Effect of the carmine spider mite (Acarida: Tetranychidae) infestation and mechanical injury on the level of ABA in tomato plants
Effect of the carmine spider mite (Acarida: Tetranychidae) infestation and mechanical injury on the level of ABA in tomato plants
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DOI:
10.1007/s11738-999-0045-5
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发表时间:
1999-01-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Kielkiewicz, M
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作者:
Gawronska, H;Kielkiewicz, M
The aim of this study was to determine the changes in the abscisic acid (ABA) content in tomato leaves infested by the carmine spider mite (CSM) (Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boidsuval) and in leaves that were mechanically injured. It was also investigated whether signalling from stressed to non-stressed organs occurred.Tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cvs. Romatos and Slonka (with various susceptibility to CSM) were stressed at the stage of first cluster flowering by either CSM feeding (72 hours) or by mechanical puncturing simulated feeding injury by CSM (18 hours).It was found that under control condition the level of ABA differed significantly between cultivars, being always higher in plants of the susceptible cv. Romatos.In response to CSM feeding, the content of ABA in infested organs of the more tolerant plant (cv. Slonka) increased by 95% but in the susceptible one by 11% only. ABA content in the organs non-stressed by CSM feeding either increased (Slonka cv.) or decreased (Romatos cv.).In response to mechanical wounding, ABA content in directly injured organs increased but to a lower degree (49%) and only in Slonka cv.. The same was true for ABA content in noninjured organs of damaged plants of this cultivar. Observed changes in ABA level in non-stressed organs are probably the results of signalling from stressed organs. Plant response measured by changes in ABA level to the stress generated by CSM feeding, was much stronger than merely by mechanical injury.