The Ecology of Plant Chemistry and Multi-Species Interactions in Diversified Agroecosystems

Over the past few years, our knowledge of how ecological interactions shape the structure and dynamics of natural communities has rapidly advanced. Plant chemical traits play key roles in these processes because they mediate a diverse range of direct and indirect interactions in a community-wide context. Many chemically mediated interactions have been extensively studied in industrial cropping systems, and thus have focused on simplified, pairwise and linear interactions that rarely incorporate a community perspective. A contrasting approach considers the agroecosystem as a functioning whole, in which food production occurs. It offers an opportunity to better understand how plant chemical traits mediate complex interactions which can enhance or hinder ecosystem functions. In this paper, we argue that studying chemically mediated interactions in agroecosystems is essential to comprehend how agroecosystem services emerge and how they can be guaranteed through ecosystem management. First, we discuss how plant chemical traits affect and are affected by ecological interactions. We then explore research questions and future directions on how studying chemical mediation in complex agroecosystems can help us understand the emergence and management of ecosystem services, specifically biological control and pollination.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Frontiers in Plant Science

• Publication date

  2018-11-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3389/fpls.2018.01713PMID 30524464PMCID 6262048
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Bringing Ecology Back: How Can the Chemistry of Indirect Plant Defenses Against Herbivory Be Manipulated to Improve Pest Management?

  2018cited by this paper
• Species- and density-dependent induction of volatile organic compounds by three mite species in cassava and their role in the attraction of a natural enemy

  2018cited by this paper
• Indirect plant defense against insect herbivores: a review

  2018cited by this paper
• Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

  2017cited by this paper
• Effects of single and multiple herbivory by host and non‐host caterpillars on the attractiveness of herbivore‐induced volatiles of sugarcane to the generalist parasitoid Cotesia flavipes

  2017cited by this paper
• The potential indirect effects among plants via shared hummingbird pollinators are structured by phenotypic similarity.

  2017cited by this paper
• Functional reduction in pollination through herbivore-induced pollinator limitation and its potential in mutualist communities

  2017cited by this paper
• Environmental Pest Management: A Call to Shift from a Pest-Centric to a System-Centric Approach

  2017cited by this paper
• Global change effects on plant-insect interactions: the role of phytochemistry.

  2017cited by this paper
• Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles and tritrophic interactions across spatial scales

  2017cited by this paper
• Modest enhancements to conventional grassland diversity improve the provision of pollination services

  2016cited by this paper
• The Ecology Of Agroecosystems

  2016cited by this paper
• Integrating Studies on Plant-Pollinator and Plant-Herbivore Interactions.

  2016cited by this paper
• Push-Pull: Chemical Ecology-Based Integrated Pest Management Technology

  2016cited by this paper
• Do Plants Eavesdrop on Floral Scent Signals?

  2016cited by this paper
• Deciphering Chemical Language of Plant Communication

  2016cited by this paper
• Experimental manipulation of floral scent bouquets restructures flower-visitor interactions in the field.

  2016cited by this paper
• Current knowledge and future research perspectives on cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) chemical defenses: An agroecological view.

  2016cited by this paper
• How herbivores coopt plant defenses: natural selection, specialization, and sequestration.

  2016cited by this paper
• Stimulation of the Salicylic Acid Pathway Aboveground Recruits Entomopathogenic Nematodes Belowground

  2016cited by this paper
• Ecological Role of Odour Diversity

  2016cited by this paper
• Consequences of toxic secondary compounds in nectar for mutualist bees and antagonist butterflies.

  2016cited by this paper
• The chemical ecology of plant-pollinator interactions: recent advances and future directions.

  2015cited by this paper
• Effect of resistant and susceptible soybean cultivars on the attraction of egg parasitoids under field conditions

  2015cited by this paper
• Ecology and evolution of floral volatile-mediated information transfer in plants.

  2015cited by this paper
• The management of bee communities by intercropping with flowering basil (Ocimum basilicum) enhances pollination and yield of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum)

  2015cited by this paper
• FAO, IFAD, and WFP. The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015: Meeting the 2015 International Hunger Targets: Taking Stock of Uneven Progress. Rome: FAO, 2015.

