Rapid evolutionary trade‐offs between resistance to herbivory and tolerance to abiotic stress in an invasive plant

TY - JOUR

T1 - Rapid evolutionary trade‐offs between resistance to herbivory and tolerance to abiotic stress in an invasive plant

AU - Yin, Wandong

AU - Zhou, Lifeng

AU - Yang, Kaiwen

AU - Fang, Jinyu

AU - Biere, Arjen

AU - Callaway, Ragan M.

AU - Wu, Mingke

AU - Yu, Hongwei

AU - Shi, Yu

AU - Ding, Jianqing

N1 - Data archiving: not_nioo

PY - 2023/4/19

Y1 - 2023/4/19

N2 - Release from enemies can lead to rapid evolution in invasive plants, including reduced metabolic investment in defence. Conversely, reassociation with enemies leads to renewed evolution of defence, but the potential costs of this evolution are poorly documented. We report increased resistance of the invader Ambrosia artemisiifolia after reassociation with a coevolved specialist herbivore, and that this increase corresponds with reduced abiotic stress tolerance. Herbivore resistance was higher, but drought tolerance was lower in plants from populations with a longer reassociation history, and this corresponded with changes in phenylpropanoids involved in insect resistance and abiotic stress tolerance. These changes were corroborated by shifts in the expression of underlying biosynthetic genes and plant anti-oxidants. Together, our findings suggest rapid evolution of plant traits after reassociation with coevolved enemies, resulting in genetically based shifts in investment between abiotic and biotic stress responses, providing insights into co-evolution, plant invasion and biological control.

AB - Release from enemies can lead to rapid evolution in invasive plants, including reduced metabolic investment in defence. Conversely, reassociation with enemies leads to renewed evolution of defence, but the potential costs of this evolution are poorly documented. We report increased resistance of the invader Ambrosia artemisiifolia after reassociation with a coevolved specialist herbivore, and that this increase corresponds with reduced abiotic stress tolerance. Herbivore resistance was higher, but drought tolerance was lower in plants from populations with a longer reassociation history, and this corresponded with changes in phenylpropanoids involved in insect resistance and abiotic stress tolerance. These changes were corroborated by shifts in the expression of underlying biosynthetic genes and plant anti-oxidants. Together, our findings suggest rapid evolution of plant traits after reassociation with coevolved enemies, resulting in genetically based shifts in investment between abiotic and biotic stress responses, providing insights into co-evolution, plant invasion and biological control.

U2 - 10.1111/ele.14221

DO - 10.1111/ele.14221

M3 - Article

SN - 1461-023X

JO - Ecology Letters

JF - Ecology Letters

ER -