Natural host‐plant quality affects immune defence of an insect herbivore

By Netta Klemola, T. Klemola, M. Rantala, T. Ruuhola. 2007

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Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous: A review of caterpillars’ chemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral defenses against natural enemies (2012, methodology): “In most cases high plant quality (i.e., low secondary metabolite concentration and high nitrogen content) translates to increased immunity (but see Klemola et al., 2007).”
Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect. (2008, background): “2006), and by providing plant materials with potentially differing nutritive quality (Ojala et al. 2005; Kapari et al. 2006; Klemola et al. 2007).”
Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system (2012, background): “More recent studies have found genetic trade-offs between PO activity and cuticular darkness (Rolff et al., 2005), development rate (Cotter et al., 2004, 2008b), survival (Schwarzenbach & Ward, 2006), and pupal mass (Klemola et al., 2007).”
Fungal endophyte negative effects on herbivory are enhanced on intact plants and maintained in a subsequent generation (2010, background): “…may require normal functioning of host plants (as excised leaves may be less resistant as compared with those still attached to the plant; Klemola et al., 2007), suggests the importance of the experimental setting used in testing the influence of endophytes in conferring resistance to…”