Metabolic response to larval herbivory in three Physalis species.

ABSTRACT: The Physalis genus includes species of commercial importance due to their ornamental, edible and medicinal properties. These qualities stem from their variety of biologically active compounds. We performed a metabolomic analysis of three Physalis species, i.e., P. angulata, P. grisea, and P. philadelphica, differing in domestication stage and cultivation practices, to determine the degree of inter-species metabolite variation and to test the hypothesis that these related species mount a common metabolomic response to foliar damage caused by Trichoplusia ni larvae. The results indicated that the metabolomic differences detected in the leaves of these species were species-specific and remained even after T. ni herbivory. They also show that each P

SUBMITTER: Trujillo-Pahua V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9208789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature