Ewei Du
Yaping Chen
Yahong Li2
Fengjuan Zhang
Zhongxiang Sun
Furong Gui- 1State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bioresources in Yunnan, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
- 2Department of Plant Quarantine, Yunnan Plant Protection and Quarantine Station, Kunming, China
- 3College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding, China
- 4Department of Industrial Development, Yunnan Plateau Charateristic Agriculture Industry Research Institute, Kunming, China
The invasive weed Ageratina adenophora can form a positive symbiotic relationship with native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to promote its invasion ability. However, the function of AMF during the feeding of Aphis gossypii in A. adenophora was poorly understand. This study aimed to investigate the effects of two dominant AMF (Claroideoglomus etunicatum and Septoglomus constrictum) on A. adenophora in response to the feeding of the generalist herbivore A. gossypii. The results showed that A. gossypii infestation could significantly reduce the biomass, nutrient and proline contents of A. adenophora, and increase the antioxidant enzyme activities, defense hormone and secondary metabolite contents of the weed. Compared with the A. gossypii infested A. adenophora, inoculation C. etunicatum and S. constrictum could significantly promote the growth ability and enhanced the resistance of A. adenophora to A. gossypii infestation, and the aboveground biomass of A. adenophora increased by 317.21% and 114.73%, the root biomass increased by 347.33% and 120.58%, the polyphenol oxidase activity heightened by 57.85% and 12.62%, the jasmonic acid content raised by 13.49% and 4.92%, the flavonoid content increased by 27.29% and 11.92%, respectively. The survival rate of A. gossypii and density of nymphs were significantly inhibited by AMF inoculation, and the effect of C. etunicatum was significantly greater than that of S. constrictum. This study provides clarified evidence that AMF in the rhizosphere of A. adenophora are effective in the development of tolerance and chemical defense under the feeding pressure of insect herbivory, and offer references for the management of the A. adenophora from the perspective of soil microorganisms.
1 Introduction
Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) originated in Central America and is regarded as one of the most serious invasive species in Asia, Africa, and Oceania (Poudel et al., 2019; Tang et al., 2019). It was introduced into Yunnan Province in China, from Myanmar in the 1940s and is now distributed in southwestern and central China including Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, Tibet, and Chongqing (Wang and Wang, 2006; Gui et al., 2009). The weed may be expanding its distribution due to adaptation to local climates in its introduced ranges (Datta et al., 2019) or its stress tolerance and phenotypic plasticity, allowing it to outcompete native plants (Poudel et al., 2020). Most importantly, this weed induces serious ecological damage by establishing monocultures in places where native plants once flourished (Gao et al., 2013). It has caused huge economic losses to agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry (Ren et al., 2021). It is estimated to cause economic losses to animal husbandry and grassland ecosystem services of RMB 0.99 and 2.63 billion per year, respectively (Wang et al., 2017a), and effective control of this species is urgently needed (Song et al., 2017).
With the invasion and expansion of A. adenophora, native polyphagous insects gradually established ecological relationships with the weed (Heystek et al., 2011). A polyphagous insect, cotton aphids (Aphis gossypii Glover, Homoptera, Aphididae) was found to have colonized A. adenophora in our field investigation. Aphids can reproduce rapidly within a few days, hiding on the lower surface of the leaves and the core of the young leaves of A. adenophora, feeding on the phloem sap of A. adenophora and causing a high degree of damage to the leaf cells (Cheng et al., 2007). The honeydew excreted by aphids during feeding can decrease plant photosynthesis and lead to mold parasitism, which affects plant growth (Kuśnierczyk et al., 2008). Previous study has shown that A. adenophora damage caused by A. gossypii increases significantly with increasing aphid density and feeding time, which can reduce the growth of A. adenophora, and thus inhibit the expansion of A. adenophora to some extent (Lin et al., 2020).
