Effects of genotype, elevated CO2 and elevated O3 on aspen phytochemistry and aspen leaf beetle Chrysomela crotchi performance

Leanne M. Vigue; Richard L. Lindroth

doi:10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00475.x

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Effects of genotype, elevated CO₂ and elevated O₃ on aspen phytochemistry and aspen leaf beetle Chrysomela crotchi performance

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Authors:

Leanne M. Vigue, Richard L. Lindroth

Year:

2010

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00475.x

Source:

Agriculture and Forest Entomology. 12: 267-276.

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Abstract

Trembling aspen Populus tremuloides Michaux is an important forest species in the Great Lakes region and displays tremendous genetic variation in foliar chemistry. Elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂) and ozone (O₃) may also influence phytochemistry and thereby alter the performance of insect herbivores such as the aspen leaf beetle Chrysomela crotchi Brown. The present study aimed to relate genetic- and atmospheric-based variation in aspen phytochemistry to C. crotchi performance (larval development time, adult mass, survivorship). The experiment was conducted at the Aspen Free-Air CO₂ Enrichment (FACE) site in northern Wisconsin.

Keywords

carbon dioxide, FACE, herbivore performance, ozone, ozone-tolerance, phenolic glycosides, plant–insect interactions, Populus tremuloides, specialist, trembling aspen

Citation

Vigue, Leanne M.; Lindroth, Richard L. 2010. Effects of genotype, elevated CO₂ and elevated O₃ on aspen phytochemistry and aspen leaf beetle Chrysomela crotchi performance. Agriculture and Forest Entomology. 12: 267-276.