Flowers are required for the Darwinian fitness of flowering plants, but flowers＇ advertisements for pollination services can attract florivores. Previous glasshouse work with Nicotiana attenuata revealed the role of ...Flowers are required for the Darwinian fitness of flowering plants, but flowers＇ advertisements for pollination services can attract florivores. Previous glasshouse work with Nicotiana attenuata revealed the role of jasmonate （JA） signaling in flower development, advertisement and defense. However, whether JA signaling mediates flowers＇ filtering of floral visitors in nature remained unknown. This field study revealed that silencing JA signaling resulted in flowers that produce less nectar and benzyl acetone, two pollinatorattractive traits. Meanwhile, flowers of defenseless plants were highly attacked by a suite of native herbivores, and damage to buds in native plants correlated negatively with their JA-lle levels.展开更多
The ubiquitous volatile linalool is metabolized in plants to nonvolatile derivatives.We studied Nicotiana attenuata plants which naturally vary in(S)-(+)-linalool contents,and lines engineered to produce either(R)-(-)...The ubiquitous volatile linalool is metabolized in plants to nonvolatile derivatives.We studied Nicotiana attenuata plants which naturally vary in(S)-(+)-linalool contents,and lines engineered to produce either(R)-(-)-or(S)-(+)-linalool.Only(S)-(+)-linalool production was associated with slower growth of a generalist herbivore,and a large fraction was present as nonvolatile derivatives.We found that variation in volatile linalool and its nonvolatile glycosides mapped to the same genetic locus which harbored the biosynthetic gene,NaLIS,but that free linalool varied more in environmental responses.This study reveals how(S)-(+)-linalool and conjugates differ in their regulation and possible functions in resistance.展开更多
基金supported by the Max Planck Society,the European Research Council advanced grant Clockwork Green(293926)to I.T.B.by a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to R.L
文摘Flowers are required for the Darwinian fitness of flowering plants, but flowers＇ advertisements for pollination services can attract florivores. Previous glasshouse work with Nicotiana attenuata revealed the role of jasmonate （JA） signaling in flower development, advertisement and defense. However, whether JA signaling mediates flowers＇ filtering of floral visitors in nature remained unknown. This field study revealed that silencing JA signaling resulted in flowers that produce less nectar and benzyl acetone, two pollinatorattractive traits. Meanwhile, flowers of defenseless plants were highly attacked by a suite of native herbivores, and damage to buds in native plants correlated negatively with their JA-lle levels.
基金This work was funded by the Max Planck Society and advanced Grant No.293926 of the European Research Council(to I.T.B.)in part supported by the Collaborative Research Centre ChemBioSys(CRC 1127)funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,and the Venture&Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees(7820100514).
文摘The ubiquitous volatile linalool is metabolized in plants to nonvolatile derivatives.We studied Nicotiana attenuata plants which naturally vary in(S)-(+)-linalool contents,and lines engineered to produce either(R)-(-)-or(S)-(+)-linalool.Only(S)-(+)-linalool production was associated with slower growth of a generalist herbivore,and a large fraction was present as nonvolatile derivatives.We found that variation in volatile linalool and its nonvolatile glycosides mapped to the same genetic locus which harbored the biosynthetic gene,NaLIS,but that free linalool varied more in environmental responses.This study reveals how(S)-(+)-linalool and conjugates differ in their regulation and possible functions in resistance.
