Abstract

Some herbivorous insects possess the ability to synthesize phytohormones and are considered to use them for manipulating their host plants, but how these insects acquired the ability remains unclear. We investigated endogenous levels of auxin (IAA) and cytokinins (iP and tZ), including their ribosides (iPR and tZR), in various terrestrial arthropod taxa. Surprisingly, IAA was detected in all arthropods analysed. In contrast, tZ and/or tZR was detected only in some taxa. Endogenous levels of IAA were not significantly different among groups with different feeding habits, but gall inducers possessed significantly higher levels of iPR, tZ and tZR. Ancestral state reconstruction of the ability to synthesize tZ and tZR revealed that the trait has only been acquired in taxa containing gall inducers. Our results strongly suggest critical role of the cytokinin synthetic ability in the evolution of gall-inducing habit and IAA has some function in arthropods.

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Title
Terrestrial arthropods broadly possess endogenous phytohormones auxin and cytokinins
Author
Tokuda Makoto 1 ; Suzuki, Yoshihito 2 ; Fujita Shohei 3 ; Matsuda Hiroki 3 ; Adachi-Fukunaga Shuhei 4 ; Elsayed, Ayman Khamis 3 

 Saga University, Department of Biological Resource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga, Japan (GRID:grid.412339.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 1172 4459); Kagoshima University, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan (GRID:grid.258333.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 1167 1801) 
 Ibaraki University, Department of Food and Life Sciences, Ami, Japan (GRID:grid.410773.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 9949 0476) 
 Saga University, Department of Biological Resource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga, Japan (GRID:grid.412339.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 1172 4459) 
 Kagoshima University, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan (GRID:grid.258333.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 1167 1801); NARO, Present address: Koshi Research Station, Institute for Plant Protection, Kumamoto, Japan (GRID:grid.482768.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 0805 348X) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2640669860
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.