Chlorophyll a fluorescence of tomato genotypes in response to Tuta absoluta herbivory and foliar salicylic acid application

Juliane Maciel Henschel,Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende, Paulo Sergio Pulga,André Ricardo Zeist, Regina Lopes dos Santos, Patrícia Carla Giloni-Lima,Diego Silva Batista

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum(2024)

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Abstract
The South American tomato pinworm ( Tuta absoluta ) is a major pest of tomatoes that causes drastic yield losses. Some wild tomato genotypes are constitutively resistant to T. absoluta , whereas most commercial genotypes are susceptible. However, exogenous salicylic acid (SA) application may induce resistance to this herbivore in tomatoes. Since herbivory also reduces crop production by affecting photosynthesis, chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChlF) represents a powerful tool for identifying potential and easily addressed resistance indicators. Therefore, we compared the ChlF patterns of two commercial genotypes (Alambra and Redenção) and one wild-resistant genotype ( Solanum habrochaites var. hirsutum ) treated with 540 µM SA or water (control), correlating their ChlF pattern with feeding damages caused by T. absoluta . Our results showed that SA reduced the overall plant damage in Alambra at 7, 21, and 35 days after infestation (DAI), and the consumed leaf area in Redenção and hirsutum 60 DAI. The ChlF analysis showed that SA increased the electron transfer rate (ETR), the regulated energy loss of PSII ( Y (NPQ) ), the non-regulated energy loss ( Y (NO) ), and reduced the efficiency of open PSII reaction centers ( F_v^' / F_m^' ) and photochemical quantum yield ( Y II ) in all genotypes. F_o^' , F_m^' , and F_v^' of commercial genotypes were higher than in the wild genotype. Feeding damage was positively correlated with F_o^' , F_m^' , and F_v^' , and negatively correlated with Y (NO) and ETR. These results indicate that ETR and Y (NO) might be useful for indicating salicylic acid-induced resistance against T. absoluta , while F_o^' , F_m^' , and F_v^' might indicate constitutive resistance.
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Constitutive resistance,Light energy dissipation,Photochemical yield,Salicylic-acid induced resistance,Solanum lycopersicum,Solanum habrochaites var. hirsutum
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