Modelling the effect of environmental factors on the "trade-off" between growth and defensive compounds in young apple trees

Sebastian Gayler, Christof Leser, Eckart Priesack, Dieter Treutter

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27 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

The allocation of plant internal resources to growth processes (primary metabolism) and to defensive compounds (secondary metabolism) is determined by plant internal competition for common substrates and energy. In order to contribute to the discussion about environmental impacts on this trade-off between demands for growth and defence, we extended a complex plant growth model to simulate the formation of defensive compounds on the whole plant level, depending on the dynamics of the environmental conditions light, nutrients and water. In this paper, we present and apply the model to simulate the effects of different N fertilizer applications on growth and resistance of young apple trees (cv "Golden Delicious"). The results show that model predictions are able to describe the observed relation between growth rate and phenylpropanoid concentrations in young leaves of apple trees, and can assist in the interpretation of experimental findings. Finally, we estimate costs and benefits of investment into defence in a scenario, in which an attack by the leaf pathogen Venturia inaequalis is simulated.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)363-371
Seitenumfang9
FachzeitschriftTrees - Structure and Function
Jahrgang18
Ausgabenummer3
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2004

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