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Nicotiana attenuata

January 01, 1970

Nicotiana attenuata is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name coyote tobacco. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a glandular and sparsely hairy annual herb exceeding a meter in maximum height. The leaf blades may be 10 centimetres (4 in) long, the lower ones oval and the upper narrower in shape, and are borne on petioles. The inflorescence bears several flowers with pinkish or greenish white tubular throats 2 to 3 centimetres (4⁄5 to 1+1⁄5 in) long, their bases enclosed in pointed sepals. The flower face has five mostly white lobes. The fruit is a capsule about 1 centimetre (1⁄2 in) long.

Coyote tobacco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nicotiana
Species:
N. attenuata
Binomial name
Nicotiana attenuata

Natural history edit

Introduction edit

Nicotiana attenuata has been utilized as an ecological model species since 1994,[1] thanks in large part to its diverse interactions with a host of different plants, insects, and microorganisms in its native habitat. Work at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, has been instrumental in integrating a toolbox of genomic, ecological, and analytical tools alongside field work in the Great Basin Desert to study the interactions of N. attenuata in its native environment.

Genome edit

Nicotiana attenuata’s genome is ~2.26 Gb long,[2] significantly more than the plant model species Arabidopsis thaliana. Preferential gene retention after a genome-wide duplication event in the genus Nicotiana partially accounts for this large size, which is roughly twice that of N. obtusifolia (~1.23 Gb), a closely related species.[3]

Predators edit

Two species of hornworm, the tobacco hornworm and the tomato hornworm, use N. attenuata as a host plant. Each of these species respond negatively to high concentrations of nicotine within plant leaves, with the tobacco hornworm showing a more intense reaction. Nicotine concentrations together with insect predators help to determine where on the plant the hornworms prefer to feed.[4]

Defenses against herbivory edit

The main predators of N. attenuata are the larvae of two hawkmoth species known as the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata).[5] When these worms eat trichomes on the tobacco leaves the plant produces trypsin protease inhibitors as a direct defense, weakening the hornworm's ability to digest plant material.[6] As an indirect defense, when the leaves are eaten by larvae, the plant emits green leaf volatiles (GLVs) that attract Geocoris bugs, which are predators of the worm. These GLVs are one of many herbivory-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) that N. attenuata emits via jasmonic acid signaling. When GLVs come into contact with saliva from the hornworm there is a conformational change in the GLVs that attracts Geocoris bugs and increases predation on the hornworm eggs and larvae.[7] It has also been discovered that wild tobacco can undergo defense priming in response to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from heterospecific neighbors.[8]

Another indirect defense that has recently been studied is a change in flowering time and phenology, prompting a change in pollinator from the night-active hawkmoth to day-active hummingbirds. The flowers of N. attenuata normally open at dusk and are exposed during the night where Hawkmoth pollination occurs coupled with oviposition and thus future herbivory by hawkmoth larvae. Saliva from the hornworm causes a jasmonic acid transduction cascade leading to changes in flower phenology. Flowers reduce benzyl acetone (BA) concentrations, a hawkmoth-attracting volatile, and shift corolla opening to dawn, where day-active hummingbird pollination prevails and herbivory by the Hawkmoth larvae is lessened.[9] This shift from night opening to morning opening flowers was discovered using a native population of N. attenuata in Utah. Mesh coverings were placed over selected plants in different test groups with hornworms present or absent, and through a series of trials the ratio of morning opening to night opening flowers after just 8 days was significantly increased in the plants with hornworms present.[10]

Collectively, these direct and indirect defenses show the impressive plasticity in behavior of N. attenuata in responding to herbivore attack.

