Possible involvement of the phloem sealing system in the acceptance of a plant as host by an aphid |
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Authors: | C M Caillaud H M Niemeyer |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire INRA-ENSA de Zoologie, B.P. 29, F-33650 Le Rheu, (France);(2) Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, (Chile);(3) Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Comstock Hall, 14853-0999 Ithaca, New York, USA |
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Abstract: | Possible reasons for the rejection of some lines ofTriticum monococcum (Tm44 and Tm46) by the aphidSitobion avenae were explored. In allT. monococcum lines studied, whether unfavourable (non-host/resistant plant) or favourable (host/susceptible plant), the concentrations of hydroxamic acids, a family of aphid-resistance factors in cereals, were significantly lower than the levels in the favourable host-plantTriticum aestivum cv. Therefore, hydroxamic acids did not account for the host/non-host patterns observed. Phloem sap was collected by stylectomy from young seedlings of favourable and unfavourable plants. In non-aphid-resistant genotypes, the success in stylectomy, the proportion of amputated stylets resulting in long (>1 min) exudations, the average duration of exudation, and the final volume of sap exuded, were higher than in the aphid-resistant genotypes. It is concluded that aphid interference with the phloem sealing system of the plant is a likely mechanism of rejection ofT. monococcum lines Tm44 and Tm46 as hosts byS. avenae. |
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Keywords: | Aphids (Sitobion avenae) Triticum spp phloem sap secondary compounds (hydroxamic acids) stylectomy aphid-plant interactions plant resistance |
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