J. For. Sci., 2023, 69(6):244-253 | DOI: 10.17221/158/2022-JFS

The beneficial role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on population rates of aboveground herbivory: Zyginella pulchra (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in plane treesOriginal Paper

Hamed Aalipour1, Ali Nikbakht1, Jahangir Khajehali2, Mohammad Taghizadeh3
1 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
3 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Fars, Iran

Herbivorous pests and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) coexist on the same host plant, having an indirect effect on one another. We established an experiment in a randomised complete block design with four treatments and six replications to examine the impact of AMF on the population and the damage caused to plane trees by the leafhopper Zyginella pulchra. Manure, manure plus fertiliser, manure plus fertiliser plus AMF, and non-inoculated plants (control) were all of the treatments. The findings revealed that while the nutritional content and soluble carbohydrate content were significantly enhanced by all treatments, they largely reached their peak in the AMF-inoculated plants. When compared to control trees that were not inoculated, the concentrations of N, P, and Zn were boosted by 39%, 81%, and 425%, respectively. AMF inoculation increased the population of Z. pulchra nymphs and adults compared to the control. However, the plants with AMF inoculation eventually suffered greater leaf loss as a result of this rise in the pest population. The findings show that while AMF enhance nutrient absorption and are necessary to improve the nutritional state of the host trees, they also enhance the absorption of pests that are thought to be harmful to plane trees. However, AMF colonisation improved the potential attractiveness of Z. pulchra to plane trees.

Keywords: insect attractiveness; leaf damage; mycorrhizae; nutritional status; Platanus orientalis

Accepted: May 17, 2023; Prepublished online: June 20, 2023; Published: June 30, 2023  Show citation

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Aalipour H, Nikbakht A, Khajehali J, Taghizadeh M. The beneficial role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on population rates of aboveground herbivory: Zyginella pulchra (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in plane trees. J. For. Sci. 2023;69(6):244-253. doi: 10.17221/158/2022-JFS.
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