Defense of pyrethrum flowers: repelling herbivores and recruiting carnivores by producing aphid alarm pheromone.
New Phytol
; 223(3): 1607-1620, 2019 08.
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ABSTRACT
(E)-ß-Farnesene (EßF) is the predominant constituent of the alarm pheromone of most aphid pest species. Moreover, natural enemies of aphids use EßF to locate their aphid prey. Some plant species emit EßF, potentially as a defense against aphids, but field demonstrations are lacking. Here, we present field and laboratory studies of flower defense showing that ladybird beetles are predominantly attracted to young stage-2 pyrethrum flowers that emitted the highest and purest levels of EßF. By contrast, aphids were repelled by EßF emitted by S2 pyrethrum flowers. Although peach aphids can adapt to pyrethrum plants in the laboratory, aphids were not recorded in the field. Pyrethrum's (E)-ß-farnesene synthase (EbFS) gene is strongly expressed in inner cortex tissue surrounding the vascular system of the aphid-preferred flower receptacle and peduncle, leading to elongated cells filled with EßF. Aphids that probe these tissues during settlement encounter and ingest plant EßF, as evidenced by the release in honeydew. These EßF concentrations in honeydew induce aphid alarm responses, suggesting an extra layer of this defense. Collectively, our data elucidate a defensive mimicry in pyrethrum flowers the developmentally regulated and tissue-specific EßF accumulation and emission both prevents attack by aphids and recruits aphid predators as bodyguards.
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Assunto principal:
Afídeos
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Feromônios
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Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
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Flores
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Carnivoridade
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Herbivoria
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Animals
Idioma:
En
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New Phytol
Assunto da revista:
BOTANICA
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article
País de afiliação:
China