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are essential ecological components of soil communities and form obligate mutualistic associations with 80% of terrestrial vascular plants (Smith, 2008; Brundrett and Tedersoo, 2018). It has been widely recognized that AMF can enhance host plant defense against pathogens and insect herbivory (Cameron et al., 2013; Martinez-Medina et al., 2016). The AM fungal-mediated mechanisms that increase plant resistance against herbivores and pathogens are through the alteration of both plant tolerance and chemical defense (Rivero et al., 2021; Frew et al., 2022). Exotic plant can selectively accumulate AM fungal communities in their rhizosphere that are different from those of native plants, thus affecting their invasion (Zhang et al., 2017; Zhang et al., 2018). A. adenophora invasion was reported to cause changes in the AM fungal diversity of native plants, Septoglomus constrictum was one of the dominant AMF on the roots and in the rhizosphere soil of A. adenophora (Xiao et al., 2014). Our previous study on AMF in the rhizosphere soil of A. adenophora found that S. constrictum and Claroideoglomus etunicatum were the most abundant species. The dominant AMF in the rhizosphere of invasive plants, such as Flaveria bidentis (Chen et al., 2021), Solidago canadensis (Qi et al., 2022), Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Zhang et al., 2018), can induce positive feedback effects on invasive plant. Several studies showed that the dominant AMF in the rhizosphere of A. adenophora can improve photosynthesis, increase nutrient content, and enhance its competitive advantage over native plants (Li et al., 2016; Tan et al., 2021). However, it was not clear whether the dominant AMF altered by the invasion of A. adenophora could enhance the resistance of A. adenophora to herbivorous insects. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of different dominant AMF on the invasive plant A. adenophora in response to the feeding of the generalist herbivore Aphis gossypii and to provide a reference for the management of the A. adenophora.
2 Materials and methods
2.1 Plants and soil preparation
The soil and seeds of A. adenophora were obtained from the field near the campus of Yunnan Agricultural University (25°08′30″N, 102°45′13″E, with an elevation of 1,940 m). The seeds were sown in potting soil in seedling trays and placed in artificial climate chambers with parameters set as follows: 25°C, 70% relative humidity, a photoperiod of 16 h light/8 h dark, and an illumination intensity of 20,000 LX supplied by 40 W fluorescent lamps (OPPLE, Deyuansicheng Biotech Company, Beijing, China). The soil was ground fine enough to pass through a 2 mm sieve and was mixed with vermiculite (v/v = 1:1) [(Mg,Fe,Al)3[(Si,Al)4O10 (OH)2]. 4H2O] that was purchased from Dounan Plant and Flower Co., Ltd., Kunming, China. The basic properties of the soil were as follows: the pH (w/v water = 1:5) was 6.25, the organic matter content was 15.502 g/kg, total nitrogen was 0.899 g/kg, total phosphorus was 0.351 g/kg, total potassium was 40.03 g/kg, available nitrogen was 20.28 µg/g, available phosphorus was 5.089 µg/g, and available potassium was 32.32 mg/kg. The mixtures were autoclaved at 121°C for 2 h.
2.2 AM fungal preparation and insect rearing
The AMF used in the study were mycorrhizal inoculum S. constrictum and C. etunicatum, which were the dominant AMF in the rhizosphere soil of A. adenophora (Daniels and Skipper, 1982; Morton, 1990). After expanding the culture with maize as the host plant, the inoculum was a mixture of spores and mycelia. The spore density was defined as the number of AM fungal spores and sporocarps in 100 g of soil. Based on the spore density in the rhizosphere soil of A. adenophora in the field, 20 spores/100 g soil were selected for the experiment.
Cotton aphids, A. gossypii, were collected from A. adenophora plants in the suburb of Kunming and reared on A. adenophora in the greenhouse for ten generations to make sure the cotton aphids used in the experiment were from the same population.
2.3 Experimental design
The pot experiment was carried out in the greenhouse at Yunnan Agricultural University. Three treatments were used to determine the effects of different AMF on A. adenophora in response to the feeding by A. gossypii: (1) C, uninoculated treatment; (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum; (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Each treatment was set with two levels: with A. gossypii infestation and without A. gossypii infestation. Before planting, a total of 40 g of inoculum (20 g spores/100 g soil) was mixed with 1 kg of the growth substrate. The control treatment was inoculated with the same amount of sterile inoculum. One seedling was transplanted into a plastic pot (17.8 cm diameter and 10.4 cm height) at 5 cm and cultivated in the same artificial climate chamber. All pots were watered every two days and re-randomized twice per week to minimize the position effect. Each pot was placed individually in a 100 mesh cage (45 cm length, 30 cm width). After the plants had grown for 2 months, 60 1st-instar aphid nymphs were released on the top of two tender leaves of each plant in the cages (Lin et al., 2020). Until all the aphid inoculated died, the infested leaves were picked to measure the contents of plant nutrients, stress resistance substances, secondary metabolites, defense hormone contents, and antioxidant enzyme activities. The experiment has five replicates for each treatment.
2.4 Measurements
2.4.1 Plant aboveground and belowground biomass
The aboveground and belowground parts of A. adenophora were harvested separately. The first three pairs of leaves (six leaves, about 1-1.2g fresh weight) from the top of each treatment of five plants were removed and combined for physiological measurements. The belowground parts were washed free from the soil, and a quantitative part (0.2g) of the roots was taken from each treatment to determine the mycorrhizal colonization rate. After measuring the root growth characteristics, the aboveground and belowground parts of A. adenophora were oven-dried at 80°C for 72 h, and the aboveground and root biomass were measured respectively.
