Arthropod-Plant Interactions最新文献

{"title":"New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term","authors":"Manuela Bürgler,&nbsp;Raja Imran Hussain,&nbsp;Bea Maas,&nbsp;Ronnie Walcher,&nbsp;Dominik Rabl,&nbsp;Bernhard Krautzer,&nbsp;Dietmar Moser,&nbsp;Thomas Frank","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10034-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10034-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Agricultural intensification is a major threat to farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Semi-natural habitats are integral to the preservation of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services, however, the extent in which they contribute to specific services is largely unclear. We studied predation rates of ground-dwelling predatory arthropods, and pollination success within old permanent grasslands, newly established grasslands and arable fields near and far from new grasslands. We evaluated whether grassland restoration can enhance pollination and biological control in crop fields. For this purpose, we established new grassland strips within cereal fields, which directly bordered existing permanent grasslands. We evaluated if the distance to these old and new grasslands affects the delivery of the two ecosystem services within crop fields. We found significantly higher seed numbers and seed weight in sentinel plants placed in old grasslands, new grasslands and nearby arable fields compared to distant arable fields. We also found significantly decreasing seed numbers and seed weight in sentinel plants placed in distant arable fields with increasing distance from old grasslands, while pollination success was not affected by distance in nearby arable fields. Contrary, we did not find any significant effects of new grasslands on biological control. Our study showed that 3 years after establishing grasslands arable fields benefited from the proximity of flower-rich new grasslands through increased pollination success though not regarding biological control. This indicates that, on a short term, establishing new grasslands can support beneficial arthropods in providing ecosystem services such as pollination. Predators, in contrast, might take longer to establish effective populations that denote higher predation rates. Our study provides a baseline for future long-term studies to better evaluate pollination and pest control patterns within arable fields.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"327 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10948462/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Herbivory-induced effects on pollination services to undamaged neighboring flowering species","authors":"Luis A. Aguirre,&nbsp;Lynn S. Adler","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10026-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10026-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Reproduction in flowering plants depends to a large degree on interactions with competitors, mutualists, and antagonists, but may also depend on the context within which interaction partners exist. Herbivory can reduce plant attractiveness to pollinators, but since many flowering plant species are visited by the same pollinators, the effects of herbivory on pollinator behavior may have consequences for undamaged neighboring plant species. We assessed how herbivory to a dominant plant species affects pollination services to neighboring flowering species in a community in which we simulated herbivory to milkweeds (<i>Asclepias syriaca</i>) by removing foliar tissue and applying jasmonic acid exogenously. We measured the quality of pollination services to undamaged neighboring plants by assessing the proportion of heterospecific pollen deposited on stigmas of four undamaged neighboring plant species, and measured seed production in one of these species. Our results indicate that simulated herbivory to a dominant plant species may have community-wide effects on pollination services. Simulated herbivory to milkweed increased the proportion of heterospecific pollen deposited on two neighboring plant species (<i>Vicia cracca</i> and <i>Clinopodium vulgare</i>), reduced it for one species (<i>Lysimachia quadrifolia</i>) and resulted in no change for another (<i>Galium palustre</i>). Additionally, simulated herbivory to milkweed resulted in a non-significant trend for lower seed production per fruit in <i>V. cracca</i>. These results support the hypothesis that herbivory on one flowering plant species can impact pollinator services for other flowering species at the patch level. These effects highlight the interconnectedness and interdependence of flowering plant species in plant-pollinator communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"265 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139593969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of cabbage aphids to odors from host plants infested by conspecific and heterospecific herbivores","authors":"Suleiman Mustapha,&nbsp;Kamala Pagadala Damodaram Jayanthi,&nbsp;Saravan Kumar Parepely,&nbsp;Yung Hung,&nbsp;Lucas Vanhaelewyn,&nbsp;Abdulrasak Kannike Musa","doi":"10.1007/s11829-024-10038-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-024-10038-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Behavioral and electrophysiological studies on aphid responses to host plant odors, although important, are still not exhaustive for some species. Moreover, most studies have not focused on whether these responses are mediated by odors from plants infested by conspecific and heterospecific individuals. Here, our goal was to identify the chemical cues involved in the attraction of the cabbage aphid (<i>Brevicoryne brassicae</i> L.) to cabbage plants. To achieve this, we collected volatiles emitted from uninfested cabbage plants, cabbage plants infested by either <i>B. brassicae</i> (conspecifics) or by diamondback