Parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita interactions with different Capsicum annum cultivars reveal the chemical constituents modulating root herbivory

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 2903 - 10
• Main Authors: Kihika, Ruth, Murungi, Lucy K, Coyne, Danny, Ng'ang'a, Margaret, Hassanali, Ahmed, Teal, Peter E A, Torto, Baldwyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 06.06.2017; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Animals; Capsicum; Capsicum - chemistry; Capsicum - parasitology; Chemotaxis; Cultivars; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Herbivores; Herbivory; Host location; Host plants; Limonene; Meloidogyne incognita; Organic compounds; Phytochemicals - chemistry; Plant breeding; Plant Diseases - parasitology; Plant Roots - chemistry; Plant Roots - parasitology; Pyrazine; Salicylic acid; Thymol; Tylenchoidea - physiology; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Volatile Organic Compounds - analysis; Volatile Organic Compounds - chemistry; Volatiles; α-Pinene

Plant volatile signatures are often used as cues by herbivores to locate their preferred hosts. Here, we report on the volatile organic compounds used by the subterranean root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne incognita for host location. We compared responses of infective second stage juveniles (J2s)...