2.4.2 Root growth characteristics
After being carefully washed, the roots were scanned using a root scanner (Epson Expression 10000XL; Epson, Long Beach, CA, USA). The root growth characteristics (root length, root surface area, root diameter and root volume) were determined using WinRhizo Software (Regent Instruments Inc., Québec City, QC, Canada).
2.4.3 Nutrients contents, malondialdehyde and free proline content
Nutrients (soluble sugar, protein, and starch) were quantified in potassium phosphate buffer (KPB) (50 mM, pH= 7.5) using extracts of fresh leaves (0.1 g). These extracts were filtered through four cheese cloth layers and centrifuged at 15,500 rpm for 15 min at 4°C. The supernatant was collected and stored at 4°C for soluble protein and sugar determinations. The contents of soluble sugar and protein were measured following the instructions of the kits (A045-4-2 for soluble protein, A145-1-1 for soluble sugar; Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China). The pellet was homogenized in 2 mL distilled water and mixed with 2mL perchloric acid (9.2 mol/L) (Jarvis and Walker, 1993). After centrifugation at 4000 rpm for 10 min, the 2 mL supernatant was mixed with 5mL anthrone-sulfuric acid reagent and incubated for 10 min at 100°C. Their absorbance at 620 nm was measured using a microplate reader (Varioskan LUX, Thermofisher, USA), the soluble starch content was calculated. The fresh leaves (0.1g) were homogenized in 4mL 10% trichloroacetic acid (w/v) at 4°C and were centrifuged at 4000 rpm for10 min. The supernatant was used to measure leaf malondialdehyde (MDA) content by kit (A003-1-2, Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China). For the leaf proline, the 0.1g fresh leaves were weighed to extract proline using 10mL solution of 3% sulfosalicylic acid and then centrifuged at 10,000g for 5 min. The supernatant was used to measure proline content by kit (A107-1-1, Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China). The total chlorophyll was estimated using the spectrophotometric method (Lichtenthaler, 1987) and was calculated as mg/g fresh weight.
2.4.4 Antioxidant enzyme activities, defense hormones, and secondary metabolite contents
About 0.2g of the leaf samples were homogenized in 1.8mL of 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) on ice, followed by centrifugation at 10,000rpm for 10 min. The supernatant was collected to analyze antioxidant enzymatic activities. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), polyphenol oxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) of leaf tissues were analyzed using the detection kits (A001-1-2 for SOD, A084-3-1 for POD, A007-1-1 for CAT, and A136-1-1 for PPO; Nanjing Jiangcheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China) according to the manufacturer’s instruction. Weigh 0.2g of young leaves, add 1 mL of methanol to fully grind, and add 9mL phosphate buffer to homogenize. After centrifugation at 4000 rpm for 10 min, JA and SA were determined using ELISA kits (Jiangsu Boshen Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China), following the manufacturer’s protocol. Weigh 0.1g of fresh leaves in 2 mL of 60% ethanol solution and homogenize at 4°C. Extraction was performed at 60°C for 1 h and centrifuged at 10,000rpm for 10 min. The total phenolic and flavonoid content of plants was detected using a kit (A143-1-1 for total phenols, A142-1-1 for flavonoids; Nanjing Jiangcheng Bioengineering Institute, Nanjing, China). The tannic acid content was measured referring to Pang et al. (2006) and Lin et al. (2020). The optical density (OD) values of each reaction mixture were measured by a microplate reader (Varioskan LUX, Thermofisher, USA).
2.4.5 Mycorrhizal colonization rate
Root samples of A. adenophora were collected about 3 months after the plants were inoculated with AMF. The percentage colonization of AMF in roots of A. adenophora was observed using the magnified intersection method (Biermann and Linderman, 1981; Zhang et al., 2018). Specifically, the roots were cut into 1–2 cm segments, cleared with 10% KOH at 90°C for 15 min and acidified with 2% HCl at 30°C for 10 min. The treated root materials were stained with 0.1% acid fuchsin solution (0.1 g acid fuchsin dissolved in 63 ml sterile dH2O, with the addition of 63 ml glycerin, and 875 ml lactic acid stored at room temperature) at 90°C for 30 min. A total of 200 root segments were measured for each replicate, and the percentage colonization of each segment was determined by the colonization in that region if any hyphae, vesicles, or arbuscules were visible.
2.4.6 Aphid survival rate and fecundity
After the A. gossypii infestation, the number of A. gossypii was observed and recorded once a day, and the aphid survival rate was calculated.
