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Peters JS, Aguirre BA, DiPaola A, Power AG. Ecology of Yellow Dwarf Viruses in Crops and Grasslands: Interactions in the Context of Climate Change. Annu Rev Phytopathol 2022; 60:283-305. [PMID: 36027939 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-020620-101848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Our understanding of the ecological interactions between plant viruses, their insect vectors, and their host plants has increased rapidly over the past decade. The suite of viruses known collectively as the yellow dwarf viruses infect an extensive range of cultivated and noncultivated grasses worldwide and is one of the best-studied plant virus systems. The yellow dwarf viruses are ubiquitous in cereal crops, where they can significantly limit yields, and there is growing recognition that they are also ubiquitous in grassland ecosystems, where they can influence community dynamics. Here, we discuss recent research that has explored (a) the extent and impact of yellow dwarf viruses in a diversity of plant communities, (b) the role of vector behavior in virus transmission, and (c) the prospects for impacts of climate change-including rising temperatures, drought, and elevated CO2-on the epidemiology of yellow dwarf viruses.
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- Jasmine S Peters
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;
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Wilcox KR, Blumenthal DM, Kray JA, Mueller KE, Derner JD, Ocheltree T, Porensky LM. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. New Phytol 2021; 229:2007-2019. [PMID: 33053217 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Understanding how plant communities respond to temporal patterns of precipitation in water-limited ecosystems is necessary to predict interannual variation and trends in ecosystem properties, including forage production, biogeochemical cycling, and biodiversity. In North American shortgrass prairie, we measured plant abundance, functional traits related to growth rate and drought tolerance, and aboveground net primary productivity to identify: species-level responsiveness to precipitation (precipitation sensitivity Sspp ) across functional groups; Sspp relationships to continuous plant traits; and whether continuous trait-Sspp relationships scaled to the community level. Across 32 plant species, we found strong bivariate relationships of both leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and leaf osmotic potential Ψosm with Sspp . Yet, LDMC and specific leaf area were retained in the lowest Akaike information criterion multiple regression model, explaining 59% of Sspp . Most relationships between continuous traits and Sspp scaled to the community level but were often contingent on the presence/absence of particular species and/or land management at a site. Thus, plant communities in shortgrass prairie may shift towards slower growing, more stress-resistant species in drought years and/or chronically drier climate. These findings highlight the importance of both leaf economic and drought tolerance traits in determining species and community responses to altered precipitation.
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- Kevin R Wilcox
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
- Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS - Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, 1701 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA
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- Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS - Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, 1701 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA
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- Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS - Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, 1701 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA
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- Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, SI 219, Cleveland, OH, 44115-2214, USA
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- USDA-ARS Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, 8408 Hildreth Road, Cheyenne, WY,, 82009, USA
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- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Crops Research Laboratory, USDA ARS - Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, 1701 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA
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