Multi-generational effects of salicylic acid on Lipaphis erysimi and induced defense in Brassica juncea
Muhammad Wajid Javed, Muhammad Imran Jhammat, Ammara Riaz, Muhammad Umair Gulzar, Dilbar Hussain, Asad Aslam, Nazih Y. Rebouh · 2026
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Description
Javed and colleagues sprayed mustard plants with salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is the plant hormone that switches on systemic disease resistance. They tested whether it also defends against the insecticide-resistant turnip aphid across generations. Plants got 0, 0.5, or 1 millimolar doses a day before aphid attack. Two aphid generations were tracked for survival, growth, and reproduction.
Both salicylic acid doses cut aphid performance against controls. They changed survivorship, growth period, reproduction time, and the intrinsic rate of increase in the generations tracked. Plant quality split by dose. Chlorophyll, nitrogen, and crude protein peaked at the lower dose. The stronger dose reduced them in the treated plants. Defense chemicals rose after aphid attack and climbed highest at the stronger dose. They included flavonoids such as myricetin and quercetin, plus several phenolic acids. The authors propose salicylic acid as an organic-friendly aphid tool, pending field trials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Muhammad Wajid Javed, Muhammad Imran Jhammat, Ammara Riaz, Muhammad Umair Gulzar, Dilbar Hussain, Asad Aslam, Nazih Y. Rebouh |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |