Table 4.
Summary of Pearson correlations between pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) concentrations and the proxies of herbivore feedinga in the five bioassays conducted with Jacobaea F2 hybrids from a cross between Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica
| PA | Specialist herbivores | Generalist herbivores | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea beetle (N = 87) | Cinnabar moth (N = 35) | Slug (N = 84) | Thrips (N = 94) | Leafminer (N = 90) | |
| Total tertiary amines | 0.079 | 0.391* | −0.206 | −0.266** | −0.235* |
| Total N-oxide | 0.042 | 0.043 | −0.283** | −0.282** | −0.060 |
| Senecionine-like PAs | 0.030 | −0.042 | −0.259* | −0.204* | −0.091 |
| Jacobine-like PAs | 0.017 | 0.350* | −0.167 | −0.297* | −0.188 |
| Erucifoline-like PAs | −0.004 | −0.078 | −0.115 | −0.159 | 0.226* |
| Otosenine-like PAs | 0.088 | 0.303 | 0.173 | 0.030 | −0.267* |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01
aThe feeding damage data used is the same as that in Table 3