Trade-Offs and Ontogenetic Changes in Resistance and Tolerance to Insect Herbivory in Arabidopsis

摘要: Premise of research. As plants grow and develop larger roots leaves, their access to resources increases. Consequently, reproductive should be able invest in defense against herbivores more than younger plants. However, because plant may occur through resistance (traits that reduce herbivore damage) or tolerance the negative effects damage on fitness), ontogenetic changes pattern resource allocation growth, defense, reproduction are likely influence relative investment tolerance. Currently, many mechanisms known, while still rather unexplored. We investigated whether increase with ontogeny, is costly (i.e., lower seed production absence damage), into these two modes growth rate certain biomass patterns associated wi...