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Role of cyanide-resistant respiration during light-induced attraction of predators to herbivore-infested leaves

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Abstract

The present work showed that spider mite-infested leaves placed in the light were more attractive to predatory mites than the infested leaves placed in the dark; furthermore, an increase in the light intensity enhanced this attractiveness. However, the increase of the light intensity did not change the attractiveness of the uninfested leaves to predatory mites. The capacity of cyanide-resistant respiration and the photosynthetic rates of both the infested and uninfested leaves increased with increasing light intensities, whereas the photosystem (PS) II chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence decreased. The increase of the capacity of cyanide-resistant respiration in the infested leaves was more dramatic than that in the uninfested leaves, whereas the values of photosynthetic rates and Chl fluorescence were lower in the infested leaves than those in the uninfested leaves. Treatment of the infested and uninfested leaves with 1 mM salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM, an inhibitor of cyanide-resistant respiration) decreased photosynthetic rates and caused further reductions in PSII fluorescence, especially under a higher light intensity. In contrast, the effects of SHAM on PSII fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic rates of the infested leaves were more dramatic than on those of the uninfested leaves. The treatment with SHAM did not significantly change the attractiveness of the infested or uninfested leaves to the predatory mites under all of the light intensities tested. These results indicated that cyanide-resistant respiration was not directly associated with the light-induced attraction of predators to plants, but it could play a role in the protection of photosynthesis. Such role might become relatively more important when photosynthesis is impaired by herbivores infestation.

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Abbreviations

AOX:

alternative oxidase

D:

dark

L:

low-light treatment

H:

high-light treatment

HEPES:

4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid

HIPVs:

herbivore-induced plant volatiles

IL:

infested leaves

F0′:

minimal fluorescence of the light-adapted state

Fm′:

light-adapted maximum fluorescence yield

Fq′/Fm′:

the PSII operating efficiency

Fq′/Fv′:

PSII efficiency factor

Fv′/Fm′:

PSII maximum efficiency

Fs :

fluorescence yield at the steady-state photosynthesis

KCN:

potassium cyanide

PSII:

photosystem II

PAR:

photosynthetically active radiation

P N :

photosynthetic rate

SD:

standard deviation

SHAM:

salicylhydroxamic acid

Valt :

capacity of cyanide-resistant respiration

Vt :

total respiration rate

UL:

uninfested leaves

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    H. Q. Feng, K. Sun, Y. Wei, L. Y. Jia, J. P. Zhang & Y. Li

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Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 30900105 and 31260059), key project of Chinese ministry of education (NO. 211190), NWNU-kjcxgc-03-77&49, and NWNU-09-31&NWNU-LKQN-10-32.

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Feng, H.Q., Sun, K., Wei, Y. et al. Role of cyanide-resistant respiration during light-induced attraction of predators to herbivore-infested leaves. Photosynthetica 51, 583–592 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-013-0057-7

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