TY - JOUR
T1 - Insect-bryophyte interactions
T2 - A little explored territory in the domain of insect-plant interactions
AU - Raman, Anantanarayanan
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2018/8/25
Y1 - 2018/8/25
N2 - Many plant-feeding insects have evolved as generalists, living and feeding on plants. Insects have existed from the Devonian (410–355 million years ago [mya]) synchronizing with the diversification of woody angiosperms. Sometime between the Devonian and the Carboniferous,utilization of sori of early Filicophytaas food existed concurrently in extinct groups of insects. This could also be the period when a majority of the phloem-feeding Hemiptera evolved. Insect-feeding damage, possibly caused byhemipteroids, has been known in the fossil specimens of Metzgeriothallus sharonae (Marchantiophyta: Metzgeriales) of the Middle Devonian. An extensive volume of publications explains the dynamics of insect–plant interactions, customarily the term ‘plant’ implying angiosperms. However, our knowledge of insects that live and feed on lower plants, such asbryophytes, is limited. This note aims to provide a brief review on the subtlety of interactions between bryophytes and insects, as much as known.
AB - Many plant-feeding insects have evolved as generalists, living and feeding on plants. Insects have existed from the Devonian (410–355 million years ago [mya]) synchronizing with the diversification of woody angiosperms. Sometime between the Devonian and the Carboniferous,utilization of sori of early Filicophytaas food existed concurrently in extinct groups of insects. This could also be the period when a majority of the phloem-feeding Hemiptera evolved. Insect-feeding damage, possibly caused byhemipteroids, has been known in the fossil specimens of Metzgeriothallus sharonae (Marchantiophyta: Metzgeriales) of the Middle Devonian. An extensive volume of publications explains the dynamics of insect–plant interactions, customarily the term ‘plant’ implying angiosperms. However, our knowledge of insects that live and feed on lower plants, such asbryophytes, is limited. This note aims to provide a brief review on the subtlety of interactions between bryophytes and insects, as much as known.
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U2 - 10.18520/cs/v115/i4/614-616
DO - 10.18520/cs/v115/i4/614-616
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85051872237
SN - 0011-3891
VL - 115
SP - 614
EP - 616
JO - Current Science
JF - Current Science
IS - 4
ER -