial ecosystems through physical and chemical interactions, particularly through their volatile organic compounds, which influence the behavior and performance of other organisms. This review discusses the production, release, and regulation of vegetative plant volatiles, as well as their effects on various organisms. Concepts such as multifunctionality of specialized metabolites, chemical communication displays, and volatile physiochemistry can help explain and predict the evolution and expression patterns of vegetative plant volatiles. The multifaceted roles of vegetative plant volatiles provide opportunities to understand ecosystem dynamics and utilize them for sustainable agriculture.
NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS
(2023)
