Spring phenology and pathogen infection affect multigenerational plant attackers throughout the growing season.

ABSTRACT: Climate change has been shown to advance spring phenology, increase the number of insect generations per year (multivoltinism) and increase pathogen infection levels. However, we lack insights into the effects of plant spring phenology and the biotic environment on the preference and performance of multivoltine herbivores and whether such effects extend into the later part of the growing season. To this aim, we used a multifactorial growth chamber experiment to examine the influence of spring phenology on plant pathogen infection, and how the independent and interactive effects of spring phenology and plant pathogen infection affect the preference and performance of multigenerational attackers (the leaf miner Tischeria ekebladella and the aphid Tuberculatus annulatus) on the pedunculate oa

SUBMITTER: Gaytan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature