Table 1.
Defence suppression by arthropod herbivores
| Arthropod | Common name | Plant | Defence suppressed | Mode of action | Biological readout | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helicoverpa zea (Insecta) | Corn earworm | Nicotiana tabacum | Nicotine production | Salivary enzyme glucose oxidase | Caterpillar weight gain | Musser et al., 2002, 2005 |
| Helicoverpa zea (Insecta) | Corn earworm | Solanum lycopersicum | JA defence response | Salivary enzymes | Wu et al., 2012 | |
| Spodoptera exigua (Insecta) | Beet armyworm | Medicago truncatula | Genes involved in terpenoid biosynthesis | Saliva-derived factors | Bede et al., 2006 | |
| Spodoptera exigua (Insecta) | Beet armyworm | Arabidopsis thaliana | JA defence | SA–JA antagonism | Weech et al., 2008 | |
| Spodoptera littoralis, Pieris brassicae (Insecta). | African cotton leafworm, cabbage butterfly | Arabidopsis thaliana | Wound-inducible genes | Unknown | Larval weight gain | Consales et al., 2012 |
| Pieris rapae, Spodoptera exigua (Insecta) | Small white; beet armyworm | Arabidopsis thaliana | Green leaf volatiles | Unknown | Feeding choice | Savchenko et al., 2013 |
| Manduca sexta (Insecta) | Tobacco hornworm | Nicotiana attenuata | Nicotine production | Ethylene | Kahl et al., 2000; Voelckel et al., 2001 | |
| Frankliniella occidentalis (Insecta) | Western flower thrips | Arabidopsis thaliana | JA defence | SA–JA antagonism | Host plant preference | Abe et al., 2012 |
| Mayetiola destructor (Insecta) | Hessian fly | Triticum spp. | Protease inhibitors, lectins | Unknown | Liu et al., 2007; Wu et al., 2008 | |
| Bemisia tabaci (Insecta) | Silverleaf whitefly | Arabidopsis thaliana | JA defence response | SA–JA antagonism | Nymphal developmental speed | Zarate et al., 2007 |
| Bemisia tabaci (Insecta) | Silverleaf whitefly | Phaesolus lunatus | (E)-β-ocimene production, JA defence | SA–JA antagonism | Attraction of predatory mites, preference, oviposition | Zhang et al., 2009 |
| Bemisia tabaci (Insecta) | Silverleaf whitefly | Nicotiana tabacum | JA defence | Vectored virus | Population growth | Zhang et al., 2012 |
| Bemisia tabaci (Insecta) | Silverleaf whitefly | Solanum lycopersicum | JA defence | Saliva via endogenous bacterium | Survival, oviposition | Su et al., 2015 |
| Megoura viciae (Insecta) | Aphid | Vicia fabae | Phloem clogging | Ca2+ chelators | Behaviour | Will et al., 2007 |
| Acyrthosiphon pisum (Insecta) | Pea aphid | Vicia faba | Unknown | Salivary effector protein C002 | Survival, behaviour | Mutti et al., 2008 |
| Myzus persicae (Insecta) | Green peach aphid | Nicotiana benthamiana | Oxidative burst | Salivary effector proteins C002, Mp10, Mp42 | Reproductive performance | Bos et al., 2010 |
| Myzus persicae (Insecta) | Green peach aphid | Arabidopsis thaliana | Unknown | Salivary effector proteins C002, PIntO1, PIntO2 | Reproductive performance | Pitino and Hogenhout, 2013 |
| Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Insecta) | Potato aphid | Nicotiana benthamiana, Solanum lycopersicum | Unknown | Salivary effector proteins Me10, Me23 | Reproductive performance | Atamian et al., 2013 |
| Myzus persicae (Insecta) | Green peach aphid | Nicotiana tabacum, Nicotiana benthamiana, Arabidopsis thaliana | Indole glucosinolate, callose, hydrogen peroxide | Salivary effector protein Mp55 | Reproductive performance | Elzinga et al., 2014 |
| Brevicoryne brassicae (Insecta) | Cabbage aphid | Brassica oleracea | JA defence | Interference with JA signal transduction | Caterpillar developmental speed, caterpillar weight gain | Soler et al., 2012 |
| Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Insecta) | Aster leafhopper | Arabidopsis thaliana | JA defence | Vectored phytoplasma | Reproductive performance, oviposition rate | Sugio et al., 2011 |
| Phenacoccus solenopsis (Insecta) | Cotton mealybug | Gossypium hirsutum | Gossypol production, JA defence response | Unknown | Development al speed, adult weight gain, feeding choice | Zhang et al., 2011 |
| Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Insecta) | Colorado potato beetle | Solanum lycopersicum | Proteinase Inhibitors | Unknown | Lawrence et al., 2011 | |
| Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Insecta) | Colorado potato beetle | Solanum lycopersicum | JA defence | Oral bacteria | Larval weight gain | Chung et al., 2013 |
| Tetranychus urticae (Acari) | Two-spotted spider mite | Solanum lycopersicum | JA and SA defence, terpenoids and methyl salicylate | Unknown | Oviposition rate | Kant et al., 2008 |
| Tetranychus evansi (Acari) | Red spider mite | Solanum lycopersicum | JA and SA defence, terpenoids and methyl salicylate | Unknown | Oviposition rate, population growth | Sarmento et al., 2011a, Alba et al., 2015 |
| Aculops lycopersici (Acari) | Tomato russet mite | Solanum lycopersicum | JA defence | Unknown | Population growth | Glas et al., 2014 |