Effects of a saponin-based insect resistance and a systemic pathogen resistance on field performance of the wild crucifer Barbarea vulgaris
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Effects of a saponin-based insect resistance and a systemic pathogen resistance on field performance of the wild crucifer Barbarea vulgaris. / Hauser, Thure P.; Christensen, Stina; Kuzina, Vera; Thines, Marco; Ploch, Sebastian; Bak, Søren.
In: Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Vol. 15, 2021, p. 683-698.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Effects of a saponin-based insect resistance and a systemic pathogen resistance on field performance of the wild crucifer Barbarea vulgaris
AU - Hauser, Thure P.
AU - Christensen, Stina
AU - Kuzina, Vera
AU - Thines, Marco
AU - Ploch, Sebastian
AU - Bak, Søren
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Plants have evolved a variety of defences to reduce losses to herbivores and pathogens. The benefits of these may, however, be modified by resistance evolution in antagonists, changes in antagonist fauna, context-dependent “costs of defence”, and by interactions between antagonists. In Barbarea vulgaris (Brassicaceae), the so-called “G-type” produces triterpenoid saponins that deter important specialist insect herbivores, whereas the “P-type” produces other saponins and are not insect-resistant. In contrast, P-type plants are predominantly resistant to the biotroph pathogen Albugo sp., causing white blister rust, whilst most G-type plants are susceptible. In a field experiment with F3 hybrids between G and P-plants, we tested whether the two resistances are functionally coupled, leads to less disease and herbivory and to better plant performance, and whether insect herbivores and the pathogen interact in their effects on plant performance. The Albugo and insect resistances varied continuously between the F3 plants and mapped to different linkage groups, indicating independent mechanisms and evolution. Plants with high Albugo resistance produced more biomass and survived better than more susceptible plants. Albugo DNA was detected in surface-sterilized green siliques, indicating systemic and sometimes non-symptomatic infection. Plants with high insect resistance were slightly less damaged by herbivores, but did not grow or survive better than more susceptible plants. Interactions between Albugo and insect herbivores did not affect plant performance. In contrast to the Albugo resistance, which clearly benefited the plants, our results show that the saponin-based insect resistance did convey any benefit under the given conditions despite its deterrent effects in controlled experiments.
AB - Plants have evolved a variety of defences to reduce losses to herbivores and pathogens. The benefits of these may, however, be modified by resistance evolution in antagonists, changes in antagonist fauna, context-dependent “costs of defence”, and by interactions between antagonists. In Barbarea vulgaris (Brassicaceae), the so-called “G-type” produces triterpenoid saponins that deter important specialist insect herbivores, whereas the “P-type” produces other saponins and are not insect-resistant. In contrast, P-type plants are predominantly resistant to the biotroph pathogen Albugo sp., causing white blister rust, whilst most G-type plants are susceptible. In a field experiment with F3 hybrids between G and P-plants, we tested whether the two resistances are functionally coupled, leads to less disease and herbivory and to better plant performance, and whether insect herbivores and the pathogen interact in their effects on plant performance. The Albugo and insect resistances varied continuously between the F3 plants and mapped to different linkage groups, indicating independent mechanisms and evolution. Plants with high Albugo resistance produced more biomass and survived better than more susceptible plants. Albugo DNA was detected in surface-sterilized green siliques, indicating systemic and sometimes non-symptomatic infection. Plants with high insect resistance were slightly less damaged by herbivores, but did not grow or survive better than more susceptible plants. Interactions between Albugo and insect herbivores did not affect plant performance. In contrast to the Albugo resistance, which clearly benefited the plants, our results show that the saponin-based insect resistance did convey any benefit under the given conditions despite its deterrent effects in controlled experiments.
U2 - 10.1007/s11829-021-09858-w
DO - 10.1007/s11829-021-09858-w
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 683
EP - 698
JO - Arthropod - Plant Interactions
JF - Arthropod - Plant Interactions
SN - 1872-8855
ER -
ID: 275478462