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T1 Eliciting Plant Defenses Through Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles’ Exposure in Sweet Peppers
A1 Riahi, Chaymaa
A1 González-Rodríguez, Jhonn
A1 Alonso-Valiente, Miquel
A1 Urbaneja, Alberto
A1 Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell
K1 HIPVs
K1 Behavioral response
K1 H10  Pests of plants
K1 U30  Research methods
K1 Frankliniella occidentalis
K1 Orius laevigatus
K1 Gene expression
AB Insect herbivory activates plant defense mechanisms and releases a blend of herbivoreinduced plant volatiles (HIPVs). These volatile compounds may be involved in plant-plant communication and induce defense response in undamaged plants. In this work, we investigated whether the exposure of sweet pepper plants to HIPVs [(Z)-3-hexenol, (Z)- 3-hexenyl acetate, (Z)-3-hexenyl propanoate, (Z)-3-hexenyl butanoate, hexyl butanoate, methyl salicylate and methyl jasmonate] activates the sweet pepper immune defense system. For this, healthy sweet pepper plants were individually exposed to the each of the above mentioned HIPVs over 48 h. The expression of jasmonic acid and salicylic acid related genes was quantified. Here, we show that all the tested volatiles induced plant defenses by upregulating the jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling pathway. Additionally, the response of Frankliniella occidentalis, a key sweet pepper pest, and Orius laevigatus, the main natural enemy of F. occidentalis, to HIPV-exposed sweet pepper plants were studied in a Y-tube olfactometer. Only plants exposed to (Z)-3-hexenyl propanoate and methyl salicylate repelled F. occidentalis whereas O. laevigatus showed a strong preference to plants exposed to (Z)-3-hexenol, (Z)-3-hexenyl propanoate, (Z)-3-hexenyl butanoate, methyl salicylate and methyl jasmonate. Our results show that HIPVs act as elicitors to sweet pepper plant defenses by enhancing defensive signaling pathways. We anticipate our results to be a starting point for integrating HIPVs-based approaches in sweet pepper pest management systems which may provide a sustainable strategy to manage insect pests in horticultural plants.
PB Frontiers Media
SN 2296-701X
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7864
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7864
LA en
NO Riahi, C., González-Rodríguez, J., Alonso-Valiente, M., Urbaneja, A. & Pérez-Hedo, M. (2022) Eliciting Plant Defenses Through Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles’ Exposure in Sweet Peppers. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9, 776827.
DS MINDS@UW
RD May 20, 2022