  2015cited by this paper
• Exploiting Phytochemicals for Developing Sustainable Crop Protection Strategies to Withstand Climate Change: Example from Africa

  2014cited by this paper
• Extrafloral nectaries of associated trees can enhance natural pest control

  2014cited by this paper
• Processes entangling interactions in communities: forbidden links are more important than abundance in a hummingbird–plant network

  2014cited by this paper
• Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles: targets, perception and unanswered questions

  2014cited by this paper
• Volatile interaction between undamaged plants affects tritrophic interactions through changed plant volatile emission

  2014cited by this paper
• Floral volatile organic compounds: Between attraction and deterrence of visitors under global change

  2013cited by this paper
• Volatile Exchange between Undamaged Plants - a New Mechanism Affecting Insect Orientation in Intercropping

  2013cited by this paper
• Volatile Organic Compound Mediated Interactions at the Plant-Microbe Interface

  2013cited by this paper
• 3 Foraging strategies of parasitoids in complex chemical environments

  2013cited by this paper
• Herbivory by a Phloem-Feeding Insect Inhibits Floral Volatile Production

  2012cited by this paper
• Host location by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee: innate and learned behavior

  2012cited by this paper
• Plant biodiversity enhances bees and other insect pollinators in agroecosystems. A review

  2012cited by this paper
• Attracting carnivorous arthropods with plant volatiles: The future of biocontrol or playing with fire?

  2012cited by this paper
• Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on A Social-Ecological Analysis of Diversified Farming Systems: Benefits, Costs, Obstacles, and Enabling Policy Frameworks Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs

  2012cited by this paper
• The specificity of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in attracting herbivore enemies.

  2012cited by this paper
• Changes in plant chemical defenses and nutritional quality as a function of ontogeny in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae)

  2012cited by this paper
• Does plant diversity benefit agroecosystems? A synthetic review.

  2011cited by this paper
• The effects of herbivore-induced plant volatiles on interactions between plants and flower-visiting insects.

  2011cited by this paper
• Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Can Serve as Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid

  2011cited by this paper
• Chemical interaction between undamaged plants--effects on herbivores and natural enemies.

  2011cited by this paper
• Food security and biodiversity: can we have both? An agroecological analysis

  2011cited by this paper
• Agroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: contributions to food sovereignty

  2011cited by this paper
• Herbivory-mediated pollinator limitation: negative impacts of induced volatiles on plant-pollinator interactions.

  2011cited by this paper
• Perception of plant volatile blends by herbivorous insects--finding the right mix.

  2011cited by this paper
• Ecological Complexity and Pest Control in Organic Coffee Production: Uncovering an Autonomous Ecosystem Service

  2010cited by this paper
• Explaining evolution of plant communication by airborne signals.

  2010cited by this paper
• Vegetation complexity—The influence of plant species diversity and plant structures on plant chemical complexity and arthropods

  2010cited by this paper
• The evolutionary context for herbivore-induced plant volatiles: beyond the 'cry for help'.

  2010cited by this paper
• Responses to olfactory signals reflect network structure of flower-visitor interactions.

  2010cited by this paper
• The Ontogeny of Plant Defense and Herbivory: Characterizing General Patterns Using Meta‐Analysis

  2010cited by this paper
• Linkages among trait-mediated indirect effects: a new framework for the indirect interaction web

  2010cited by this paper
• Plant volatiles.

  2010cited by this paper
• Linking Top-Down Forces to the Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions

  2010cited by this paper
• Diversity of volatile organic compound emissions from flowering and vegetative branches of Yeheb, Cordeauxia edulis (Caesalpiniaceae), a threatened evergreen desert shrub

  2010cited by this paper
• Testing the potential for conflicting selection on floral chemical traits by pollinators and herbivores: predictions and case study

  2009cited by this paper
• The evolution of floral scent: the influence of olfactory learning by insect pollinators on the honest signalling of floral rewards

  2009cited by this paper
• ANTI-HERBIVORE PROTECTION BY MUTUALISTIC SPIDERS AND THE ROLE OF PLANT GLANDULAR TRICHOMES.

  2008cited by this paper
• Chemical ecology and conservation biological control

  2008cited by this paper
• Pest-Centric versus Process-Centric Research Approaches in Agricultural Entomology

  2008cited by this paper
• Indirect defence via tritrophic interactions.

  2008cited by this paper
• Odor Detection in Insects: Volatile Codes

  2008cited by this paper
• Identification of Volatile Compounds Used in Host Location by the Black Bean Aphid, Aphis fabae

  2008cited by this paper
• Wake Up and Smell the Roses: The Ecology and Evolution of Floral Scent

  2008cited by this paper
• Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops

  2007cited by this paper
• Shared signals -'alarm calls' from plants increase apparency to herbivores and their enemies in nature.

  2007cited by this paper
• Indirect interaction webs: An introduction

  2007cited by this paper
• The use of push-pull strategies in integrated pest management.

