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A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat
Pathogens and other parasites can have profound effects on biological communities and ecosystems. Here we explore how two strains of a plant virus – Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, BYDV – influence the foraging performance and fecundity of two aphid species: Rhopalosiphum maidis and R. padi. We found tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076312/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30076391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30023-6 |
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author | Porras, Mitzy De Moraes, Consuelo M. Mescher, Mark C. Rajotte, Edwin G. Carlo, Tomás A. |
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description | Pathogens and other parasites can have profound effects on biological communities and ecosystems. Here we explore how two strains of a plant virus – Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, BYDV – influence the foraging performance and fecundity of two aphid species: Rhopalosiphum maidis and R. padi. We found that pre-inhabitation by R. padi on plants facilitates the subsequent foraging of conspecifics and R. maidis. Without the virus, the occurrence of facilitation is asymmetric because it depends on the order of species arrival. However, with virus we found facilitation irrespective of the order of species arrival. Furthermore, the virus also boosted the fecundity of both aphids. Analyses of nutrient content of virus-free and virus-infected plants show significant increases of essential amino acids, sterols, and carbohydrates. Such nutrient increases appear to underlie the facilitative interactions and fecundity of aphids on virus-infected plants. Our experiments demonstrate that the virus dramatically increases the food consumption and fecundity of aphids through intra and interspecific trophic facilitation, resulting in processes that could affect community organization. |
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spelling | pubmed-60763122018-08-08 A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat Porras, Mitzy De Moraes, Consuelo M. Mescher, Mark C. Rajotte, Edwin G. Carlo, Tomás A. Sci Rep Article Pathogens and other parasites can have profound effects on biological communities and ecosystems. Here we explore how two strains of a plant virus – Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, BYDV – influence the foraging performance and fecundity of two aphid species: Rhopalosiphum maidis and R. padi. We found that pre-inhabitation by R. padi on plants facilitates the subsequent foraging of conspecifics and R. maidis. Without the virus, the occurrence of facilitation is asymmetric because it depends on the order of species arrival. However, with virus we found facilitation irrespective of the order of species arrival. Furthermore, the virus also boosted the fecundity of both aphids. Analyses of nutrient content of virus-free and virus-infected plants show significant increases of essential amino acids, sterols, and carbohydrates. Such nutrient increases appear to underlie the facilitative interactions and fecundity of aphids on virus-infected plants. Our experiments demonstrate that the virus dramatically increases the food consumption and fecundity of aphids through intra and interspecific trophic facilitation, resulting in processes that could affect community organization. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6076312/ /pubmed/30076391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30023-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Porras, Mitzy De Moraes, Consuelo M. Mescher, Mark C. Rajotte, Edwin G. Carlo, Tomás A. A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
title | A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
title_full | A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
title_fullStr | A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
title_full_unstemmed | A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
title_short | A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
title_sort | plant virus (bydv) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076312/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30076391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30023-6 |
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