Aphid survival rate = number of aphids recorded per day/number of aphids initially inoculated
When the nymphs grew to the adult aphid and began to reproduce, the number of nymphs produced by aphids was observed and recorded every day, and the 1st-instar aphid nymphs were removed in time until all the aphid inoculated died.
2.5 Statistical analysis
Before analyses, all data were tested for normality using the Shapiro–Wilk test. All data met the normality assumption. Data are mean ± SE of five replicates in each treatment. Differences in the effect of different insect feeding (with or without A. gossypii infestation) and AM fungal treatments (C, SC, CE) on the activity in protective enzymes, defensive substances, hormones, and secondary metabolite contents in A. adenophora were analyzed using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Different in the effect of different AM fungal treatments on the rate of surviving A. gossypii and nymphal production were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance. Differences between the two groups were compared using independent samples t-tests. Significant differences between treatments were based on the LSD test. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. All analyses were conducted using SPSS 21.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, United States).
3 Results
3.1 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the aboveground and belowground biomass of A. adenophora
Inoculation of two kinds of AMF (S. constrictum and C. etunicatum) increased the aboveground and belowground biomass of A. adenophora (aboveground: SC: F (2,24) = 75.750, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 446.210, P < 0.001; belowground: SC: F (2,24) = 119.971, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 508.661, P < 0.001, Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significantly reduced the biomass of A. adenophora (aboveground: F (2,24) = 278.644, P < 0.001; belowground: F (2,24) = 302.028, P < 0.001, Table 1), the aboveground and root biomass of A. gossypii infestation decreased by 57.70% and 55.74% compared with the uninoculated treatment (Figure 1). However, the symbiotic effect of AMF could significantly increase the growth of A. adenophora in A. gossypii infestation (P < 0.001, Figure 1). The aboveground biomass of A. adenophora inoculated with S. constrictum (SC) and C. etunicatum (CE) increased by 114.73% and 317.21%, and the root biomass increased by 120.58% and 347.33% compared with the uninoculated treatment. The effect of CE treatment on the aboveground biomass of A. adenophora with infestation A. gossypii was greater than that of SC treatment (SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 11.580, P = 0.002, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 40.776, P < 0.001, Table 1).
Table 1 Two-way ANOVAs of the effects of inoculation with AMF and Aphis gossypii herbivory on the growth indicators of A. adenophora.
Figure 1 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the aboveground and root biomass of A. adenophora. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Different uppercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments with or without A. gossypii infestation (t-test, P < 0.05) Error bars represent ± 1SE of the mean (n = 5).
3.2 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the nutrient contents of A. adenophora
Inoculation with AMF (SC or CE) significantly enhanced the soluble sugar, protein, starch, and total chlorophyll contents of A. adenophora without A. gossypii infestation (soluble sugar: SC: F (2,24) = 35.862, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 329.338, P < 0.001; soluble protein: SC: F (2,24) = 135.392, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 373.113, P < 0.001; soluble starch: SC: F (2,24) = 62.166, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 521.569, P < 0.001; total chlorophyll: SC: F (2,24) = 33.182, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 363.707, P < 0.001, Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significantly reduced the nutrient contents of A. adenophora (soluble sugar: F (2,24) = 135.764, P = 0.001; soluble protein: F (2,24) = 632.614, P < 0.001; soluble starch: F (2,24) = 39.087, P < 0.001; total chlorophyll: F (2,24) = 44.717, P < 0.001; Table 1). However, AM fungal inoculation could increase the nutrient content of A. adenophora with A. gossypii infestation, and the nutrient content was significantly higher among treatments ranked CE > SC > C (P < 0.05, Table 2). The effect of CE treatment on the soluble sugar and soluble protein of A. adenophora with infestation A. gossypii was greater than that of SC treatment (soluble sugar: SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 0.014, P = 0.907, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 7.893, P = 0.010; soluble protein: SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 17.534, P < 0.001, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 84.996, P < 0.001, Table 1).
Table 2 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the nutrient composition of A. adenophora..
