Aphids and Mycorrhizal Fungi Shape Maternal Effects in Senecio vulgaris.

ABSTRACT: Plant performance in any one generation is affected not only by the prevailing environmental conditions, but also by the conditions experienced by the parental generation of those plants. These maternal effects have been recorded in a many plant species, but the influence of external biotic (as opposed to abiotic) factors on shaping maternal effects have been rarely examined. Furthermore, almost all previous studies have taken place over one plant generation, rather than across multiple generations. Here, we studied the influence of insect herbivory and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal colonisation on the shaping of maternal effects in the annual forb Senecio vulgaris. We grew plants with and without aphids (Myzus persicae) and AM fungi (hereafter termed 'induction events')

SUBMITTER: Chitty RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9415133 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature