Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes

Plants allocate resources between defence, reproduction, maintenance, and growth. This can lead to detectable allocation and ecological costs expressed as trade‐offs between distinct plant functions. It could also lead to trade‐offs between a plant's defences to different kinds of herbivores or a pl...

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Main Authors: Horgan, Finbarr G., Quiring, Dan T., Lagnaoui, Aziz, Pelletier, Yvan
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2009
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166186
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author Horgan, Finbarr G.
Quiring, Dan T.
Lagnaoui, Aziz
Pelletier, Yvan
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Lagnaoui, Aziz
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Quiring, Dan T.
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description Plants allocate resources between defence, reproduction, maintenance, and growth. This can lead to detectable allocation and ecological costs expressed as trade‐offs between distinct plant functions. It could also lead to trade‐offs between a plant's defences to different kinds of herbivores or a plant's defences to herbivory on different plant parts. We examined the hypothesis that allocation to defence in leaves is inversely related to allocation to defence in tubers of two distinct trichome‐bearing morphotypes of the wild potato, Solanum berthaultii Hawkes (Solanaceae). This species has been widely used in potato breeding programs aimed at acquiring foliage resistance to Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and other herbivores. Phthorimaea operculella lays eggs in the soil and neonate larvae generally initiate host attack. We exposed leaves and tubers from multiple wild potato populations to neonate P. operculella. For both plant morphotypes, survival of neonate larvae placed on foliage was negatively correlated with the survival of neonate larvae placed on tubers, suggesting a trade‐off between the levels of herbivore defence in these plant tissues. These results suggest that the evolution of tuber resistance and trichome‐mediated foliage resistance to herbivores may not be independent, and that potato‐breeding programs that select for resistance in one tissue might compromise resistance in another.
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spelling CGSpace1661862024-12-19T14:12:05Z Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes Horgan, Finbarr G. Quiring, Dan T. Lagnaoui, Aziz Pelletier, Yvan Plants allocate resources between defence, reproduction, maintenance, and growth. This can lead to detectable allocation and ecological costs expressed as trade‐offs between distinct plant functions. It could also lead to trade‐offs between a plant's defences to different kinds of herbivores or a plant's defences to herbivory on different plant parts. We examined the hypothesis that allocation to defence in leaves is inversely related to allocation to defence in tubers of two distinct trichome‐bearing morphotypes of the wild potato, Solanum berthaultii Hawkes (Solanaceae). This species has been widely used in potato breeding programs aimed at acquiring foliage resistance to Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and other herbivores. Phthorimaea operculella lays eggs in the soil and neonate larvae generally initiate host attack. We exposed leaves and tubers from multiple wild potato populations to neonate P. operculella. For both plant morphotypes, survival of neonate larvae placed on foliage was negatively correlated with the survival of neonate larvae placed on tubers, suggesting a trade‐off between the levels of herbivore defence in these plant tissues. These results suggest that the evolution of tuber resistance and trichome‐mediated foliage resistance to herbivores may not be independent, and that potato‐breeding programs that select for resistance in one tissue might compromise resistance in another. 2009-05 2024-12-19T12:55:59Z 2024-12-19T12:55:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166186 en Wiley Horgan, Finbarr G.; Quiring, Dan T.; Lagnaoui, Aziz and Pelletier, Yvan. 2009. Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes. Entomologia Exp Applicata, Volume 131 no. 2 p. 130-137
spellingShingle Horgan, Finbarr G.
Quiring, Dan T.
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Pelletier, Yvan
Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
title Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
title_full Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
title_fullStr Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
title_full_unstemmed Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
title_short Trade-off between foliage and tuber resistance to Phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
title_sort trade off between foliage and tuber resistance to phthorimaea operculella in wild potatoes
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166186
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