3.3 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the root growth parameters
The root growth parameters (root length, root surface, root diameter, and root volume) were significantly increased by two kinds of AM fungal inoculation (Root length: SC: F (2,24) = 54.824, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 267.718, P < 0.001; Root surface area: SC: F (2,24) = 103.215, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 333.091, P < 0.001; Root diameter: SC: F (2,24) = 163.612, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 373.405, P < 0.001; Root volume: SC: F (2,24) = 94.201, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 259.651, P < 0.001, Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significant decreased the root growth parameters of A. adenophora with A. gossypii infested (Root length: F (2,24) = 87.144, P < 0.001; Root surface area: F (2,24) = 70.327, P < 0.001; Root diameter: F (2,24) = 79.517, P < 0.001; Root volume: F (2,24) = 50.556, P < 0.001, Table 1). AM fungal inoculation could increase the root growth of A. adenophora with A. gossypii infestation, the root growth parameters with SC treatment increased by 29.86%, 90.99%, 45.91%, 161.37, and CE treatment increased by 75.88%, 177.86%, 117.01% and 289.42%, respectively, compared with uninoculated treatment (P < 0.001, Table 3). The effect of CE treatment on the root diameter of A. adenophora with infestation A. gossypii was greater than that of SC treatment (SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 1.208, P = 0.283, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 21.954, P < 0.001, Table 1).
Table 3 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the root growth characteristics of A. adenophora.
3.4 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the proline and MDA contents of A. adenophora
Inoculation of two kinds of AMF significantly increased the proline content but decreased the MDA content (Pro: SC: F (2,24) = 623.135, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 1338.820, P < 0.001; MDA: SC: F (2,24) = 52.863, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 159.984, P < 0.001, Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significantly increased proline and MDA contents of A. adenophora (Pro: F (1,24) = 708.966, P < 0.001; MDA: F (1,24) = 156.637, P < 0.001, Table 1), the proline content increased by 63.84% and the MDA content increased by 64.93% (Figure 2). Compared with non-inoculated treatment with A. gossypii infestation, the proline content of A. adenophora inoculated with SC and CE increased by 210.60% and 314.88% (P < 0.001, Figure 2), while the MDA content in the SC and CE treatment decreased by 24.62% and 46.58% (P < 0.001, Figure 2), respectively. The effect of CE treatment on the proline content of A. adenophora with infestation A. gossypii was greater than that of SC treatment (SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 59.861, P < 0.001, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) =151.005, P < 0.001, Table 1).
Figure 2 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the proline and MDA contents of A. adenophora. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Different uppercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments with or without A. gossypii infestation (t-test, P < 0.05) Error bars represent ± 1SE of the mean (n = 5).
3.5 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the antioxidant enzyme activities of A. adenophora
The activities of SOD and PPO were significantly increased, but the activities of POD and CAT were significantly decreased by two kinds of AM fungal inoculation (SOD: SC: F (2,24) = 201.193, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 640.474, P < 0.001; PPO: SC: F (2,24) = 35.823, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 349.397, P < 0.001; POD: SC: F (2,24) = 67.416, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 111.517, P < 0.001; CAT: SC: F (2,24) = 234.239, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 481.680, P < 0.001, Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significantly increased the activities of all antioxidant enzyme in A. adenophora (SOD: F (1,24) = 232.061, P < 0.001; PPO: F (1,24) = 166.498, P < 0.001; POD: F (1,24) = 91.877, P < 0.001; CAT: F (1,24) = 9.434, P = 0.005, Table 1). The activities of SOD, PPO, POD, and CAT were increased by 72.18%, 21.27%, 140.02%, and 18.78% in the A. gossypii infestation treatment compared with the treatment without A. gossypii infestation. With A. gossypii infestation, the SOD activity in A. adenophora in the SC and CE inoculation treatments increased by 86.93% and 148.53% compared with the uninoculated treatment, and the PPO activity increased by 12.62% and 57.85% (P < 0.05, Figure 3), respectively. The POD activity in A. adenophora in the SC and CE inoculation treatments decreased by 46.31% and 57.52% compared with the uninoculated treatment with A. gossypii infestation, and the CAT activity decreased by 42.70% and 57.07% (P < 0.05, Figure 3), respectively. The effect of CE treatment on the SOD, PPO, POD activity of A. adenophora with infestation A. gossypii was greater than that of SC treatment (SOD: SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 5.522, P = 0.027, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) =13.702, P < 0.001; PPO: SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 0.640, P = 0.432, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) =30.807, P < 0.001; POD: SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 15.872, P = 0.001, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) =20.124, P < 0.001, Table 1).
Figure 3 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the antioxidant enzyme activity (SOD, PPO, POD and CAT) in A. adenophora. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Different uppercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments with or without A. gossypii infestation (t-test, P < 0.05) Error bars represent ± 1SE of the mean (n = 5).
