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| Title |
Plants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insect herbivore chewing
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| Published in |
Oecologia, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00442-014-2995-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
H. M. Appel, R. B. Cocroft |
| Abstract |
Plant germination and growth can be influenced by sound, but the ecological significance of these responses is unclear. We asked whether acoustic energy generated by the feeding of insect herbivores was detected by plants. We report that the vibrations caused by insect feeding can elicit chemical defenses. Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) rosettes pre-treated with the vibrations caused by caterpillar feeding had higher levels of glucosinolate and anthocyanin defenses when subsequently fed upon by Pieris rapae (L.) caterpillars than did untreated plants. The plants also discriminated between the vibrations caused by chewing and those caused by wind or insect song. Plants thus respond to herbivore-generated vibrations in a selective and ecologically meaningful way. A vibration signaling pathway would complement the known signaling pathways that rely on volatile, electrical, or phloem-borne signals. We suggest that vibration may represent a new long distance signaling mechanism in plant-insect interactions that contributes to systemic induction of chemical defenses. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 293 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 12% |
| Japan | 27 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 4% |
| Spain | 10 | 3% |
| France | 8 | 3% |
| Germany | 5 | 2% |
| Canada | 4 | 1% |
| India | 4 | 1% |
| Mexico | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 32 | 11% |
| Unknown | 150 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 250 | 85% |
| Scientists | 27 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 590 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | <1% |
| Brazil | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Hungary | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 12 | 2% |
| Unknown | 555 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 114 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 95 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 88 | 15% |
| Researcher | 86 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 4% |
| Other | 86 | 15% |
| Unknown | 96 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 305 | 52% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 43 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 41 | 7% |
| Engineering | 14 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 1% |
| Other | 64 | 11% |
| Unknown | 115 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1089. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 March 2024.
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#2
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