insecticidal allelochemicals Flashcards
allelochemicals allow for different relationships between organisms. what are they?
mutual benefit
competition
allelochemicals upregulated by
UV radiation
day length
stress
elicitors (microbe attack)
T/F: all allelochemicals are safe
F: most but not all
how plants response to insect heerbivores
- tolerate assult, makes difficult for herbivore, or kill herbivore
- antixenosis or non-preference, tolerance and antibiosis
plant resistance mechanisms to insect herbivores could be ______ or _______
constitutive or induced
antibiosis definition
deleterious impact on overall well-being of insect herbivores
antibiosis impacts through ______ _____ disruptions. can be ___ or ____
life cycle
mild or fatal
constitutive resistance
plant has INHERITED ability to defend itself
induced resistance
arises due to attack by herbivores, disease or abiotic factors.
made from individual life experience of that plant
constitutive and induced resistance can be direct or indirect. what does that mean?
direct resistance - morphological traits and secondary metabolites of plants respond to insect herbivores
indirect resistance - rely on insect’s natural enemies for protection (send pheremone signal to spider that eats insect herbivore)
herbivore induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) produced due to _____ _____ and lead to _____ resistance
insect damage
indirect resistance
HIPVs attract ________ to reduce the ____ _____
predators
plant damage
anti herbivore compounds are ____ metabolites and suppress _____ -______
secondary
insect-herbivores
HIPVs divided into subgroups
nitrogen compounds including alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides, terpenoids and phenols
diversity of angiosperms in _____ period is associated with the increase in ______ of____
with evolution, selected processes resulted in defence against ___-____
this is co-evolution is in ______ and ______
Cretaceous
speciation of insects
insect herbivores
vascular plants and insects
insect herbivores vary in their ability to ….
this speciation drives the evolution of different ____ plants and ____ plants
cope with multiple plant defense mechanisms
host plants and food plants
plants also developed resistance mechanisms over time to…
reduce the damage caused by insects
examples of plant response to insect herbivores (primary morphological features).
what do they do?
thorns, spikes, wax, wall thickness, etc
they disrupt movement, feeding and reproductive success of insects
_____ herbivores cope with plant defense compounds better than ____ herbivores
specialist
generalist
specialist herbivores are not affected by..
how are specialist insects survive plant defenses?
… defense mechanisms of host plants
developed physiological adaptations
glucosinolates are in higher concentration of plant ______ than _____. this is why catapillars feed on the plant’s _____
flowers
leaves
flowers
specialists have a ________ to cope with the _____ ____ of the plants
physiological adaptation
defense mechanisms
T/F: only specialists can overcome digestibility reducers
F: specialists AND generalists can overcome digestibility reducers
digestibility reducers affect all insects but could be adapted by _____
specialists
_____ number of insects are immue to harmful effects of plant toxins
small
specialists sequester toxic chemicals from plant and use them to
protect themselves from predators
general mechanisms for plants of the same species to respond to herbivores are _________
heritable
_____ insects are more sensitive to plant toxins than _____ insects
generalist
specialists
which gets induced first, direct or indirect response?
direct response first
indirect response if no direct response
primary or secondary metabolites make defense shit (ex. insecticides)
secondary
infested plants have higher levels of ____ proteins compared to non-infested plants
defense
there is an insect infestation in plant. ____ defense metabolites produced first. ____ defense metabolites produced second, for example….
small
large, terpenoids
plant allelochemicals can act as
repellents
deterrents
growth inhibitors
mortality
what types of strategies did insects evolve to cope with plant toxins
avoidance, excretion, sequestration and degradation