{"id":4584,"date":"2023-11-06T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:10:15","slug":"plant-diversity-and-soil-legacy-independently-affect-the-plant-metabolome-and-induced-responses-following-herbivory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/plant-diversity-and-soil-legacy-independently-affect-the-plant-metabolome-and-induced-responses-following-herbivory\/","title":{"rendered":"New publication from Ristok et al. in Ecology and Evolution: Plant diversity and soil legacy independently affect the plant metabolome and induced responses following herbivory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Plant and soil biodiversity can have significant effects on herbivore  resistance mediated by plant metabolites. Here, we disentangled the  independent effects of plant diversity and soil legacy on constitutive  and herbivore-induced plant metabolomes of three plant species in two  complementary microcosm experiments. First, we grew plants in sterile  soil with three different plant diversity levels. Second, single plant  species were grown on soil with different plant diversity-induced soil  legacies. We infested a subset of all plants with <em>Spodoptera exigua<\/em>  larvae, a generalist leaf-chewing herbivore, and assessed foliar and  root metabolomes. Neither plant diversity nor soil legacy had  significant effects on overall foliar, root, or herbivore-induced  metabolome composition. Herbivore-induced metabolomes, however, differed  from those of control plants. We detected 139 significantly regulated  metabolites by comparing plants grown in monocultures with conspecifics  growing in plant or soil legacy mixtures. Moreover, plant\u2013plant and  plant\u2013soil interactions regulated 141 metabolites in herbivore-induced  plants. Taken together, plant diversity and soil legacy independently  alter the concentration and induction of plant metabolites, thus  affecting the plant&#8217;s defensive capability. This is a first step toward  disentangling plant and soil biodiversity effects on herbivore  resistance, thereby improving our understanding of the mechanisms that  govern ecosystem functioning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"977\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ece310667-fig-0001-m-1024x977.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4585\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ece310667-fig-0001-m-1024x977.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/ece310667-fig-0001-m-300x286.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/ece310667-fig-0001-m-768x733.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/ece310667-fig-0001-m-1536x1465.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/ece310667-fig-0001-m-2048x1954.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Fig. 1  The total number of up- and downregulated metabolites in leaves and roots of (a, d) <em>Geranium pratense<\/em>, (b, e) <em>Leucanthemum vulgare<\/em>, and (c, f) <em>Ranunculus acris<\/em>  plants grown in microcosms with different neighbors (PPI) or different  soil legacies (PSI). The number depicted is in comparison to the  monoculture diversity\/soil legacy level. Data collected as part of the  plant\u2013plant interaction (PPI) experiment are displayed in light red (up)  and dark red (down). Data collected as part of the plant\u2013soil  interaction (PSI) experiment are displayed in gray (up) and black  (down). <em>Geranium<\/em>, <em>Geranium pratense<\/em>; <em>Leucanthemum<\/em>, <em>Leucanthemum vulgare<\/em>; <em>Ranunculus<\/em>, <em>Ranunculus acris<\/em>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ristok, C., N. Eisenhauer, A. Weinhold, and N. M. van Dam. 2023. Plant diversity and soil legacy independently affect the plant metabolome and induced responses following herbivory. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10667. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.10667\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.10667<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plant and soil biodiversity can have significant effects on herbivore resistance mediated by plant metabolites. 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