moth (<i>Plutella xylostella</i>) larvae (heterospecifics), and from aphids alone. Choice tests revealed that <i>B. brassicae</i> were mostly attracted to odors from conspecific-infested cabbage plants; however, they also showed attraction to odors from uninfested plants and plants infested by <i>P. xylostella</i> larvae and were least attracted to odors from aphids alone. Using coupled Gas chromatography-Electroantennographic detection studies (GC-EAD) and Gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry (GC–MS), we revealed some chemically active compounds that elicited <i>B. brassicae</i> olfactory response, with more of these compounds in the cabbage plant infested by conspecific than in the rest of the treatments. It is possible that the knowledge gained from this work could pave the way for synthetic lures as an integrated pest management approach for <i>B. brassicae</i>. Therefore, more studies would need to be conducted to validate and isolate those exact compounds that positively excited the cabbage aphids’ olfactory response.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"353 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139597794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preference of Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) and biochemical analysis of different genetic materials of Eucalyptus","authors":"Igor Gallo Pawlak,&nbsp;Sidinei Dallacort,&nbsp;Cristiane Lurdes Paloschi,&nbsp;Eleandro José Brun,&nbsp;Fernanda Caroline Colombo,&nbsp;Rodrigo Mendes Antunes Maciel,&nbsp;Raiza Abati,&nbsp;Flavio Endrigo Cechim,&nbsp;Everton Ricardi Lozano,&nbsp;Sérgio Miguel Mazaro,&nbsp;Michele Potrich","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10027-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10027-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Thaumastocoris peregrinus</i> is an insect pest that causes a reduction in the productivity of <i>Eucalyptus</i>. Control of this insect can be carried out through selection of its less preferred genetic materials. The aim of this research was to evaluate the preferences of <i>T. peregrinus</i> and to associate these with the biochemical composition of six genetic materials of <i>Eucalyptus,</i> collected in an experimental area of the Federal University of Technology - Paraná. Three bioassays were performed: Bioassay 1 conferred the feeding preference of adults of <i>T. peregrinus</i>, through a multiple choice test among the genetic materials; Bioassay 2 evaluated the confinement of the insects, observing the presence of insects, feces, and eggs on the leaves, for a five-day period; Bioassay 3: biochemical analyses were performed on leaves collected from the genetic materials in three different treatments. The preferred genetic material for feeding of <i>T. peregrinus</i> was Clone H-13 and the least preferred was Clone GFMO-27. In the confinement test, the highest percentage of live insects was on <i>Eucalyptus propinqua</i> and the lowest percentage on <i>Eucalyptus pellita</i> × <i>Eucalyptus tereticornis</i>. The biochemical levels of proteins, total and reducing sugars, and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activity demonstrated specificity regarding changes after 24 h of exposure to <i>T. peregrinus</i>. In Clone H13, there was a greater increase in the activity of the PAL enzyme, demonstrating that there was a defense response on the part of the plant, however, not sufficient to deter the insects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"277 - 286"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139618089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Uninfested eggplants exposed to volatiles from conspecific plants infested by omnivorous mirids exhibit jasmonic acid priming and enhanced defenses against herbivores","authors":"Hojun Rim,&nbsp;Masayoshi Uefune,&nbsp;Rika Ozawa,&nbsp;Junji Takabayashi","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10010-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10010-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We studied plant–plant communication in a system that included eggplants, herbivores as prey, and the omnivorous mirid <i>Nesidiocoris tenuis</i>. When uninfested eggplants were exposed to volatiles from conspecific plants infested by <i>N. tenuis</i> adults, the amounts of jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) in the exposed plants remained to be similar to those in uninfested eggplants that were exposed to volatiles from uninfested conspecific plants (control eggplants). Subsequent artificial damage to the leaves of either the exposed or control eggplants using scissors led to a significant increase in JA content in the leaves. Furthermore, following the damage, the JA content in the exposed plants was significantly higher than in the control plants. In contrast, the amount of SA in the eggplants was not affected by either exposure or subsequent artificial damage. The fecundity of Kanzawa spider mites on the leaf disks of the exposed plants was significantly lower than that on the leaf disks of the control plants. The weight gain of 2nd stadium <i>Spodoptera litura</i> larvae on the exposed plants was significantly lower than on the control plants. However, the survival and fecundity of <i>N. tenuis</i> females on both exposed and control plants were not significantly different. This study demonstrates the potential variations in the tolerance of herbivorous and omnivorous arthropods to plant defenses in response to exposure to plant volatiles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"205 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139619810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gene expression, proteomic, and metabolic profiles of Brazilian soybean genotypes reveal a possible mechanism of resistance to the velvet bean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis","authors":"Valquíria