在热带树苗中以为基础的反草食防御
Marius Klotz1,2, Jörg Schaller1, Bettina M J Engelbrecht2,3
1Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany.
Frontiers in plant science
|October 30, 2023
概括
(Si) 可以保护热带树木免受昆虫食草的侵害,但这种防御是特定于物种的,并不总是可诱导的. 较高的土壤Si改善了一些物种的防御能力,影响了热带森林的再生.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 植物科学 植物科学
- 化学生态化学生态学
背景情况:
- 已知 (Si) 能阻止草中的昆虫食草动物,有时由食草动物诱导的防御.
- 热带树木积累Si,但其在构成性和诱导性反草食防御中的作用是未知的.
- 草食对热带树苗的死亡率和利基区分产生重大影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否在热带树种中提供构成性和诱导性草食防御.
- 确定土壤的可用性和模拟的草食对植物防御的物种特异性影响.
主要方法:
- 八种热带树种的苗木在不同的土壤度 (-Si/+Si) 和模拟的草食 (-H/+H) 下生长.
- 模拟的草食包括剪切和甲基斯酸盐的应用.
- 对一般性毛虫 (Spodoptera frugiperda) 进行了多选择养试验,随后进行了叶子损伤评估.
主要成果:
- 在高Si条件下,三种物种表现出明显减少的叶子损伤,这表明构成性Si基防御.
- 对草食动物损害的影响在物种之间有很大差异; 一种物种显示Si.高的损害增加.
- 模拟的草食并没有始终诱导防御,并且在某些情况下,增加了损伤或降低了Si度.
结论:
- 构成性基防御存在于一些热带树种中,其有效性因物种和土壤Si水平而异.
- 热带树木的基于的防御系统似乎在很大程度上无法被草食诱导.
- 特定物种的基于Si的防御和土壤Si的可用性可以显著影响热带树木的再生和性能.
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