Xiao, X.* ; Dussarrat, T.* ; Ziaja, D.* ; Seymen, Y.B. ; Brokate, L.* ; Jakobs, R.* ; Weber, B. ; Winkler, J.B. ; Schnitzler, J.-P. ; Müller, C.*
Plastic responses to single and combined environmental stresses in a highly chemodiverse aromatic plant species.
Physiol. Plant. 177:e70626 (2025)
Plants face various environmental stresses, to which they respond in different ways. Due to climate change, it is expected that plants will encounter increased phases of drought and changes in herbivory. This study thus aimed to evaluate the intra-individual variation in responses, that is phenotypic plasticity, to single and combined stresses, including drought and insect herbivory. We used plants of the aromatic species Tanacetum vulgare, which are characterized by distinct terpenoid chemotypes and metabolic fingerprints shaped by maternal origin. Clones were exposed to no stress, drought, herbivory, or a combination of both. The impacts of these treatments were determined in terms of aboveground biomass as well as emission rates or concentrations, richness, and functional Hill diversity (FHD) of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), stored leaf and root terpenoids, and leaf metabolic fingerprints. Drought resulted in lower plant aboveground biomass, VOC richness, and VOC FHD. Herbivory had no effect on biomass, but increased the VOC emission rates and richness, also in combination with drought. The treatment significantly affected the phenotypic plasticity of the aboveground biomass and VOC emission. Our findings highlight the importance of studying intra-individual variation in plant responses to different stresses and their combinations to fully comprehend the finely tuned chemodiversity.
Impact Factor
Scopus SNIP
Web of Science
Times Cited
Scopus
Cited By
Altmetric
Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Typ der Hochschulschrift
Herausgeber
Schlagwörter
Asteraceae ; Chemodiversity ; Combined Stresses ; Essential Oil ; Intraspecific Variation ; Phenotypic Plasticity; Metabolic-response; Drought; Herbivory; Volatiles; Caterpillars; Diversity; Defenses; Impact; Root; Gap
Keywords plus
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2025
Prepublished im Jahr
0
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2025
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0031-9317
e-ISSN
1399-3054
ISBN
Bandtitel
Konferenztitel
Konferzenzdatum
Konferenzort
Konferenzband
Quellenangaben
Band: 177,
Heft: 6,
Seiten: ,
Artikelnummer: e70626
Supplement: ,
Reihe
Verlag
Wiley
Verlagsort
111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, Nj Usa
Tag d. mündl. Prüfung
0000-00-00
Betreuer
Gutachter
Prüfer
Topic
Hochschule
Hochschulort
Fakultät
Veröffentlichungsdatum
0000-00-00
Anmeldedatum
0000-00-00
Anmelder/Inhaber
weitere Inhaber
Anmeldeland
Priorität
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e)
G-504991-001
Förderungen
DPPN e.V. Access to Research Infrastructures
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Copyright
Erfassungsdatum
2025-11-07