J. M. Pinheiro,&nbsp;Jenny D. Gómez,&nbsp;Angélica S. Gouveia,&nbsp;Flaviane S. Coutinho,&nbsp;Ruan M. Teixeira,&nbsp;Virgílio A. P. Loriato,&nbsp;Edvaldo Barros,&nbsp;Anna Carolina H. Moreira,&nbsp;Camilo E. Vital,&nbsp;André L. Lourenção,&nbsp;Elizabeth P. B. Fontes,&nbsp;Maria Goreti A. Oliveira,&nbsp;Humberto J. O. Ramos","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10030-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10030-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Brazil is the world’s largest producer of soybeans, and the crop is one of the most important contributors to the economy. Soybeans often suffer damage from insect pests, such as <i>Anticarsia gemmatalis</i>, which also attacks other crops. Genotypes of soybeans have been used to decipher the resistance mechanisms by evaluating the activity of defense compounds such as protease inhibitors (PIs) and flavonols. However, the genetic determinants of resistance have not been thoroughly investigated. This study used the response of resistant and susceptible genotypes of soybean to evaluate genes and proteins responsive to caterpillar attack and involved in the biosynthesis of methylated and glycosylated flavonols. Rutin and isorhamnetin rutinoside were produced constitutively in the resistant genotypes IAC 17 and IAC 100. Following insect attack, genes encoding flavonol synthase and methyltransferases were highly upregulated in IAC 17. Some herbivory defense responses appear constitutive, while others were induced or JA-independent, as verified for flavonol levels. Salicylic acid levels were higher in IAC 17 and IAC 100. Proteins not yet characterized for their involvement in plant–insect interactions, such as transmembrane receptors and transcription factors, were upregulated in the resistant genotype IAC 17. It appears constitutive flavonol biosynthesis in both IAC 17 and IAC 100 was inherited from the PI229358 parent, making the two genotypes good genetic sources to study flavonol biosynthesis and their relationship with insect resistance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 1","pages":"15 - 32"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139448958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced resistance in Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller plant against cochineal insects under various soil water levels","authors":"Teame Gebrehiwot Kebede,&nbsp;Emiru Birhane,&nbsp;Kiros-Meles Ayimut,&nbsp;Yemane G. Egziabher,&nbsp;Tesfay Belay","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10025-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10025-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Herbivore insects affect the performance of plants. The cochineal insect (<i>Dactylopius coccus</i> (C.) is among the herbivores insects of cactus plants that severely destruct <i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> plants. Host-plant fitness performance against herbivorous insects is controlled through symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and has been reported for different plant species. We studied the effects of AMF-inoculation in inducing resistance in the <i>O. ficus-indica</i> plant against cochineal insects under various soil water levels. In this study, spiny and spineless <i>O. ficus-indica</i> plants were grown with the presence and absence of AMF, and with four levels of soil water stress. The treated plants were grown in greenhouse conditions. After 24 months of growing, all treated cladodes were exposed to the cochineal insects through crawler inoculation. The findings indicated that AMF not only improved <i>O. ficus-indica</i> performance but also activated the defense response of <i>O. ficus-indica</i> against the cochineal insect. AMF colonization strongly affected the performance of the inoculated crawlers, mainly the number of established crawlers, survival rates, and number of crawlers that reached nymph I, first molting, nymph II, second molting, proto-pupa, and pupa, female and male adults. Female mass weight, egg, and crawler production were reduced in AMF <i>O. ficus-indica</i> plants. AMF colonization significantly affected the cochineal populations in the cladodes. <i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> type and water treatment alone were not significant sources of variation for cochineal performances. Colonization of <i>O. ficus-indica</i> with AMF significantly increased morphological traits and nutrient concentrations of the cladodes. Improvements in morphological traits and nutritional concentration have been shown to play a key role in enhancing mycorrhizal <i>O. ficus-indica</i> plants resistance against cochineal.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"253 - 264"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139381457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coffee trees intercropped with common beans: An opportunity to regulate the aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in coffee agroecosystems","authors":"Anastase Harelimana,&nbsp;Guillaume Le Goff,&nbsp;Daniel Rukazambuga,&nbsp;Thierry Hance","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10031-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10031-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The coffee aphid <i>Toxoptera aurantii</i> (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) causes direct feeding injuries and vectors the <i>coffee ringspot virus</i> (CoRSV) (Mononegavirales: Rhabdoviridae), which is more damaging to coffee plants. Coffee farmers have controlled this pest using synthetic pesticides. However, chemical control is ineffective and sometimes associated with resistance, environmental pollution, and pest resurgence, leading to the deterioration of agricultural ecosystem services. Therefore, there is a need to find more effective and safe biocontrol agents to keep this pest under the economic threshold. In