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Variation in both host defense and prior herbivory can alter plant-vector-virus interactions.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:While virus-vector-host interactions have been a major focus of both basic and applied ecological research, little is known about how different levels of plant defense interact with prior herbivory to affect these relationships. We used genetically-modified strains of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varying in the jasmonic acid (JA) plant defense pathways to explore how plant defense and prior herbivory affects a plant virus (tomato yellow leaf curl virus, 'TYLCV'), its vector (the whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED), and the host. RESULTS:Virus-free MED preferred low-JA over high-JA plants and had lower fitness on high-JA plants. Viruliferous MED preferred low-JA plants but their survival was unaffected by JA levels. While virus-free MED did not lower plant JA levels, viruliferous MED decreased both JA levels and the expression of JA-related genes. Infestation by viruliferous MED reduced plant JA levels. In preference tests, neither virus-free nor viruliferous MED discriminated among JA-varying plants previously exposed to virus-free MED. However, both virus-free and viruliferous MED preferred low-JA plant genotypes when choosing between plants that had both been previously exposed to viruliferous MED. The enhanced preference for low-JA genotypes appears linked to the volatile compound neophytadiene, which was found only in whitefly-infested plants and at concentrations inversely related to plant JA levels. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings illustrate how plant defense can interact with prior herbivory to affect both a plant virus and its whitefly vector, and confirm the induction of neophytadiene by MED. The apparent attraction of MED to neophytadiene may prove useful in pest detection and management.

SUBMITTER: Shi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916021 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Variation in both host defense and prior herbivory can alter plant-vector-virus interactions.

Shi Xiaobin X   Preisser Evan L EL   Liu Baiming B   Pan Huipeng H   Xiang Min M   Xie Wen W   Wang Shaoli S   Wu Qingjun Q   Li Chuanyou C   Liu Yong Y   Zhou Xuguo X   Zhang Youjun Y  

BMC plant biology 20191216 1


<h4>Background</h4>While virus-vector-host interactions have been a major focus of both basic and applied ecological research, little is known about how different levels of plant defense interact with prior herbivory to affect these relationships. We used genetically-modified strains of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varying in the jasmonic acid (JA) plant defense pathways to explore how plant defense and prior herbivory affects a plant virus (tomato yellow leaf curl virus, 'TYLCV'), its vector (  ...[more]

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