Herbivore-induced plant volatiles provide associational resistance against an ovipositing herbivore

Zakir, Ali; Sadek, Medhat; Bengtsson, Marie; Hansson, Bill; Witzgall, Peter; Anderson, Peter

doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12041

Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2013

Herbivore-induced plant volatiles provide associational resistance against an ovipositing herbivore

Zakir, Ali; Sadek, Medhat; Bengtsson, Marie; Hansson, Bill; Witzgall, Peter; Anderson, Peter

Abstract

5. Synthesis. Our results suggest that the presence of HIPV-emitting plant neighbours can reduce herbivory on undamaged plants and enhance plant resistance by affecting oviposition behaviour in insect herbivores.

Keywords

associational resistance; herbivory; induced defence; oviposition; plant-herbivore interactions; plant-plant interactions; repellent; Spodoptera littoralis

Published in

Journal of Ecology
2013, volume: 101, number: 2, pages: 410-417
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Authors' information

Zakir, Ali

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology

Sadek, Medhat

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology

Bengtsson, Marie

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology

Hansson, Bill

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology

Witzgall, Peter

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology

Anderson, Peter

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Behavioral Sciences Biology

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12041

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42502