that context, we installed six plots to compare the dynamics of aphid populations in coffee trees intercropped with common beans (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L., Fabales: Fabaceae) to coffee monoculture farming systems in open fields in the Southern Province of Rwanda. Results show a significant difference in infestations of coffee aphids. The population of aphids is higher in coffee monocultures than in intercropping systems. Our results also indicate that beneficial insects respond positively to the intercropping system with more species of natural enemies, mostly ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae), hoverflies (Syrphidae), and wasps (Vespidae) than in monocultures. No Hymenoptera were observed in coffee monoculture plots, indicating that common beans attract diverse natural enemies. Therefore, coffee trees intercropped with beans can help to maintain and diversify indigenous natural enemies in agroecosystems and regulate the aphid <i>T. aurantii</i>. We recommend future researchers use the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) and compare these coffee farming systems to help people decide exactly what intercropping crops yield should be.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"307 - 316"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139388746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Female accessory glands of Adoxophyes honmai contain elicitor inducing tea leaves to arrest the egg-larval parasitoid, Ascogaster reticulata","authors":"Suguru Komatsuzaki,&nbsp;Seiichi Furukawa","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10029-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10029-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Plants exhibit various defense mechanisms against pathogens and herbivores, which are induced by pathogen/herbivore-derived elicitors. <i>Ascogaster reticulata</i> (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an egg-larval parasitoid of the smaller tea tortrix moth <i>Adoxophyes honmai</i> (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a serious pest moth of tea plants. In tea plants, egg deposition by <i>A. honmai</i> induces tea leaves to arrest <i>A. reticulata</i>. In a previous study, homogenate of the whole reproductive system from female moths showed elicitor activity that induced tea plant responses. The present study aimed to understand the elicitor-mediated interactions among the tea plant, <i>A. honmai</i> moth, and <i>A. reticulata</i> parasitoid to clarify the elicitor-secreting organs and characterize the elicitors. Investigation of elicitor activity that induced tea leaves to arrest parasitoids in leaves treated with homogenates of each organ of the reproductive system revealed the elicitor activity only in leaves treated with the homogenates of accessory glands, but not those of other organs. Furthermore, proteinase treatment of accessory gland homogenates resulted in loss of elicitor activity. These results suggest that elicitors derived from egg deposition by <i>A. honmai</i>, which induce tea leaves to arrest parasitoids, are proteinaceous compounds specifically contained in the accessory glands of female moths. Our findings contribute to identifying the elicitors and the application of biological control in tea fields.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 2","pages":"299 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142414168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How is leaf herbivory related to agriculture? Insights from the Mexican center of crop origin","authors":"Jorge Ruiz-Arocho,&nbsp;Raúl González-Salas,&nbsp;Gabriel LeMay,&nbsp;Nicholas Steinthal,&nbsp;Alicia Mastretta-Yanes,&nbsp;Ana Wegier,&nbsp;Ofelia Vargas-Ponce,&nbsp;Lislie Solís-Montero,&nbsp;Quetzalcóatl Orozco-Ramírez,&nbsp;Yolanda H. Chen","doi":"10.1007/s11829-023-10019-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11829-023-10019-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although insect herbivory is thought to be higher in agroecosystems compared to natural ecosystems, direct evidence on how agriculture itself has impacted herbivory remains scarce. To understand the effects of agriculture, or the cultivation of domesticated crops, over higher trophic levels, it is necessary to compare cultivated crops and their wild counterparts in centers of origin. In such regions, insect herbivores have a shared history of interacting with wild host plants prior to crop domestication and cultivation. However, most studies evaluating the impacts of agriculture on herbivory have been conducted in geographic regions where crops have been introduced. Here, we studied how insect herbivory is related to agriculture in Mexico, which is part of the Mesoamerican center of origin. We focused on patterns of leaf herbivory across four Mexican crops (squash, beans, maize, and husk tomatoes). We tested if total leaf herbivory, as well as the composition and dominance of different types of damage caused by leaf-feeding insects, differed between domesticated crops and their wild counterparts. Overall, we found that the relationship between agriculture and leaf herbivory depends on the observed crop. Compared to their wild ancestors (or wild relatives), leaf herbivory was higher in squash and maize, lower in husk tomatoes, and similar in beans. We also found that, due to differences in damaged area and/or shifts in dominance, damage compositions varied in squash, maize, and husk tomatoes. Therefore, our findings reinforce the idea that crop resistance against herbivory varies depending on the plant species and herbivore under study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8409,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod-Plant Interactions","volume":"18 1","pages":"89 - 104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142414018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}