scholarly journals Eliciting Plant Defenses Through Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles’ Exposure in Sweet Peppers

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaymaa Riahi ◽  
Jhonn González-Rodríguez ◽  
Miquel Alonso-Valiente ◽  
Alberto Urbaneja ◽  
Meritxell Pérez-Hedo

Insect herbivory activates plant defense mechanisms and releases a blend of herbivore-induced 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.

Author(s):  
Meritxell Pérez-Hedo ◽  
Miquel Alonso-Valiente ◽  
Sandra Vacas ◽  
Carolina Gallego ◽  
José L. Rambla ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-hong Huang ◽  
Zhi-li Wang ◽  
Bao-lin Shi ◽  
Dong Wei ◽  
Jian-xin Chen ◽  
...  

Salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate are important phytohormones and defensive signaling compounds, so it is of great importance to determine their levels rapidly and accurately. The study usesUlmus pumilaleaves infected byTetraneura akinire Sasakiat different stages as materials; after extraction with 80% methanol and ethyl acetate and purification with primary secondary amine (PSA) and graphitized carbon blacks (GCB), the contents of signal compounds salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate were determined by GC-MS. The results showed that the level of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate increased remarkably inU. pumilaonce infected byT. akinire Sasaki, but the maximums of these four compounds occurred at different times. Salicylic acid level reached the highest at the early stage, and jasmonic acid level went to the maximum in the middle stage; by contrast, change of content of methyl salicylate and methyl jasmonate was the quite opposite.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongwen Lin ◽  
Muhammad Qasim ◽  
Mubasher Hussain ◽  
Komivi Senyo Akutse ◽  
Pasco Bruce Avery ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Meritxell Pérez-Hedo ◽  
Miquel Alonso-Valiente ◽  
Sandra Vacas ◽  
Carolina Gallego ◽  
Clara Pons ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1304-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. G. V. Peñaflor ◽  
M. Erb ◽  
L. A. Miranda ◽  
A. G. Werneburg ◽  
J. M. S. Bento

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