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Rapid improvements in sequencing and array-based platforms are resulting in a flood of diverse genome-wide data, including data from exome and whole-genome sequencing, epigenetic surveys, expression profiling of coding and noncoding RNAs, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and copy number profiling, and functional assays. Analysis of these large, diverse data sets holds the promise of a more comprehensive understanding of the genome and its relation to human disease. Experienced and knowledgeable human review is an essential component of this process, complementing computational approaches. This calls for efficient and intuitive visualization tools able to scale to very large data sets and to flexibly integrate multiple data types, including clinical data. However, the sheer volume and scope of data pose a significant challenge to the development of such tools.

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Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues, consuming about 10% of plant annual production in natural habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural systems, despite sophisticated control measures. Plants are generally remarkably well-protected against insect attack, with the result that most insects are highly specialized feeders. The mechanisms underlying plant resistance to invading herbivores on the one side, and insect food specialization on the other, are the main subjects of this book. For insects these include food-plant selection and the complex sensory processes involved, with their implications for learning and nutritional physiology, as well as the endocrinological spects of life cycle synchronization with host plant phenology. In the case of plants exposed to insect herbivores, they include the activation of defence systems in order to minimize damage, as well as the emission of chemical signals that may attract natural enemies of the invading herbivores and maybe exploited by neighbouring plants that mount defences as well.

Insect-plant biology

A compilation was made of 307 studies using nuclear DNA markers for evaluating among- and within-population diversity in wild angiosperms and gymnosperms. Estimates derived by the dominantly inherited markers (RAPD, AFLP, ISSR) are very similar and may be directly comparable. STMS analysis yields almost three times higher values for within-population diversity whereas among-population diversity estimates are similar to those derived by the dominantly inherited markers. Number of sampled plants per population and number of scored microsatellite DNA alleles are correlated with some of the population genetics parameters. In addition, maximum geographical distance between sampled populations has a strong positive effect on among-population diversity. As previously verified with allozyme data, RAPD- and STMS-based analyses show that long-lived, outcrossing, late successional taxa retain most of their genetic variability within populations. By contrast, annual, selfing and/or early successional taxa allocate most of the genetic variability among populations. Estimates for among- and within-population diversity, respectively, were negatively correlated. The only major discrepancy between allozymes and STMS on the one hand, and RAPD on the other hand, concerns geographical range; within-population diversity was strongly affected when the former methods were used but not so in the RAPD-based studies. Direct comparisons between the different methods, when applied to the same plant material, indicate large similarities between the dominant markers and somewhat lower similarity with the STMS-based data, presumably due to insufficient number of analysed microsatellite DNA loci in many studies.

Comparison of different nuclear DNA markers for estimating intraspecific genetic diversity in plants.

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Phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated land by trees--a review.

To a small extent Dasineura brassicae Winn. laid eggs on crucifers other than Brassica. Furthermore the larvae could survive in such pods. However the larvae became much bigger on the preferred host Brassica napus than on all the other crucifers tested, B. juncea and B. carinata included. Thus D. brassicae probably can survive in an area without favourable Brassica hosts such as rape or turnip rape, but populations are likely to be small.



Zusammenfassung

Wild- und Kulturarten aus der Familie Cruciferae als Wirtspflanzen der Kohlschotenmucke, Dasineura brassicae Winn. (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae)



In geringem Umfang legt Dasineura brassicae auch Eier an anderen Kreuzblutlern auser Brassica spp. ab. Des weiteren konnen die Larven in solchen Schoten uberleben. Auf dem Vorzugswirt, Brassica napus, werden die Raupen jedoch deutlich schwerer als auf allen anderen getesteten Kreuzblutlern, B. juncea und B. carinata inbegriffen. Dasineura brassicae kann demnach vermutlich in Gebieten ohn die bevorzugten Wirtspflanzen uberleben, jedoch wird dann die Populationsdichte niedrig sein.

Wild and cultivated crucifers as hosts for Dasineura brassicae Winn. (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae).

When investigating resistance to herbivorous insects in transgenic plants, it is primarily the damaging stage of the insect that is targeted. In our study, we showed that small effects of the transgenic plant on the pest performance might lead to a clear effect on the pest population level. Pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), larvae were reared on three transgenic lines of Brassica napus L. (Brassicaceae) expressing pea (Pisum sativum L.) lectin at 0.2, 0.6, and 0.7% of total soluble protein in anthers, and then monitored until the adult stage. Two lines without the gene construct and consequently containing no pea lectin were used as controls. The egg viability, larval weight, development time, and survival rate were recorded. In a separate experiment, the development time from egg to adult, adult weight, and winter survival of pollen beetles developed on intact plants were recorded. Survival of larvae to adult stage was significantly lower on the transgenic plant lines, independent of lectin level. Survival during hibernation was only 2.4% and was not affected by plant line. Combining previously published results from adult feeding and oviposition assays with the new data on larval development we summarize the effect of the transgenic oilseed rape on the pollen beetle, from oviposition in spring to overwintered adults of the new generation. Net reproductive rate was then shown to be reduced by half on the transgenic oilseed rape compared to the control plants.

