Differences in leaf nutrients and developmental instability in relation to induced resistance to a gall midge

• Published in: Arthropod-plant interactions Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 163 - 170
• Main Authors: Santos, Jean Carlos, Alves-Silva, Estevão, Cornelissen, Tatiana G., Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Asymmetry; Bauhinia; Bauhinia brevipes; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carbon; Cecidomyiidae; Ecology; Entomology; Fluctuating asymmetry; Galling; Galls; Herbivores; Hypersensitive response; induced resistance; Insects; Invertebrates; leaf development; Leaves; Life Sciences; Nitrogen; nitrogen content; Nutrients; Organic carbon; Original Paper; Plant Pathology; Plant populations; Plant Sciences; Plant stress; Plants; Schizomyia macrocapillata; Stability; Stress concentration; Survival; survival rate; Cecidomyiidae; Foliar nutrients; Fluctuating asymmetry

The hypersensitive response is an important form of plant-induced defence against galling insects and can imply changes in leaf nutrients, especially nitrogen and carbon, which are important for both gall survivorship and leaf development. We hypothesised that the hypersensitive response also causes...