Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects
Abstract The interaction between insects and plants is a classic case of coevolution. During the arms race that has continued for 400 million years, the mutualistic (such as pollination and defense assistance) and antagonistic relationships gradually formed and complicated under the selection pressu...
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| description | Abstract The interaction between insects and plants is a classic case of coevolution. During the arms race that has continued for 400 million years, the mutualistic (such as pollination and defense assistance) and antagonistic relationships gradually formed and complicated under the selection pressure from phytophagous insects. Thus, plants have developed diverse defense strategies, constantly balancing the relationship between defense and growth. At the same time, insects have evolved the ability to adapt to and resist plant defenses. Throughout this process, phenotypic plasticity has continuously helped both groups adapt to new environments and niches. Epigenetic changes play an important role in the formation of plastic phenotype. These changes allow parental defense traits to be passed on to the offspring, helping the offspring resist insect feeding. Epigenetic changes and genetic variation provide the basis for the formation of new phenotypes, and plants can form stable defense traits under long-term insect feeding pressure. In this review, we summarize the defense strategies of plants and the counter-defense strategies of insects, suggest that phenotypic plasticity plays an important role in this interaction, and discuss the role of epigenetics in the formation of plastic phenotypes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65a27d5eae344810ae9be4b1a2b555fa2023-12-17T12:26:47ZengBMCCABI Agriculture and Bioscience2662-40442023-12-014111210.1186/s43170-023-00201-2Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insectsXianzhong Wang0Jieyu Kang1Huizhong Wang2Shigui Wang3Bin Tang4Jiangjie Lu5College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal UniversityCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal UniversityCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal UniversityCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal UniversityCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal UniversityCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal UniversityAbstract The interaction between insects and plants is a classic case of coevolution. During the arms race that has continued for 400 million years, the mutualistic (such as pollination and defense assistance) and antagonistic relationships gradually formed and complicated under the selection pressure from phytophagous insects. Thus, plants have developed diverse defense strategies, constantly balancing the relationship between defense and growth. At the same time, insects have evolved the ability to adapt to and resist plant defenses. Throughout this process, phenotypic plasticity has continuously helped both groups adapt to new environments and niches. Epigenetic changes play an important role in the formation of plastic phenotype. These changes allow parental defense traits to be passed on to the offspring, helping the offspring resist insect feeding. Epigenetic changes and genetic variation provide the basis for the formation of new phenotypes, and plants can form stable defense traits under long-term insect feeding pressure. In this review, we summarize the defense strategies of plants and the counter-defense strategies of insects, suggest that phenotypic plasticity plays an important role in this interaction, and discuss the role of epigenetics in the formation of plastic phenotypes.https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00201-2AdaptationPlant defenseEvolutionInsectPhenotypic plasticity |
| spellingShingle | Xianzhong Wang Jieyu Kang Huizhong Wang Shigui Wang Bin Tang Jiangjie Lu Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects CABI Agriculture and Bioscience Adaptation Plant defense Evolution Insect Phenotypic plasticity |
| title | Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects |
| title_full | Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects |
| title_fullStr | Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects |
| title_short | Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects |
| title_sort | phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects |
| topic | Adaptation Plant defense Evolution Insect Phenotypic plasticity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00201-2 |
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