Uses edit

This plant was used for a great variety of medicinal purposes by many Native American groups, and was smoked ceremonially by the Hopi, Apache, Navajo, Paiute, and other groups.[11]

Among the Zuni people, the smoke is blown over the body to reduce the throbbing from rattlesnake bite.[12] It is also smoked ceremonially among them.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ Baldwin, I. T.; Staszak-Kozinski, L.; Davidson, R. (1994-09-01). "Up in smoke: I. Smoke-derived germination cues for postfire annual, Nicotiana attenuata torr. Ex. Watson". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 20 (9): 2345–2371. Bibcode:1994JCEco..20.2345B. doi:10.1007/BF02033207. ISSN 0098-0331. PMID 24242811. S2CID 31202325.
  2. ^ "Nicotiana attenuata Data Hub - The resource for the coyote tobacco genome". nadh.ice.mpg.de. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  3. ^ Zhou, Wenwu; Brockmöller, Thomas; Ling, Zhihao; Omdahl, Ashton; Baldwin, Ian T.; Xu, Shuqing (2016-11-04). "Evolution of herbivore-induced early defense signaling was shaped by genome-wide duplications in Nicotiana". eLife. 5: e19531. doi:10.7554/eLife.19531. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5115867. PMID 27813478.
  4. ^ Kester, Karen M.; Peterson, Steven C.; Hanson, Frank; Jackson, D. Michael; Severson, R. F. (2002-03-01). "The roles of nicotine and natural enemies in determining larval feeding site distributions of Manduca sexta L. and Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth) on tobacco". Chemoecology. 12 (1): 1–10. Bibcode:2002Checo..12....1K. doi:10.1007/s00049-002-8320-6. ISSN 0937-7409. S2CID 29401231.
  5. ^ André Kessler, Ian T. Baldwin, Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatile Emissions in Nature, Science 16 Mar 2001: Vol. 291, Issue 5511, pp. 2141-2144 DOI: 10.1126/science.291.5511.2141
  6. ^ Jorge A. Zavala, Aparna G. Patankar, Klaus Gase, Dequan Hui, Ian T. Baldwin Plant Physiology Mar 2004, 134 (3) 1181-1190; DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.035634
  7. ^ Schuman et al. eLife 2012;1:e00007. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.00007
  8. ^ Danny Kessler. et al., Current Biology 20, 237–242, February 9, 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.071
  9. ^ Danny Kessler. et al., Current Biology 20, 237–242, February 9, 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.071
  10. ^ Danny Kessler. et al., Current Biology 20, 237–242, February 9, 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.071
  11. ^ Ethnobotany
  12. ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 54)
  13. ^ Stevenson, p.95

