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Pine weevil feeding on Norway spruce bark has a stronger impact on needle VOC emissions than enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation
2009
Blande, James D. | Turunen, Katariina | Holopainen, Jarmo K.
Plants can respond physiologically to damaging ultraviolet-B radiation by altering leaf chemistry, especially UV absorbing phenolic compounds. However, the effects on terpene emissions have received little attention. We conducted two field trials in plots with supplemented UV-B radiation and assessed the influence of feeding by pine weevils, Hylobius abietis L., on volatile emissions from 3-year old Norway spruce trees (Picea abies L. Karst.). We collected emissions from branch tips distal to the feeding weevils, and from whole branches including the damage sites. Weevil feeding clearly induced the emission of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, particularly linalool and (E)-β-farnesene, from branch tips, and the sums of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes emitted by whole branches were substantially increased. We discovered little effect of UV-B radiation up to 30% above the ambient level on volatile emissions from branch tips distal to damage sites, but there was a possible effect on bark emissions from damage sites. Chronic exposure to enhanced UV-B radiation has little effect on volatile emissions of Norway spruce.
Show more [+] Less [-][Interactions between weather conditions and the occurrence of some damaging factors in newly established forest stands in areas of the Eastern Ore Mountains damaged by air pollution]
1990
Otto, L.F. (Technische Univ. Dresden, Tharandt (Germany). Sektion Forstwirtschaft)
[Forest protection measures in afforestation sites planted with tree species suitable for the conversion of stands of the Ore Mountains damaged by air pollution]
1990
Prien, S. (Technische Univ. Dresden, Tharandt (Germany). Sektion Forstwirtschaft) | Otto, L.F.
