Wound-induced increases in the glucosinolate content of oilseed rape and their effect on subsequent herbivory by a crucifer specialist

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Bartlet, E., Kiddle, G., Martin, A. P., Williams, I. H. and Wallsgrove, R. M. 1999. Wound-induced increases in the glucosinolate content of oilseed rape and their effect on subsequent herbivory by a crucifer specialist. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 91 (1), pp. 163-167. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00479.x

AuthorsBartlet, E., Kiddle, G., Martin, A. P., Williams, I. H. and Wallsgrove, R. M.
Abstract

Damage to the oilseed rape plant (Brassica napus L.) by the cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes chrysocephala L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) induces systemic changes to the glucosinolate profile, most noticeably an increase in the concentration of indole glucosinolates. When jasmonic acid was applied to the cotyledons of the plant, a similar effect was observed. Feeding tests with artificial substrates compared a glucosinolate fraction from jasmonic acid-treated plants with a similar fraction from untreated plants. In these tests, alterations to the glucosinolate profile increased the feeding of a crucifer-specialist feeder (P. chrysocephala). However, in whole plant tests, P. chrysocephala did not feed more on the jasmonic acid treated plants than on the controls. This implies that other aspects of the damage response are being induced by the jasmonic acid treatment and having a negative effect on subsequent herbivory.

KeywordsEntomology
Year of Publication1999
JournalEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Journal citation91 (1), pp. 163-167
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00479.x
Open accessPublished as bronze (free) open access
Funder project or code215
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Project: 011281
Publisher's version
PublisherWiley
Collective titleProceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships 
ISSN0013-8703

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