External links edit

 
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January 01, 1970
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Nicotiana attenuata is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name coyote tobacco It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Texas and northern Mexico where it grows in many types of habitat It is a glandular and sparsely hairy annual herb exceeding a meter in maximum height The leaf blades may be 10 centimetres 4 in long the lower ones oval and the upper narrower in shape and are borne on petioles The inflorescence bears several flowers with pinkish or greenish white tubular throats 2 to 3 centimetres 4 5 to 1 1 5 in long their bases enclosed in pointed sepals The flower face has five mostly white lobes The fruit is a capsule about 1 centimetre 1 2 in long Coyote tobacco Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Solanales Family Solanaceae Genus Nicotiana Species N attenuata Binomial name Nicotiana attenuataTorr ex S Watson Contents 1 Natural history 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Genome 1 3 Predators 1 4 Defenses against herbivory 2 Uses 3 References 4 External linksNatural history editIntroduction edit Nicotiana attenuata has been utilized as an ecological model species since 1994 1 thanks in large part to its diverse interactions with a host of different plants insects and microorganisms in its native habitat Work at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena Germany has been instrumental in integrating a toolbox of genomic ecological and analytical tools alongside field work in the Great Basin Desert to study the interactions of N attenuata in its native environment Genome edit Nicotiana attenuata s genome is 2 26 Gb long 2 significantly more than the plant model species Arabidopsis thaliana Preferential gene retention after a genome wide duplication event in the genus Nicotiana partially accounts for this large size which is roughly twice that of N obtusifolia 1 23 Gb a closely related species 3 Predators edit Two species of hornworm the tobacco hornworm and the tomato hornworm use N attenuata as a host plant Each of these species respond negatively to high concentrations of nicotine within plant leaves with the tobacco hornworm showing a more intense reaction Nicotine concentrations together with insect predators help to determine where on the plant the hornworms prefer to feed 4 Defenses against herbivory edit The main predators of N attenuata are the larvae of two hawkmoth species known as the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta and tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata 5 When these worms eat trichomes on the tobacco leaves the plant produces trypsin protease inhibitors as a direct defense weakening the hornworm s ability to digest plant material 6 As an indirect defense when the leaves are eaten by larvae the plant emits green leaf volatiles GLVs that attract Geocoris bugs which are predators of the worm These GLVs are one of many herbivory induced plant volatiles HIPVs that N attenuata emits via jasmonic acid signaling When GLVs come into contact with saliva from the hornworm there is a conformational change in the GLVs that attracts Geocoris bugs and increases predation on the hornworm eggs and larvae 7 It has also been discovered that wild tobacco can undergo defense priming in response to volatile organic compounds VOCs emitted from heterospecific neighbors 8 Another indirect defense that has recently been studied is a change in flowering time and phenology prompting a change in pollinator from the night active hawkmoth to day active hummingbirds The flowers of N attenuata normally open at dusk and are exposed during the night where Hawkmoth pollination occurs coupled with oviposition and thus future herbivory by hawkmoth larvae Saliva from the hornworm causes a jasmonic acid transduction cascade leading to changes in flower phenology Flowers reduce benzyl acetone BA concentrations a hawkmoth attracting volatile and shift corolla opening to dawn where day active hummingbird pollination prevails and herbivory by the Hawkmoth larvae is lessened 9 This shift from night opening to morning opening flowers was discovered using a native population of N attenuata in Utah Mesh coverings were placed over selected plants in different test groups with hornworms present or absent and through a series of trials the ratio of morning opening to night opening flowers after just 8 days was significantly increased in the plants with hornworms present 10 Collectively these direct and indirect defenses show the impressive plasticity in behavior of N attenuata in responding to herbivore attack Uses editThis plant was used for a great variety of medicinal purposes by many Native American groups and was smoked ceremonially by the Hopi Apache Navajo Paiute and other groups 11 Among the Zuni people the smoke is blown over the body to reduce the throbbing from rattlesnake bite 12 It is also smoked ceremonially among them 13 References edit Baldwin I T Staszak Kozinski L Davidson R 1994 09 01 Up in smoke I Smoke derived germination cues for postfire annual Nicotiana attenuata torr Ex Watson Journal of Chemical Ecology 20 9 2345 2371 Bibcode 1994JCEco 20 2345B doi 10 1007 BF02033207 ISSN 0098 0331 PMID 24242811 S2CID 31202325 Nicotiana attenuata Data Hub The resource for the coyote tobacco genome nadh ice mpg de Retrieved 2017 01 12 Zhou Wenwu Brockmoller Thomas Ling Zhihao Omdahl Ashton Baldwin Ian T Xu Shuqing 2016 11 04 Evolution of herbivore induced early defense signaling was shaped by genome wide duplications in Nicotiana eLife 5 e19531 doi 10 7554 eLife 19531 ISSN 2050 084X PMC 5115867 PMID 27813478 Kester Karen M Peterson Steven C Hanson Frank Jackson D Michael Severson R F 2002 03 01 The roles of nicotine and natural enemies in determining larval feeding site distributions of Manduca sexta L and Manduca quinquemaculata Haworth on tobacco Chemoecology 12 1 1 10 Bibcode 2002Checo 12 1K doi 10 1007 s00049 002 8320 6 ISSN 0937 7409 S2CID 29401231 Andre Kessler Ian T Baldwin Defensive Function of Herbivore Induced Plant Volatile Emissions in Nature Science 16 Mar 2001 Vol 291 Issue 5511 pp 2141 2144 DOI 10 1126 science 291 5511 2141 Jorge A Zavala Aparna G Patankar Klaus Gase Dequan Hui Ian T Baldwin Plant Physiology Mar 2004 134 3 1181 1190 DOI 10 1104 pp 103 035634 Schuman et al eLife 2012 1 e00007 DOI 10 7554 eLife 00007 Danny Kessler et al Current Biology 20 237 242 February 9 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10 1016 j cub 2009 11 071 Danny Kessler et al Current Biology 20 237 242 February 9 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10 1016 j cub 2009 11 071 Danny Kessler et al Current Biology 20 237 242 February 9 2010 ª2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10 1016 j cub 2009 11 071 Ethnobotany Stevenson Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians SI BAE Annual Report 30 p 54 Stevenson p 95External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicotiana attenuata Jepson Manual Treatment Calflora Database Nicotiana attenuata coyote 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