Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Summer 2021
Abstract
Flooding, an under-studied abiotic stressor, creates hostile soil conditions, including hypoxia, which hinder the growth and development of plants. Plants respond to abiotic and biotic stressors. A common response is the production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which modulate stress responses and mediate plant and insect interactions. Flooding causes significant losses in crops of agricultural and economic importance including tomato. Understanding how flooding impacts plant growth, plant chemistry, caterpillar performance and chemical mediated plant-herbivore interactions will create fundamental knowledge to an emerging challenge brought about by climate change and inform pest management decisions post flooding events. This study investigated how flooding alters tomato plant volatile emissions and affects caterpillar growth and performance.
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Recommended Citation
Urie, Lauren R.; Dady, Erinn; and Ngumbi, Esther N., "Sometimes, When it Rains it Pours: How Does Flooding Alter Plant-Herbivore Relationships?" (2021). PRECS student projects. 63.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/63
Comments
Research was conducted with the cooperation of the Department of Earth, Society and Environment and the Department of Entomology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant #NSF REU 1950819/1950786, as part of the Phenotypic Plasticity Research Experience for Community College Students, through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Genomic Biology and Parkland College. http://precs.igb.illinois.edu/