Symbiotic soil microorganisms as players in aboveground plant-herbivore interactions - the role of rhizobia.

By Anne Kempel, R. Brandl, M. Schädler. 2009

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Why do mixotrophic plants stay green? A comparison between green and achlorophyllous orchid individuals in situ (2013, background): “…and N content is complicated because N-rich plants often evolved higher defenses against herbivory, including N-containing toxins such as cyanogenic compounds or alkaloids (Gange and West 1994, Schoonhoven et al. 2005), whose production often correlates with N availability (Kempel et al. 2009).”
Dual benefit from a belowground symbiosis: nitrogen fixing rhizobia promote growth and defense against a specialist herbivore in a cyanogenic plant (2011, background): “In this line, in one of the few available studies on effects of rhizobia-colonization on herbivores, Kempel et al. (2009) observed increased performance of the generalist leaf-chewing herbivore Spodoptera littoralis only on an acyanogenic clover strain, whereas no such effects were found on a cyan”