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Genetic variation in leaf chemistry driven by herbivory affects #PhyllosphereFungalCommunities in an #InvasivePlant.

#SpeciesDiversity | #Plant_insect_microbeInteractions | #SecondaryChemicals | #HerbivorousInsects | #AmbrosiaArtemisiifolia

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf069

Lifeng Zhou et al. examined how herbivory-mediated ( #HerbivorousInsects: Ophraella communa) changes in plant chemistry ( #AmbrosiaArtemisiifolia) affect #PhyllosphereFungalCommunity.

#SpeciesDiversity | #Plant_insect_microbeInteractions | #InvasivePlant | #SecondaryChemicals

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf069

How❓herbivory-mediated changes in plant chemistry ➡️ #PhyllosphereMicrobiome

Objects: #AmbrosiaArtemisiifolia

Results:
Herbivore-mediated selection may be a key driver of microbial community evolution in #InvasivePlants.

#SpeciesDiversity | #Plant_insect_microbeInteractions | #SecondaryChemicals | #HerbivorousInsects

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf069

The American Society of Naturalists Address is now here ahead of print: "Convergence and Divergence among Herbivorous Insects Specialized on Toxic Plants: Revealing Syndromes among the Cardenolide Feeders across the Insect Tree of Life" by Agrawal et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731277

#herbivorousInsects #toxicPlants #TreeOfLife #ASNAddress