3.6 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the defense hormones contents of A. adenophora
The defensive hormones contents of A. adenophora with the two kinds of AM fungal treatments were significantly increased (JA: SC: F (2,24) = 31.773, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 656.791, P < 0.001; SA: SC: F (2,24) = 68.411, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 521.844, P < 0.001, Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significantly increased the JA and SA contents of A. adenophora (JA: F (1,24) = 846.352, P < 0.001; SA: F (1,24) = 631.001, P = 0.001, Table 1). The JA and SA content increased by 87.62% and 52.58% in the A. gossypii infestation treatment (Figure 4). The JA contents in the SC- and CE-inoculated treatments increased by 4.92% and 13.49%, and the SA contents in the SC- and CE-inoculated treatments increased by 25.07% and 43.29% with A. gossypii infestation (P < 0.001, Figure 4), respectively. The effect of CE treatment on the JA of A. adenophora with infestation A. gossypii was greater than that of SC treatment (SC*A. gossypii: F (2,24) = 4.823, P = 0.038, CE*A. gossypii: F (2,24) =226.047, P < 0.001, Table 1).
Figure 4 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) contents of A. adenophora. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Different uppercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments with or without A. gossypii infestation (t-test, P < 0.05) Error bars represent ± 1SE of the mean (n = 5).
3.7 Effects of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the secondary metabolite contents of A. adenophora
Inoculation with two kinds of AMF significantly increased the total phenolic and flavonoids contents of A. adenophora (total phenols: SC: F (2,24) = 53.009, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 441.461, P < 0.001; flavonoids: SC: F (2,24) = 26.624, P < 0.001, CE: F (2,24) = 117.333, P < 0.001) but had no significant effect on the tannic acid content (Table 1). Feeding of A. gossypii significantly increased all secondary metabolite contents of A. adenophora (total phenols: F (1,24) = 117.332, P < 0.001; flavonoids: F (1,24) = 149.888, P = 0.001; tannic acid: F (1,24) = 683.468, P < 0.001, Table 1). The content of total phenols, flavonoids and tannic acid were increased by 45.66%, 34.09%, and 15.36% in the A. gossypii infestation treatment compared with the treatment without A. gossypii infestation (Figure 5). With A. gossypii infestation, the total phenols content of A. adenophora in the SC- and CE-inoculated treatments increased by 46.31% and 57.52% compared with the uninoculated treatment (Figure 5), and the flavonoid content increased by 11.92% and 27.79% (P < 0.05, Figure 5), respectively.
Figure 5 Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the secondary metabolite (total phenols, flavonoid and tannic acid) contents of A. adenophora. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Different uppercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments with or without A. gossypii infestation (t-test, P < 0.05) Error bars represent ± 1SE of the mean (n = 5).
3.8 Effects of different AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the colonization rate of AMF in the roots of A. adenophora
No AM fungal colonization, mycelium fragments, or AM spores were found in the non-inoculation treatment both with and without A. gossypii treatments (Figure 6). The colonization of SC and CE treatments was 59.38% and 71.25% without A. gossypii infestation and were 49.95% and 61.12% with A. gossypii infestation (Figure 6), respectively. The results showed that A. gossypii infestation significantly reduced the AM fungal colonization of A. adenophora (P < 0.001), and different AMF had different colonization levels in A. adenophora.
Figure 6 (A) Effect of inoculation with AMF and A. gossypii herbivory on the AM colonization of A. adenophora. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (one-way ANOVA followed by Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Different uppercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments with or without A. gossypii infestation (t-test, P < 0.05) Error bars represent ± 1SE of the mean (n = 5). (B–E). Representative light micrographs (images) of colonization patterns by indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in acid fuchsin stained roots of: (B) A. adenophora in C. etunicatum inoculated treatment without A. gossypii infestation; (C) A. adenophora in C. etunicatum inoculated treatment with A. gossypii infestation; (D) A. adenophora in S. constrictum inoculated treatment without A. gossypii infestation; (E) A. adenophora in S. constrictum inoculated treatment with A. gossypii infestation.
3.9 Effects of different AM fungal inoculation on the A. gossypii survival rate and fecundity
On the first day after inoculation of A. gossypii, many aphids had died in SC and CE treatment, and the survival rates were 72.33% and 63%, respectively, and the survival rate of non-inoculation treatment was 84.33% (Figure 7). The A. gossypii survival rate both in the AM fungal inoculation treatment was significantly lower than that in the non-inoculation treatment (P < 0.001). All the aphids on the plants inoculated with CE were dead on the 9th day, and the aphids that of inoculated with SC were dead on the 10th day, while the aphids that of non-inoculated were dead on the 11th day (Figure 7). For the densities of nymphs, the production of nymphs was found in both three inoculation treatments on the 4th day (Figure 7). On the 5th day, the densities of nymphs increased significantly in all three treatments, but the densities of aphid production in the SC and CE treatment was significantly lower than that in the non-inoculated treatment (P < 0.001). On the 9th day, no nymphs were found in CE inoculated treatment and aphid reproduction stopped, aphid reproduction stopped on the 10th day and 11th day in SC inoculated treatment and non-inoculated treatment, respectively (Figure 7). The results showed that inoculation with AMF had an inhibitory effect on the growth of A. gossypii on A. adenophora.
