Associational effects and the maintenance of polymorphism in plant defense against herbivores: review and evidence
Associational effects and the maintenance of polymorphism in plant defense against herbivores: review and evidence
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植物防御食草动物的关联效应和多态性的维持:回顾和证据
DOI:
10.1111/1442-1984.12201
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Sato Yasuhiro
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作者:
Sato Yasuhiro
Many plant species have evolved defense traits against herbivores. Associational effects (AEs) refer to a kind of apparent interaction where the herbivory risk to a focal plant species depends on the composition of other plant species in a neighborhood. Despite ample evidence for AEs between different plant species, this point of view has rarely been applied to polymorphism in defense traits within a plant species. The purpose of this review is to highlight an overlooked role of conspecific AEs in maintaining polymorphism in antiherbivore defense. First, I present a general review of AE between plant species and its role in the coexistence of plant species. This viewpoint of AE can be applied to genetic polymorphism within a plant species, as it causes frequency‐ and density‐dependent herbivory between multiple plant types. Second, I introduce a case study of conspecific AEs in the trichome‐producing (hairy) and glabrous plants ofArabidopsis hallerisubsp.gemmifera.Laboratory and semi‐field experiments illustrated that AEs against the brassica leaf beetlePhaedon brassicaemediate a minority advantage in defense and fitness between hairy and glabrous plants. Combined with a statistical modeling approach, field observation revealed that conspecific AEs can maintain the trichome dimorphismvianegative frequency‐dependent selection in a plant population. Finally, I discuss spatial and temporal scales at which AEs contribute to shaping genetic variation in antiherbivore defense in a plant metapopulation. Based on the review and evidence, I suggest that AEs play a key role in the maintenance of genetic variation within a plant species.