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Insect Herbivores Drive Real-Time Ecological and Evolutionary Change in Plant Populations
Abstract
Plant Anti-Insect Armaments: Because individual plants are unable to relocate, they are subject to extreme selection by the insects feeding upon them. One means by which plants suppress herbivory is to produce toxic compounds to deter feeding (see the Perspective by Hare ). Agrawal et al. (p. 113 ) compared pesticide–treated or untreated evening primroses. Over 5 years of pesticide treatment, the production of defensive chemicals in the fruit reduced and flowering times shifted, and the primrose's competitive ability against dandelions improved. Züst et al. (p. 116 ) examined large-scale geographic patterns in a polymorphic chemical defense locus in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and found that it is matched by changes in the relative abundance of two specialist aphids. Thus, herbivory has strong and immediate effects on the local genotypic composition of plants and traits associated with herbivore resistance.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Agrawal, A. A., Hastings, A. P., Johnson, M. T. J., Maron, J. L., & Salminen, J.-P.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2012-10-05
- Volume
- 338
- Issue
- 6103
- Pages
- 113-116
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2131373051
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- 455
- References
- 24
- FWCI
- 36.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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