Figure 7 Effect of different AMF inoculation on the A. gossypii survival rate and the densities of nymphs. The three treatments were (1) C, inoculation with sterilized AMF, (2) SC, inoculation with S. constrictum, (3) CE, inoculation with C. etunicatum. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences among the three inoculation treatments (one-way ANOVA followed by Duncan’s test, P < 0.05). Values are means and bars indicate SE.
Discussion
Our study investigated the effect of the dominant AMF in the roots of A. adenophora on the response of this species to A. gossypii feeding. Our results showed that the A. gossypii feeding affects the growth of A. adenophora and resulted in the plant response to stress. However, the inoculation of two kinds of AMF (S. constrictum and C. etunicatum) not only significantly promoted the growth of A. adenophora (Figure 1; Tables 2, 3) but also induced plant defenses, resulting in quicker or stronger stress responses to herbivores (Figures 2–5). Plants with different AM fungal species differed in their resistance to herbivores depending on the species of AMF with which they were associated (Delavaux et al., 2017; Frew and Wilson, 2021). Bennett et al. (2009) found that AM fungal species’ identity and composition can strongly affect the plant defensive phenotype. We found that the effects of inoculation with C. etunicatum on the growth and defense against insect herbivory of A. adenophora were significantly higher than those of inoculation with S. constrictum, and the colonization of C. etunicatum was significantly higher than that of S. constrictum (Figure 6), indicating that C. etunicatum had stronger adaptability for herbivory resistance of A. adenophora.
The plant-AM fungal interaction improves plant nutrition, thereby increasing biomass and enhancing the tolerance of the plant to herbivory (Heijden et al., 2015; Sharma et al., 2017). In our study, inoculation with both two AMF increased the biomass, soluble sugar, soluble protein, soluble starch, and chlorophyll contents of A. adenophora (Figure 1 and Table 2). Hempel et al. (2009) found that inoculation with AMF (Glomus intraradices and G. mosseae) generally increased plant biomass and reduced aphid population growth. Our results showed that A. gossypii feeding decreased root growth of A. adenophora, while the root biomass, root surface area, and root diameter were significantly increased when inoculated with AM fungi (Figure 1 and Table 3). AMF can directly promote root growth which could increase the absorption and delivery of nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus (Wang et al., 2017b; Wipf et al., 2019). Tao et al. (2016) showed that the tolerance of different milkweed plants to herbivory increased with the foliar P concentration when colonized by AMF. Insect herbivory reduces plant biomass, damages leaves, and reduces photosynthesis, leading to plant wilting and death (Chen et al., 2017). The chlorophyll content is higher in mycorrhizal plants, which is mainly due to the higher nitrogen content of the plants, and the high nutrient content can improve the stress resistance of the plants (Mathur et al., 2018). Odebode and Salami (2004) reported that increased levels of sugars and free amino acids in pepper seedlings inoculated with AMF increased plant defense.
The oxidative shift is indicated by increasing levels of oxidative enzymes, reactive oxygen species, and proline content, as well as decreasing MDA and nutritional antioxidants such as ascorbate (Vannini et al., 2016). Plants defend themselves through oxidative shifts to produce oxidative and nutritional stress in herbivores (Cao et al., 2016). We found that inoculation with AMF increased the proline content of A. adenophora and decreased the MDA content, thus maintaining the normal growth of the A. adenophora in response to the damage on A. gossypii feeding (Figure 2). Sun et al. (2020) also found that when Procecidochares utilis parasitizes A. adenophora, the MDA content of A. adenophora decreases and the proline content increases, which increases the free radical scavenging activity. Such changes in the activities of oxidative enzymes in the plant cause a decrease in herbivory and provide induced resistance to the plant in response to pest infestation (Zhang et al., 2008). Our study also found that inoculation with AMF significantly increased the activity levels of SOD and PPO of A. adenophora (Figure 3). SOD of plants can exert its unique effect to remove a serious of reactive oxide species (ROS) caused by insect herbivory to maintain plant’s ordinary (Khan et al., 2021). PPO is thought to be an effective defense enzyme against insects (War et al., 2012). Higher activity of PPO could lead to a higher production of quinones and the formation of lignin, which affects the synthesis of cell wall (Kaur et al., 2015). Balog et al. (2017) found that AMF can enhance PPO activity in peppers and decrease infestation by arthropod pests. Thus, we infer that AMF may be able to defend against herbivory of A. gossypii by increasing PPO activity in A. adenophora to produce quinones and lignin from phenolics through oxidation.