Effect of pea lectin expressed transgenically in oilseed rape on pollen beetle life‐history parameters

Chemical control of insect pests is often necessary to ensure high yields of field crops. The aim of the present study was to study whether field pesticide use influences amount of pest damage in neighbouring garden crops. Spring oilseed rape, OSR (Brassica napus L.), was established in Southern Sweden as an example of an agricultural field crop. One half of the OSR field was treated with insecticides to control flea beetles (Phyllotreta spp., Chrysomelidae) and pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus Fab., Nitidulidae). Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) was used as an example of a common garden crop and it was sown as four replications at three different distances and on four occasions during the season. Care was taken to protect the radish plots from pesticide due to wind drift during applications. Damage to the radish by flea beetle and cabbage root fly (Delia radicum L., Anthomyiidae) along with unspecified leaf damage was recorded. Significantly lower damage by flea beetles was found on cotyledons of radish adjacent to the insecticide treated side of the OSR field compared to the untreated side in radishes from the first sowing. Unspecified damage to true leaves was also less abundant on radishes at the treated side of the OSR field as compared to the untreated side, in all three of the radish harvests analysed. However, radish plot distance from the OSR field did not influence leaf damage. Root fly damage rates in radish did not differ significantly between those adjacent to the treated and untreated sides of the OSR. Damage rates were, however, higher in the radish plots closest to the OSR field in the first sowing, which coincides with the appearance of the first ovipositing females after overwintering as pupae elsewhere. Generally, insecticide treatment in the agricultural field appeared to influence overall damage in the neighbouring garden crop, despite the fact that the garden crop was protected against wind drift of the insecticides during applications.

Effect on radish pests by application of insecticides in a nearby spring oilseed rape field

Willow (Salix viminalis) irrigated with three different dosages of wastewater has been investigated for leaf damages in four plantations located in Sweden, Northern Ireland, France and Greece, during 3 consecutive years. Control treatments were clean water and/or no water. Additionally, the plantation in Sweden included a human urine/water mix treatment and the one in N. Ireland a sewage sludge treatment. Few effects of the treatments were found. In the Greek trial, all treatments were affected by abiotic stress causing leaf discolouration, necrosis and leaf curling, but the control treatment was least affected. Mite infestations were also less prevalent in the control plots there. In the French trial, control leaves were less galled by Dasineura marginemtorquens than leaves from the lowest dose of wastewater but not compared to the two higher doses of wastewater, during 1 of the 3 years. At the same site, but in another year, Melampsora rust infection was least developed at the highest dose of wastewater but only significantly so when compared to the intermediate dose of wastewater. Urine/water treatment resulted in more rust and leaf margin damages than the control treatments in 1 year. Also, leaf spotting by leafhoppers tended to be more prevalent on the urine treatment. However, since the urine fertilisation favours willow growth as well, a somewhat enhanced biotic damage to leaves is probably no reason for avoiding this application in full-scale plantations. Damage by chrysomelid beetles was very common in the French and the N. Irish plantations, but no significant differences between treatments were found. Neither were there any treatment effects on symptoms by aphids.

Symptoms of pests, rust and other disorders on leaves of willow fertilised with wastewater, urine or sewage sludge

Various theories about why vegetational diversity may affect herbivore abundance have been put forward over the years. In this chapter, we discuss one possible mechanism that has not been widely studied, involving plant volatiles and using an aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) and one of its hosts (Hordeum vulgare L., barley) as test organisms. Volatiles from neighbouring plants of a different species or even from plants of the same species have been found to alter aphid acceptance of the receiving plant. Similar effects have been found earlier with volatiles from damaged plants, but here the volatile-emitting plants are apparently undamaged. In the majority of plant combinations tested, host acceptance is decreased but only when certain emitters are combined with certain receivers. Exposure of barley to volatiles from the common weeds Chenopodium album L., Cirsium spp. and Solanum nigrum L. resulted in reduced host acceptance by the aphid, but exposing barley to volatiles from many other weed species had no effect. The same was true for intra-specific interactions; only when certain barley genotypes were exposed to volatiles from specific barley genotypes did the aphids respond differently. Such induced effects correlated with aphid growth rates in a set of barley genotypes representing a wide range of host suitability to the aphid. Pedigree information suggested that the ability to become induced is heritable in barley, something that might be exploited in breeding. More crop/pest combinations should be investigated for these effects, and favourable interactions should be exploited in new cropping systems as plant mixtures or in monocultures with chemical elicitors applied according to forecasts of pest attacks.

Inger Åhman

Papers

Wild and cultivated crucifers as hosts for Dasineura brassicae Winn. (Dipt., Cecidomyiidae).

Effect of pea lectin expressed transgenically in oilseed rape on pollen beetle life‐history parameters

Effect on radish pests by application of insecticides in a nearby spring oilseed rape field

Symptoms of pests, rust and other disorders on leaves of willow fertilised with wastewater, urine or sewage sludge

Volatile Interactions Between Undamaged Plants: Effects and Potential for Breeding Resistance to Aphids