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Journal Article
Gymnosperm glandular trichomes: expanded dimensions of the conifer terpenoid defense system
2020
Overview
Glandular trichomes (GTs) are defensive structures that produce and accumulate specialized metabolites and protect plants against herbivores, pathogens, and abiotic stress. GTs have been extensively studied in angiosperms for their roles in defense and biosynthesis of high-value metabolites. In contrast, trichomes of gymnosperms have been described in fossilized samples, but have not been studied in living plants. Here, we describe the characterization of GTs on young stems of a hybrid white spruce. Metabolite and histological analysis of spruce GTs support a glandular function with accumulation of a diverse array of mono-, sesqui- and diterpenes including diterpene methylesters. Methylated diterpenes have previously been associated with insect resistance in white spruce. Headspeace analysis of spruce GTs showed a profile of volatiles dominated by monoterpenes and a highly diverse array of sesquiterpenes. Spruce GTs appear early during shoot growth, prior to the development of a lignified bark and prior to accumulation of terpenes in needles. Spruce GTs may provide an early, terpene-based chemical defense system at a developmental stage when young shoots are particularly vulnerable to foliage and shoot feeding insects, and before the resin duct system characteristic of conifers has fully developed.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ 704/158
/ Animals
/ Bark
/ Conifers
/ Cycadopsida - anatomy & histology
/ Cycadopsida - growth & development
/ Foliage
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Insects
/ Science
/ Shoots
/ Terpenes
/ Tracheophyta - anatomy & histology
/ Tracheophyta - growth & development
/ Trichomes - anatomy & histology
