An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control

Plant guttation is an exudation fluid composed of xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves of many agricultural crops. Although plant guttation is a widespread phenomenon, its effect on natural enemies remains largely unexplored. A recent study showed that plant guttation can be a reli...

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Autores principales: Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo, Tena, Alejandro, González-Cabrera, Joel, Rodríguez-Saona, César
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8776
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574523001372
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author Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo
Tena, Alejandro
González-Cabrera, Joel
Rodríguez-Saona, César
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description Plant guttation is an exudation fluid composed of xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves of many agricultural crops. Although plant guttation is a widespread phenomenon, its effect on natural enemies remains largely unexplored. A recent study showed that plant guttation can be a reliable nutrient-rich food source for natural enemies, affecting their communities in highbush blueberries. This review highlights the potential role of plant guttation as a food source for natural enemies, with a particular emphasis on its nutritional value, effects on insect communities, and potential use in conservation biological control. We also discuss possible negative implications and conclude with some open questions and future directions for research.
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spelling ReDivia87762025-04-25T14:49:27Z An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Tena, Alejandro González-Cabrera, Joel Rodríguez-Saona, César Plant guttation Food sources H10 Pests of plants L02 Animal feeding L51 Animal physiology - Nutrition Natural enemies Biological control Nutritional value Plant guttation is an exudation fluid composed of xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves of many agricultural crops. Although plant guttation is a widespread phenomenon, its effect on natural enemies remains largely unexplored. A recent study showed that plant guttation can be a reliable nutrient-rich food source for natural enemies, affecting their communities in highbush blueberries. This review highlights the potential role of plant guttation as a food source for natural enemies, with a particular emphasis on its nutritional value, effects on insect communities, and potential use in conservation biological control. We also discuss possible negative implications and conclude with some open questions and future directions for research. 2024-01-24T12:34:22Z 2024-01-24T12:34:22Z 2024 article publishedVersion Urbaneja-Bernat, P., Tena, A., González-Cabrera, J. & Rodriguez-Saona, C. (2024). An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 61, 101140. 2214-5753 (Online ISSN) 2214-5745 (Print ISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8776 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101140 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574523001372 en CRS research is funded by a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Hatch Project No. NJ08550, USA; AT research is funded by the project 52202 from the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA-GVA), Spain (this project is susceptible of being co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Program 2021-2027 Comunitat Valenciana). info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ERDF/PCV 2021-2027/52202/ES/Control biológico de plagas y enfermedades como pieza clave en el impulso de la Sostenibilidad de los cultivos agrarios de la Comunidad Valenciana/SOSTENIBLE Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Elsevier electronico
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Food sources
H10 Pests of plants
L02 Animal feeding
L51 Animal physiology - Nutrition
Natural enemies
Biological control
Nutritional value
Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo
Tena, Alejandro
González-Cabrera, Joel
Rodríguez-Saona, César
An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
title An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
title_full An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
title_fullStr An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
title_full_unstemmed An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
title_short An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
title_sort insect s energy bar the potential role of plant guttation on biological control
topic Plant guttation
Food sources
H10 Pests of plants
L02 Animal feeding
L51 Animal physiology - Nutrition
Natural enemies
Biological control
Nutritional value
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8776
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574523001372
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