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Arch Biochem Biophys ; 683: 108301, 2020 04 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32057759

ABSTRACT

Leaf herbivory on tea plants (Camellia sinensis) by tea geometrids (Ectropis oblique) can cause severe yield loss and quality damage for tea. In previous work, we discovered that leaf herbivory triggered systemic carbon depletion in undamaged roots to enhance resource investment for local defense induced in damaged leaves. Here, we investigated the dynamics of amino acids in the local and systemic responses and the roles of nitrogen resource reallocation for the inducible defense in tea plants in response to leaf herbivory. The comparative analysis of the dynamics of flavonoids, caffeine, theanine and basic amino acids at metabolic and transcriptome levels revealed that leaf herbivory triggered the differential reconfiguration of these amino acid-derived defensive metabolites and nitrogenous primary metabolism between the local and systemic responses. The tight association of the metabolism and reallocation of amino acids with the activation of defensive secondary metabolism indicated that the systemic nitrogen reallocation played a potentially important role for the resource investment in tea plant resistance against leaf herbivory. This study provided an extended understanding of the role of systemic nitrogen reallocation for the interaction of tea plants and geometrids and the root-mediated resource-based resistance strategy employed by tea plants in response to leaf herbivory.


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Amino Acids/metabolism , Camellia sinensis/metabolism , Herbivory , Moths , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Amino Acids/chemistry , Animals , Caffeine/chemistry , Flavonoids/chemistry , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Glutamates/chemistry , Least-Squares Analysis , Nitrogen/chemistry , Nitrogen/metabolism , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Principal Component Analysis , Transcriptome , Up-Regulation
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J Agric Food Chem ; 67(19): 5465-5476, 2019 May 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30916943

ABSTRACT

Leaf herbivory on tea plants ( Camellia sinensis) by tea geometrids ( Ectropis oblique) severely threaten the yield and quality of tea. In previous work, we found that local defense response was induced in damaged leaves by geometrids at the transcriptome level. Here, we investigated the systemic response triggered in undamaged roots and the potential role of roots in response to leaf herbivory. Comparative transcriptome analysis and carbohydrate dynamics indicated that leaf herbivory activated systemic carbon reallocation to enhance resource investment for local secondary metabolism. The crucial role of jasmonic acid and the involvement of other potential hormone signals for local and systemic signaling networks were supported by phytohormone quantification and dynamic expression analysis of phytohormone-related genes. This work represents a deep understanding of the interaction of tea plants and geometrids from the perspective of systems biology and reveals that tea plants have evolved an intricate root-mediated resource-based resistance strategy to cope with geometrid attack.


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Camellia sinensis/genetics , Moths/physiology , Phytochemicals/chemistry , Plant Proteins/genetics , Animals , Camellia sinensis/chemistry , Camellia sinensis/immunology , Camellia sinensis/parasitology , Cyclopentanes/immunology , Feeding Behavior , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Herbivory/physiology , Oxylipins/immunology , Plant Growth Regulators/immunology , Plant Leaves/genetics , Plant Leaves/immunology , Plant Leaves/parasitology , Plant Proteins/chemistry , Plant Proteins/immunology , Plant Roots/genetics , Plant Roots/immunology , Transcriptome
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