An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants.

ABSTRACT: Attack of plants by herbivorous arthropods may result in considerable changes to the plant's chemical phenotype with respect to emission of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). These HIPVs have been shown to act as repellents to the attacking insects as well as attractants for the insects antagonistic to these herbivores. Plants can also respond to HIPV signals from other plants that warn them of impending attack. Recent investigations have shown that certain maize varieties are able to emit volatiles following stemborer egg deposition. These volatiles attract the herbivore's parasitoids and directly deter further oviposition. However, it was not known whether these oviposition-induced maize (Zea mays, L.) volatiles can mediate chemical phenotypic changes in neighbouring unattacked m

SUBMITTER: Mutyambai DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4938388 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature