Combined effects of resource heterogeneity and simulated herbivory on plasticity of clonal integration in a rhizomatous perennial herb

Plant Biology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 774-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Gao ◽  
D. Wang ◽  
F. Xing ◽  
J. Liu ◽  
L. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Perennial Herb ◽  
Clonal Integration ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Resource Heterogeneity ◽  
Simulated Herbivory

Synergistic and additive effects of drought stress and simulated herbivory on two goldenrods, Solidago altissima and S. gigantea

Botany ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. 635-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoryana Shibel ◽  
Stephen B. Heard
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Synergistic Action ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Solidago Altissima ◽  
Simulated Herbivory ◽  
Combined Stresses ◽  
Effects Of Drought

Understanding the combined effects of stressors on plants is important for understanding how they will tolerate herbivory and other damage under unfavorable conditions. When two stresses have synergistic effects, plants may experience particularly strong impacts. We examined individual and combined effects of drought stress and clipping (simulated herbivory) on two species of goldenrods (Solidago altissima L. and S. gigantea Ait.). Each stress reduced production of most plant structures, with drought stress having stronger impacts than clipping. The effects of the two stresses were additive for S. gigantea but synergistic for S. altissima, at least for aboveground biomass and inflorescence biomass. Both species, when under stress, reallocated resources toward asexual reproduction (rhizomes) and away from sexual reproduction (inflorescences). Our results suggest that even closely related plants may tolerate damage differently when under abiotic stresses, and that predicting the additive vs. synergistic action of combined stresses will be difficult.

Differences in recovery between a deciduous and an evergreen ericaceous clonal dwarf shrub after simulated aboveground herbivory and belowground damage

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 853-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Tolvanen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Reproduction ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Clonal Integration ◽  
Simulated Herbivory ◽  
Aboveground Herbivory ◽  
Dry Biomass ◽  
Microtine Rodent ◽  
Vaccinium Myrtillus L ◽  
Rhizome Severing

Insect and microtine rodent herbivory (defoliation and branch clipping, respectively) were simulated in stands of the deciduous Vaccinium myrtillus L. and evergreen V. vitis-idaea L. Rhizome connections around the treated plots were either left intact or severed. Recovery in the plots was monitored for two growth seasons, from 1991 to 1992. It was hypothesized that the evergreen V. vitis-idaea would suffer more from the simulated herbivory treatment than V. myrtillus, but that severing the rhizome connections would decrease recovery of both species, because clonal integration is disrupted and wounding may have a harmful influence on growth. After two growth seasons, recovery was complete from simulated herbivory in V. myrtillus, whereas the new dry biomass was reduced slightly (22 – 37%) or significantly (49%) compared with that of the control in V. vitis-idaea. Rhizome severing reduced the growth of the branches and ramets and the aboveground dry biomass by 34% compared with that of the unsevered control in V. myrtillus. In the evergreen V. vitis-idaea, severing slightly reduced growth, the effect being significant only in the clipped treatment. The results suggest that the deciduous V. myrtillus recovers more rapidly from simulated herbivory than the evergreen V. vitis-idaea. Rhizome severing is more detrimental to the growth of V. myrtillus, but less detrimental to recovery from simulated herbivory. Sexual reproduction decreases more in V. vitis-idaea than in V. myrtillus after damage. Key words: compensation, growth form, herbivory, rhizome severing, Vaccinium

scholarly journals Between the devil and the deep blue sea: herbivory induces foraging for and uptake of cadmium in a metal hyperaccumulating plant

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (1959) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anubhav Mohiley ◽  
Tanja Laaser ◽  
Stephan Höreth ◽  
Stephan Clemens ◽  
Katja Tielbörger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Tolerance ◽  
Resource Heterogeneity ◽  
Arabidopsis Halleri ◽  
Simulated Herbivory ◽  
Cd Uptake ◽  
Deep Blue ◽  
Defence Responses ◽  
The Devil ◽  
Hyperaccumulating Plant ◽  
Herbivore Defence

Plants have been shown to change their foraging behaviour in response to resource heterogeneity. However, an unexplored hypothesis is that foraging could be induced by environmental stressors, such as herbivory, which might increase the demand for particular resources, such as those required for herbivore defence. This study examined the way simulated herbivory affects both root foraging for and uptake of cadmium (Cd), in the metal-hyperaccumulating plant Arabidopsis halleri , which uses this heavy metal as herbivore defence. Simulated herbivory elicited enhanced relative allocation of roots to Cd-rich patches as well as enhanced Cd uptake, and these responses were exhibited particularly by plants from non-metalliferous origin, which have lower metal tolerance. By contrast, plants from a metalliferous origin, which are more tolerant to Cd, did not show any preference in root allocation, yet enhanced Cd sharing between ramets when exposed to herbivory. These results suggest that foraging for heavy metals, as well as their uptake and clonal-sharing, could be stimulated in A. halleri by herbivory impact. Our study provides first support for the idea that herbivory can induce not only defence responses in plants but also affect their foraging, resource uptake and clonal sharing responses.

