Plant genetic diversity affects multiple trophic levels and trophic interactions

Nian-Feng Wan; Liwan Fu; Matteo Dainese; Yue-Qing Hu; Lars Pødenphant Kiær; Forest Isbell; Christoph Scherber

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35087-7

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Plant genetic diversity affects multiple trophic levels and trophic interactions

Nian-Feng Wan,
Liwan Fu,
Matteo Dainese,
Yue-Qing Hu,
Lars Pødenphant Kiær,
Forest Isbell,
Christoph Scherber

Affiliations

Nian-Feng Wan: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology
Liwan Fu: Center for Non-communicable Disease Management, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health
Matteo Dainese: Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona
Yue-Qing Hu: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Lars Pødenphant Kiær: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Forest Isbell: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
Christoph Scherber: Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35087-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Plant intraspecific diversity genetic diversity could affect also other trophic levels. This meta-analysis shows that increasing plant genetic diversity improves the performance of plants and natural enemies of herbivores, while decreasing the performance of plant antagonists.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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