Through interaction with phytophagous insects, plants have evolved defense mechanisms to reduce herbivore damage, and the induced resistance has broad-spectrum and rapid action, which can enhance plant defense against insect attacks (Kawazu et al., 2013; Mauch-Mani et al., 2017). Several studies have revealed that plant hormones mediate the induced resistance of plants to biological attack, among which jasmonic acid and salicylic acid are the most critical (Pozo et al., 2015; Kadam et al., 2020). Our study found that AM fungal inoculation significantly increased the contents of JA and SA that prime plant-inducible defense (Figure 4). Jiang et al. (2021) showed that three JA biosynthesis-related genes (lipoxygenase LOX, hydroperoxide dehydratase AOS, allene oxide cyclase AOC) and two JA signal transduction-related genes (jasmonate-ZIM domain JAZ, transcription factor MYC2) were upregulated in mycorrhizal P. alba ×P. berolinensis seedlings compared with nonmycorrhizal seedlings, resulting in a high JA content in plant tissues. The increase in the JA content induces chemical defense in plants, regulates the expression of plant secondary metabolite genes, and promotes the synthesis and accumulation of secondary metabolites, thus reducing herbivore preference, performance and abundance (Zhang et al., 2022). We found that the content of total phenols and flavonoids in A. adenophora was significantly increased after inoculation with AMF (Figure 5). Several studies have demonstrated that AMF inoculation increase the insecticidal metabolites in plants, with phenolic compounds being the most abundant class of all identified metabolites, including flavonoids and tannins. These substances can directly affect the growth, survival and reproduction of feeding insects (Züst and Agrawal, 2017; Wang et al., 2019; Frew et al., 2022). Our results showed that the survival and reproduction of A. gossypii on A. adenophora inoculated with AM fungi were inhibited (Figure 7), which may be due to the increased content of total phenolic and flavonoid substances in the leaves, and thus causing toxic effect on A. gossypii. AMF can drive insect herbivore performance by affecting phenolic-based resistance mechanisms, which are mainly manifested by increasing foliar phenolic compounds and reducing the relative growth rate of herbivorous insects (Jiang et al., 2021; Frew and Wilson, 2021).
In summary, the symbiosis of the two dominant AMF in the rhizosphere of A. adenophora not only improved the tolerance of A. adenophora by increasing the biomass and nutrient contents, but also maintain the plant’s ordinary by increasing the proline content and SOD activity, and inhibited the feeding of A. gossypii by increasing the PPO activity. It can also induce the production and accumulation of secondary metabolites (jasmonic acid and salicylic acid), which reduced the survival rate and reproductive ability of A. gpssypii. Moreover, the effect on insect resistance of A. adenophora by C. etunicatum inoculation higher than that by S. constrictum. In the invasion process of A. adenophora, the community structure of AMF could change to improve its competitive ability and defense against generalist herbivores in the introduced ranges, and the AM fungal colonization rate of native plants and resistance to insects could be reduced, leading to the rapid expansion and outbreak of A. adenophora in the introduced area (Inderjit, 2012). This laid a foundation for us to enhance the biological control effect of A. gossypii on A. adenophora by controlling the abundance of dominant AMF in the rhizosphere or changing the community structure of AMF in the rhizosphere of A. adenophora.
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Author contributions
FG, ED, and YC designed the research. FZ and RH collected the samples. ED and YL performed the experiments. ZS and YL performed bioinformatic and statistical analyses. ED and YC wrote the first draft. ZS and FG reviewed the manuscript. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
Funding
This work was supported by the Yunnan Eco-Friendly Food International Cooperation Research Center (YEFICRC) Project of Yunnan Provincial of Yunnan Provincial Key Program (Grant No.2019ZG00910), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFD1400200), National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (31660546), and Scientific Research Foundation of Education Department of Yunnan Province (2022Y224).
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Keywords: Ageratina adenophora, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Aphis gossypii, tolerance, resistance
Citation: Du E, Chen Y, Li Y, Zhang F, Sun Z, Hao R and Gui F (2022) Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the responses of Ageratina adenophora to Aphis gossypii herbivory. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1015947. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1015947
Received: 10 August 2022; Accepted: 29 September 2022;
Published: 17 October 2022.
Edited by:
Qiang-Sheng Wu, Yangtze University, ChinaReviewed by:
Wan Qiang Qian, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), ChinaFan Xia, Cornell University, United States
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