Seed size and seedling ontogenetic stage as modulators of damage tolerance after simulated herbivory in a woody exotic species

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Agostina Lorca ◽  
Ana E. Ferreras ◽  
Guillermo Funes
Keyword(s):  
Exotic Species ◽  
Seed Size ◽  
Damage Tolerance ◽  
Seedling Survival ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Ontogenetic Stage ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Simulated Herbivory ◽  
Leaf Stage ◽  
Dry Biomass

Herbivory is one of the most important threats that plants face during early stages of development. Previous studies have indicated that seed size and seedling ontogeny strongly influence the response to herbivory at the seedling stage. However, little is known about their interactive effect. We simulated herbivory on seedlings of the exotic Gleditsia triacanthos L. and evaluated the combined effects of seed size and ontogenetic stage at which herbivory occurred on tolerance to herbivory. A greenhouse experiment was performed, with three non-overlapping levels of seed size. Seedlings from each seed size were clipped at two ontogenetic stages (two and five leaves). After three weeks, seedling survival, height, leaf number and dry biomass were measured. Damaged seedlings were not able to reach the size of the undamaged ones. Seedlings from small seeds showed the lowest values in most of the growth variables. Seedlings cut at two-leaf stage showed a higher compensation capacity than those cut at five-leaf stage. Seedlings from large seeds cut at ontogenetic stage I showed the highest compensation capacity in most of the variables. Partly compensating herbivory at this stage may be an advantage for the expansion of this exotic species to new areas.

Clonal integration and effects of simulated herbivory in old-field perennials

Oecologia ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Schmid ◽  
G. M. Puttick ◽  
K. H. Burgess ◽  
F. A. Bazzaz
Keyword(s):  
Clonal Integration ◽  
Old Field ◽  
Simulated Herbivory

Effects of Retinoic Acid and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on IFN-gamma Secretion by Mononuclear Leukocytes from Nulliparous and Postparturient Dairy Cattle

2000 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burim Ametaj ◽  
Brian Nonnecke ◽  
Ronald Horst ◽  
Donald Beitz
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Dairy Cow ◽  
Pokeweed Mitogen ◽  
Mononuclear Leukocytes ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Ifn Gamma ◽  
Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D

Individual and combined effects of several isomers of retinoic acid (RA) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) on interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) secretion by blood mononuclear leukocytes (MNL) from nulliparous and postparturient Holstein cattle were evaluated in vitro. In the first experiment, effects on incubation period (24 to 72 hours) and time of supplementation (0 to 32 hours) with all-trans, 9-cis, 13-cis-, and 9,13-dicis-RAs (0 to 100 nM) on IFN-gamma secretion by pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-stimulated (0 and 10 mug/ml) MNL from nulliparous cattle were evaluated. In the second experiment, MNL from postparturient cows (bled at 0, 2, 4, and 16 days postpartum) were stimulated with PWM (0 and 10 mug/ml) in the presence of RA isomers (9-cis- or 9,13-dicis-RA; 0 to 100 nM), 1,25-(OH)2D3 (0 to 100 nM), or with combinations of these metabolites. The results show that individual isomers of RA had no effect on IFN-gamma secretion by PWM-stimulated MNL from nulliparous or postparturient cows. Furthermore 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibited IFN-gamma secretion by MNL from nulliparous and postparturient dairy cows; however, the degree of inhibition was greater when 9-cis- and 9,13-dicis-RA were also present in the cultures. Finally mononuclear leukocytes from postparturient dairy cows produced substantially less IFN-gamma than did MNL from nulliparous cattle. It is concluded that retinoic acids individually did not affect the capacity of leukocytes from dairy cattle to secrete IFN-gamma. This result is in marked contrast to studies in monogastric species indicating that RAs inhibit IFN-gamma secretion by peripheral blood T cells. Inhibition of IFN-gamma secretion by 1,25-(OH)2D3 was potentiated by 9-cis- and 9,13-di-cis-retinoics acids, suggesting that an excess of dietary vitamins A and D may compromise further the naturally immunosuppressed postparturient dairy cow. Additional research is necessary to determine if the combined effects of these metabolites on IFN-gamma secretion represent an increased susceptibility of the dairy cow to infectious diseases during the periparturient period. Lower secretion of IFN-gamma by MNL from postpartutient dairy cows, relative to nulliparous cattle, suggests that recently-calved cows are naturally immunosuppressed.

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