  2007cited by this paper
• Diversity and distribution of floral scent

  2006cited by this paper
• Volatile Signaling in Plant-Plant Interactions: "Talking Trees" in the Genomics Era

  2006cited by this paper
• Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles induce an indirect defence in neighbouring plants

  2006cited by this paper
• Structure in plant–animal interaction assemblages

  2006cited by this paper
• Recruitment of entomopathogenic nematodes by insect-damaged maize roots

  2005cited by this paper
• Generalism Versus Specialism: Responses of Diadegma mollipla (Holmgren) and Diadegma semiclausum (Hellen), to the Host Shift of the Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella L.) to Peas

  2005cited by this paper
• Agroecological approaches to pest management in the US.

  2005cited by this paper
• Herbivore-induced plant vaccination. Part I. The orchestration of plant defenses in nature and their fitness consequences in the wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata.

  2004cited by this paper
• Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology: Phytochemical diversity of insect defenses in tropical and temperate plant families

  2004cited by this paper
• Learning, odour preference and flower foraging in moths

  2004cited by this paper
• COMMUNITY‐WIDE IMPACTS OF HERBIVORE‐INDUCED PLANT RESPONSES IN MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA)

  2004cited by this paper
• Effect of a Nonhost Plant on the Location Behavior of Two Parasitoids: The Tritrophic System of Cotesia spp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), and Brassica oleraceae

  2003cited by this paper
• Effects of two types of semiochemical on population development of the bird cherry oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi in a barley crop

  2003cited by this paper
• Plant resistance towards insect herbivores: a dynamic interaction.

  2002cited by this paper
• Synergy between visual and olfactory cues in nectar feeding by naı̈ve hawkmoths, Manduca sexta

  2002cited by this paper
• Mixing barley cultivars affects aphid host plant acceptance in field experiments

  2002cited by this paper
• The formation and function of plant volatiles: perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense.

  2002cited by this paper
• Multitrophic effects of herbivore‐induced plant volatiles in an evolutionary context

  2000cited by this paper
• Determining the source of individuals: multilocus genotyping in nonequilibrium population genetics.

  1999cited by this paper
• The ecology and evolution of plant tolerance to herbivory.

  1999cited by this paper
• Dynamic anti-herbivore defense in ant-plants : the role of induced responses

  1998cited by this paper
• Leaf damage by herbivores affects attractiveness to pollinators in wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum

  1997cited by this paper
• A total system approach to sustainable pest management.

  1997cited by this paper
• Diversity and variability of plant secondary metabolism: a mechanistic view

  1996cited by this paper
• Positive interactions among plants

  1995cited by this paper
• Chemical ecology.

  1994cited by this paper

• Intercropping Alters Phytochemicals Associated With Insect Herbivory

  2025cites this paper
• Effects of a heat wave event on the chemical ecology of species interactions in the potato agroecosystem.

  2025cites this paper
• Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups

  2025cites this paper
• Crop pest responses to global changes in climate and land management

  2025cites this paper
• Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Flowers: Ecological Roles, Production by Plants, Extraction, and Identification

  2024cites this paper
• Allelopathic Responses of Crop Species to Chromolaena odorata Root Exudate Extracts: A Comprehensive Study

  2024cites this paper
• Above- and Below-Ground Interactions and Interspecific Relationships in Wheat/Maize Systems

  2024cites this paper
• Intercropping Alters Phytochemical Defenses Against Insect Herbivory

  2024cites this paper
• Understanding the chemodiversity of plants: Quantification, variation and ecological function

  2024cites this paper
• Beyond 'push–pull': unraveling the ecological pleiotropy of plant volatile organic compounds for sustainable crop pest management

  2023cites this paper
• Amino acid profiling in wild Chamaenerion angustifolium populations applying chemometric analysis

  2023cites this paper
• The power of sister crops: intercropping courgette and common bean changes floral morphology and increases diversity of flower visitors

  2023cites this paper
• Understanding the phytochemical diversity of plants: Quantification, variation and ecological function

  2023cites this paper
• From the leaf to the community: Distinct dimensions of phytochemical diversity shape insect–plant interactions within and among individual plants

  2021cites this paper
• Plant Growth Promotion by Two Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted From the Fungus Cladosporium halotolerans NGPF1

  2021cites this paper
• Structural and compositional dimensions of phytochemical diversity in the genus Piper reflect distinct ecological modes of action

  2021cites this paper
• Occurrence of Citropsis articulata in Tropical Forests in Uganda: Implication for Ex Situ Conservation

  2021cites this paper
• Balancing Disturbance and Conservation in Agroecosystems to Improve Biological Control.

  2020cites this paper