Effects of Feeding Spodoptera littoralis on Lima Bean Leaves. II. Continuous Mechanical Wounding Resembling Insect Feeding Is Sufficient to Elicit Herbivory-Related Volatile Emission

• Published in: Plant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 137; no. 3; pp. 1160 - 1168
• Main Authors: Mithöfer, Axel, Wanner, Gerhard, Boland, Wilhelm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rockville, MD American Society of Plant Biologists 01.03.2005; American Society of Plant Physiologists
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Caterpillars; Cepaca hortensis; Cepaea hortensis; Emissions; Feeding; Feeding Behavior; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Herbivores; Herbivory; Infestation; Insect larvae; Insects; Larva; Larva - physiology; Leaves; Lima; lima beans; mechanical damage; Mesas; Metabolism; Monoterpenes; Organic compounds; Phaseolus; Phaseolus - metabolism; Phaseolus - physiology; Phaseolus lunatus; Photosynthesis, respiration. Anabolism, catabolism; physiology; Phytophagous insects; plant damage; Plant Leaves; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Leaves - ultrastructure; Plant physiology and development; plant response; Plant tissues; Plants; Plants Interacting with Other Organisms; Snails; Snails - physiology; Spodoptera; Spodoptera - physiology; Spodoptera littoralis; ultrastructure; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Volatilization; Plant tissue; Leguminosae; Phaseolus lunatus; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Monoterpene; Spermatophyta; Volatile organic compound; Plant leaf; Leaf area; Fatty acids

Herbivore feeding elicits defense responses in infested plants, including the emission of volatile organic compounds that can serve as indirect defense signals. Until now, the contribution of plant tissue wounding during the feeding process in the elicitation of defense responses has not been clear....