Title

The Tomato Strikes Back: Plant Response to Environmental Stress

Authors

Maya K. Davis, Black Hawk College
Erinn Dady, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Esther N. Ngumbi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Spring 2023

Abstract

Introduction

• Tomato is an important vegetable. Its production is threatened due to altered weather patterns which increase environmental stressors such as flooding^{1, 2} and herbivory³ to crops.
• Plants respond in many ways. Stressed plants strike back to environmental stress by altering their chemistry⁴:

1. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emissions
2. Defensive secondary metabolites²

• Stress induced physiological changes in plants impact growth and development of insects.
• This study is broken into two experiments:

1. The plant response to flooding stress
2. The insect performance on flooded plants

Comments

Research featured in this poster has been conducted with the cooperation of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Maya K.; Dady, Erinn; and Ngumbi, Esther N., "The Tomato Strikes Back: Plant Response to Environmental Stress" (2023). PRECS student projects. 107.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/107