Colorado potato beetle exploits frass-associated bacteria to suppress defense responses in potato plants

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第一作者： Gao, Zhou

作者： Gao, Zhou;Ju, Xueyang;Xue, Rongrong;Li, Qing;Tong, Lu;Song, Yuanyuan;Zeng, Rensen;Wang, Jie;Yang, Mingyu;Fu, Kaiyun;Guo, Wenchao

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关键词： Colorado potato beetle; frass; potato; symbiotic bacteria; induced defense

期刊名称：PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.462； 五年影响因子：4.688 ）

ISSN： 1526-498X

年卷期： 2022 年 78 卷 9 期

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摘要： BACKGROUND Colorado potato beetle (CPB; Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a destructive quarantine pest that develops broad physiological adaptations to potato plants. During feeding, CPB deposits a copious amount of wet frass onto the surface of leaves and stems that remains in place for long periods. Insect behaviors such as feeding, crawling and oviposition are able to mediate plant defenses. However, the specific role of CPB defecation-associated cues in manipulating plant defenses remains unclear. RESULTS CPB larval frass significantly suppressed potato polyphenol oxidase activity and enhanced larval growth on treated potato plants. The incorporation of antibiotics into larval frass triggered higher jasmonic acid (JA)-regulated defense responses in potato plants compared with antibiotic-free frass. Four bacterial symbionts belonging to the genera Acinetobacter, Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Pantoea were isolated from larval frass and suppressed plant defenses. After reinoculation of these bacteria into axenic larvae, Acinetobacter and Citrobacter were found to be highly abundant in the frass, whereas Enterobacter and Pantoea were less abundant probably due to the negative effect of potato steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGA) such as alpha-solanine. Furthermore, direct application of Acinetobacter and Citrobacter to wounded potato plants significantly inhibited the expression of genes associated with the JA-mediated defense signaling pathway and SGA biosynthesis. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate that CPB exploits frass-associated bacteria as a deceptive strategy of plant defense suppression, adding an interesting dimension to our understanding of how CPB successfully specializes on potato plants.

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