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Disentangling the Potato Tuber Moth-Induced Early-Defense Response by Simulated Herbivory in Potato Plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Plants rely on the perception of a multitude of herbivory-associated cues (HACs) to activate their defense response to insect herbivores. These stimuli are mainly derived from three functional components, namely, mechanical damage, insect-associated ...
Zhiyao Mao, Yang Ge, Yadong Zhang, Jian Zhong, Asim Munawar, Zengrong Zhu, Zengrong Zhu, Wenwu Zhou   +7 more
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Spider silk reduces insect herbivory [PDF]

Biology Letters, 2013
The role of predators in food webs extends beyond their ability to kill and consume prey. Such trait-mediated effects occur when signals of the predator influence the behaviour of other animals. Because all spiders are silk-producing carnivores, we hypothesized that silk alone would signal other arthropods and enhance non-lethal effects of spiders.
Ann L, Rypstra, Christopher M, Buddle
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Influence of light availability and soil productivity on insect herbivory on bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) leaves following mammalian herbivory.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Vegetative parts of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) are important forage for many boreal forest mammal, bird and insect species. Plant palatability to insects is affected by concentration of nutrients and defense compounds in plants.
Marcel Schrijvers-Gonlag, Christina Skarpe, Harry Peter Andreassen   +2 more
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Aboveground herbivory does not affect mycorrhiza-dependent nitrogen acquisition from soil but inhibits mycorrhizal network-mediated nitrogen interplant transfer in maize

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are considered biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture due to their ability to facilitate plant uptake of important mineral elements, such as nitrogen (N).
Chenling He, Chenling He, Yibin Lin, Yibin Lin, Yifang Zhang, Yifang Zhang, Lu Tong, Lu Tong, Yuanxing Ding, Yuanxing Ding, Min Yao, Min Yao, Qian Liu, Qian Liu, Rensen Zeng, Rensen Zeng, Rensen Zeng, Dongmei Chen, Dongmei Chen, Dongmei Chen, Yuanyuan Song, Yuanyuan Song, Yuanyuan Song   +22 more
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Aboveground insect herbivory increases plant competitive asymmetry, while belowground herbivory mitigates the effect [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Insect herbivores can shift the composition of a plant community, but the mechanism underlying such shifts remains largely unexplored. A possibility is that insects alter the competitive symmetry between plant species.
Pernilla Borgström, Joachim Strengbom, Maria Viketoft, Riccardo Bommarco   +3 more
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When ‘Higher’ means ‘Hungrier’: Climate and population trait differences drive increased insect herbivory with elevation in a perennial subalpine wildflower

Climate Change Ecology, 2021
Because short growing seasons severely constrain plant growth and biomass accumulation in high elevation habitats, herbivory can profoundly impact both individual fitness and community dynamics in these settings.
Meera Lee Sethi, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers   +1 more
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The importance of sampling standardization for comparisons of insect herbivory in deep time: a case study from the late Palaeozoic [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
Sampling standardization has not been fully addressed for the study of insect herbivory in the fossil record. The effects of sampling within a single locality were explored almost a decade ago, but the importance of sampling standardization for ...
Sandra R. Schachat, Conrad C. Labandeira, S. Augusta Maccracken   +2 more
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Low-intensity insect herbivory could have large effects on ecosystem productivity through reduced canopy photosynthesis [PDF]

Web Ecology
Our current understanding of the effect of insect herbivory on ecosystem productivity is limited. Previous studies have typically quantified only the amount of leaf area loss or have been conducted during outbreak years when levels of herbivory are much ...
K. Visakorpi, K. Visakorpi, S. Gripenberg, Y. Malhi, T. Riutta   +4 more
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Foliar Herbivory Reduces Rhizosphere Fungal Diversity and Destabilizes the Co-occurrence Network

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Insect herbivores can adversely impact terrestrial plants throughout ontogeny and across various ecosystems. Simultaneously, the effects of foliar herbivory may extend belowground, to the soil microbial community.
Yu Shi, Kaoping Zhang, Tiantian Ma, Zhongyue Zhang, Ping Li, Zhenlong Xing, Jianqing Ding   +6 more
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A comparative study of plant volatiles induced by insect and gastropod herbivory

Scientific Reports, 2021
Insect and gastropod herbivores are major plant consumers and their importance in the evolution of plant defensive traits is broadly recognized. However, their respective effects on plant responses have rarely been compared.
Leslie Mann, Diane Laplanche, Ted C. J. Turlings, Gaylord A. Desurmont   +3 more
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