Tomato trichomes are deadly hurdles limiting the establishment of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Paspati, Angeliki; Rambla, José L.; Gresa, María Pilar López; Arbona, Vicent; Granell, Antonio; González‐Cabrera, Joel; Urbaneja, Alberto

doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104572

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“…For example, large amounts of toxicants are released by the plant only once the herbivore breaks down specific plant structures by feeding or just moving on the plant, such as resin ducts or glandular trichomes (Dearing, Foley, & McLean, 2005;Giordano, Maleci, Agati, & Petruccelli, 2020;Yousaf et al, 2018;Zhou, Lou, Tzin, & Jander, 2015). Fractions of tomato trichome extracts can affect predatory mite survival in a concentration-response manner (Paspati et al, 2021). Kennedy (2003) reported that the presence of phenolic compounds, for example, chlorogenic acid and rutin, in tomato leaves, may inhibit the growth of larvae of two noctuid pests, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and Helicoverpa zea (Boddie).…”

Section: Chemical Defencesmentioning

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Plant defences for enhanced integrated pest management in tomato

Tortorici

Biondi

Pérez‐Hedo

et al. 2022

Annals of Applied Biology

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Plants developed a series of defence mechanisms to counteract the attack of herbivores. These can impact on food‐webs at various trophic levels, in both natural and managed ecosystems, such as crops. The biochemical and ecological bases behind these processes are reviewed here by highlighting the differences in direct and indirect, constitutive and induced defences. In integrated pest management (IPM), several pest control tools are applied in an economically sound way in order to increase the crop resilience and reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides. Plant resistance is thus a crucial aspect of preventive pest control strategies in several agroecosystems, including tomato. In this context, we review the current literature dealing with the physiology and biochemistry of tomato plants in terms of metabolite pathways and multitrophic interactions. We also describe recent advances in plant defence‐based control tools obtained by studying the multitrophic interactions between pests and plants in the tomato system.

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Section: Chemical Defencesmentioning

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Plant defences for enhanced integrated pest management in tomato

Tortorici

Biondi

Pérez‐Hedo

et al. 2022

Annals of Applied Biology

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“…In tomato, the survival and efficacy of small predators is hindered by plant defences mediated by the trichomes and their exudates (van Haren et al 1987 ; Nihoul 1994 ; Cédola et al 2001 ; Cédola and Sánchez 2003 ; Paspati et al 2021 ). Tomato trichomes are classified in seven categories (types I–VII) according to their morphological and physiological properties.…”

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“…A variety of secondary metabolites are secreted by the tomato glandular trichomes, including the sticky acyl sugars which are the most abundant chemical group, followed by terpenoids, phenols, methyl ketones and others (Schilmiller et al 2010 ). In cultivated tomato , the acyl sugars are produced and excreted by the most abundant glandular trichomes, type I and VI (Kang et al 2010 ; Ghosh and Jones 2017 ; Paspati et al 2021 ). The antibiotic and antixenotic effects of these metabolites render resistance against herbivores but also affect negatively natural enemies (Simmons and Gurr 2005 ).…”

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“…On detached tomato leaflets, A. swirskii can attack and reproduce using common tomato pests, such as A. lycopersici (Momen and Abdel-Khalek 2008 ), T. absoluta (Momen et al 2013 ), B. tabaci and T. urticae (personal observation). However, the density of glandular trichomes is much higher on tomato stems where the predatory mites often get trapped and die (van Haren et al 1987 ; Paspati et al 2021 ).…”

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Transcriptomic profile of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on different host plants

Paspati

2022

Exp Appl Acarol

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Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a predatory mite, effective at controlling whiteflies and thrips in protected crops. However, on tomato its efficacy as a biocontrol agent is hindered, most probably by the plant trichomes and their exudates. Our aim was to characterize the response of A. swirskii to the tomato trichome exudates and identify three major detoxification gene sets in this species: cytochromes P450 (CYPs), glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) and carboxyl/cholinesterases (CCEs). Mites were exposed separately to tomato and pepper, a favourable host plant for A. swirskii, after which their transcriptional responses were analysed and compared. The de novo transcriptome assembly resulted in 71,336 unigenes with 66.1% of them annotated. Thirty-nine A. swirskii genes were differentially expressed after transfer on tomato leaves when compared to pepper leaves; some of the expressed genes were associated with the metabolism of tomato exudates. Our results illustrate that the detoxification gene sets CYPs, GSTs and CCEs are abundant in A. swirskii, but do not play a significant role when in contact with the tomato exudates.

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“…In protected crops like pepper and cucumber, phytoseiids successfully control thrips, whiteflies and spider mites [18][19][20][21][22][23]. Unlike on cucumber and pepper, phytoseiid predatory mites have difficulties building up populations on tomato crops, even in the presence prey food shown to be suitable in laboratory trials, such as the tomato russet mite (TRM) Aculops lycopersici (Tryon) (Acari: Eriophyidae) and several species of whiteflies [24][25][26]. The inability of Phytoseiidae to establish on tomato plants is attributed to the presence of glandular trichomes, which hamper their movement [27,28].…”

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Evaluation of Natural and Factitious Food Sources for Pronematus Ubiquitus on Tomato Plants

Duarte¹,

Vangansbeke²,

Pijnakker³

et al. 2021

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Pronematus ubiquitus (McGregor) is a small iolinid mite that is capable of establishing on tomato plants. Once established, this mite has been shown to control both tomato russet mite, Aculops lycopersici (Tryon) (Acari: Eriophyidae) and tomato powdery mildew (Oidium neolycopersici L. Kiss). In the present study, we explored the nutritional value of various food sources in the laboratory. First, we assessed the reproduction of two food sources that P. ubiquitus can encounter on a tomato crop: tomato pollen and powdery mildew. In a second laboratory experiment, we evaluated the nutritional value of two types of prey mites: the astigmatid Carpoglyphus lactis L. (Acari: Carpoglyphidae) and the tarsonemid Tarsonemus fusarii (Acari: Tarsonemidae). Powdery mildew and C. lactis did not contribute to the reproduction, whereas tomato pollen and T. fusarii did allow egg-laying. However, Typha angustifolia pollen was a superior food source in both experiments. In a greenhouse trial on individual caged tomato plants, we evaluated the impact of pollen supplementation frequency on establishment of P. ubiquitus. Here, a pollen addition frequency of every other week was required to allow populations of P. ubiquitus to establish.

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Tomato trichomes are deadly hurdles limiting the establishment of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Cited by 29 publications

References 48 publications

Plant defences for enhanced integrated pest management in tomato

Plant defences for enhanced integrated pest management in tomato

Transcriptomic profile of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on different host plants

Evaluation of Natural and Factitious Food Sources for Pronematus Ubiquitus on Tomato Plants

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