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Effects of exogenous methyl jasmonate-induced resistance in Populus × euramericana ‘Nanlin895’ on the performance and metabolic enzyme activities of Clostera anachoreta

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Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is a plant chemical elicitor that has been used to artificially induce chemical defense responses and trigger induced resistance against a broad range of arthropod herbivores. This study assessed the effects of exogenous MeJA on the growth performance, chemical detoxification, and antioxidant enzyme activities of Clostera anachoreta. After feeding C. anachoreta with 10−5 mol/L MeJA solution-treated Populus × euramericana ‘Nanlin895’ leaves, we measured the larval and pupal development time, pupal weight, eclosion rate, fecundity, and nutritional physiology of the adults. We also measured superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD) activities, which are reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers, and glutathione S-transferase (GST) and carboxylesterase (CarE) activities, which are probably involved in the metabolism of induced plant allelochemicals. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment reduced larval performance in terms of prolonged developmental time of larvae and pupae and decreased growth rates, but had little effect on larval nutrition physiology. The activities of the SOD and POD antioxidant enzymes increased, but CAT activity declined at 36 and 48 h after C. anachoreta had fed on MeJA-treated leaves. The GST and CarE detoxification enzymes both were induced after the larvae had fed on MeJA-treated leaves. These results suggest that exogenous application of MeJA elicited induced resistance in Populus × euramericana ‘Nanlin895’ against C. anachoreta.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20131421) and the Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Province.

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  1. Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Gu Tianzi, Zhang Congcong, Chen Changyu, Li hui, Huang kairu, Tian Shuo, Zhao Xudong & Hao Dejun

  2. College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

    Gu Tianzi, Zhang Congcong, Chen Changyu, Li hui, Huang kairu, Tian Shuo, Zhao Xudong & Hao Dejun

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Tianzi, G., Congcong, Z., Changyu, C. et al. Effects of exogenous methyl jasmonate-induced resistance in Populus × euramericana ‘Nanlin895’ on the performance and metabolic enzyme activities of Clostera anachoreta . Arthropod-Plant Interactions 12, 247–255 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-017-9564-y

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