Université de Fribourg

Induced jasmonate signaling leads to contrasting effects on root damage and herbivore performance

Lu, Jing ; Robert, Christelle Aurélie Maud ; Riemann, Michael ; Cosme, Marco ; Mène-Saffrané, Laurent ; Massana, Josep ; Stout, Michael Joseph ; Lou, Yonggen ; Gershenzon, Jonathan ; Erb, Matthias

In: Plant Physiology, 2015, vol. 167, no. 3, p. 1100–1116

Induced defenses play a key role in plant resistance against leaf feeders. However, very little is known about the signals that are involved in defending plants against root feeders and how they are influenced by abiotic factors. We investigated these aspects for the interaction between rice (Oryza sativa) and two root-feeding insects: the generalist cucumber beetle (Diabrotica balteata) and the...