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The Interactive Effect of Elevated CO₂ and Herbivores on the Nitrogen-Fixing Plant Alnus incana ssp. rugosa.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have found that future predicted CO₂ levels can increase plant mass but dilute N content in leaves, impacting antiherbivore compounds. Nitrogen-fixing plants may balance their leaf C:N ratio under elevated CO₂, counteracting this dilution effect. However, we know little of how plants respond to herbivores at the higher CO₂ levels that occurred when nitrogen-fixing plants first evolved. We grew Alnus incana ssp. rugosa was grown at 400, 800, or 1600 ppm CO₂ in soil collected from the field, inoculated with Frankia and exposed to herbivores (Orgyia leucostigma). Elevated CO₂ increased nodulated plant biomass and stimulated the nitrogen fixation rate in the early growth stage. However, nitrogen-fixing plants were not able to balance their C:N ratio under elevated CO₂ after growing for 19 weeks. When plants were grown at 400 and 1600 ppm CO_2, herbivores preferred to feed on leaves of nodulated plants. At 800 ppm CO₂, nodulated plants accumulated more total phenolic compounds in response to herbivore damage than plants in the non-Frankia and non-herbivore treatments. Our results suggest that plant leaf defence, not leaf nutritional content, is the dominant driver of herbivory and nitrogen-fixing plants have limited ability to balance C:N ratios at elevated CO₂ in natural soil.

SUBMITTER: Chen H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7996819 | biostudies-literature |

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