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Article

Elevated O3 and TYLCV Infection Reduce the Suitability of Tomato as a Host for the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci

by
Hongying Cui
1,2,
Yucheng Sun
2,
Fajun Chen
3,
Youjun Zhang
1,* and
Feng Ge
2,*
1
Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
2
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
3
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(12), 1964; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17121964
Submission received: 1 September 2016 / Revised: 4 November 2016 / Accepted: 16 November 2016 / Published: 28 November 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant-Insect Interactions)
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Abstract

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The effects of elevated atmospheric ozone (O3) levels on herbivorous insects have been well studied, but little is known about the combined effects of elevated O3 and virus infection on herbivorous insect performance. Using open-top chambers in the field, we determined the effects of elevated O3 and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) infection on wild-type (Wt) tomato and 35S tomato (jasmonic acid (JA) defense-enhanced genotype) in association with whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius biotype B. Elevated O3 and TYLCV infection, alone and in combination, significantly reduced the contents of soluble sugars and free amino acids, increased the contents of total phenolics and condensed tannins, and increased salicylic acid (SA) content and the expression of SA-related genes in leaves. The JA signaling pathway was upregulated by elevated O3, but downregulated by TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV infection. Regardless of plant genotype, elevated O3, TYLCV infection, or O3 + TYLCV infection significantly decreased B. tabaci fecundity and abundance. These results suggest that elevated O3 and TYLCV infection, alone and in combination, reduce the nutrients available for B. tabaci, increase SA content and SA-related gene expression, and increase secondary metabolites, resulting in decreases in fecundity and abundance of B. tabaci in both tomato genotypes.

1. Introduction

The concentration of global atmospheric ozone (O3) has increased from 10 parts per billion (ppb) in the 1900s to the current value of 40 ppb, at an annual rate of 1%–2% [1,2]. Moreover, the levels of atmospheric O3 are predicted to reach 68 ppb by the year 2050 [3]. The detrimental effects of O3 on plants have long been known. Elevated O3 causes leaf damage, inhibits photosynthesis, and reduces the growth of many plant species [4,5]. O3 enters the plant through stomata and is converted into reactive oxygen species (ROS), triggering a series of metabolic reactions [6,7]. Excess ROS can disrupt plant metabolism by causing irreversible damage to cell membranes, proteins, and carbohydrates [8]. Elevated O3 may change levels of primary metabolites and their allocation, leading to decreased nutrient content and increased levels of secondary metabolites in plant tissues [9,10]. Changes in the physical and chemical qualities of plant tissues are expected to affect herbivorous insects [11,12,13]. Furthermore, reduced plant quality is thought to be directly related to the virus susceptibility of plants grown in high-O3 environments [7,14].
Plant viruses can induce changes in their hosts that can affect the performance of herbivorous insects [15,16]. Viruses and other pathogens can alter plant photosynthesis, source/sink relationships, and defense responses [17]. For example, virus infection can activate or suppress plant defense pathways, such as the salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) pathways [18,19]. Increasing evidence suggests that vector-borne pathogens can alter the quality of their hosts in ways that influence the abundance of herbivores [15,16,20]. Although several studies have documented how changes in nutrients or resistance of virus-infected plants affect the performance of herbivorous insects [20,21], little is known about how the combined effects of changes in nutrients and resistance caused by virus infection affect the performance of herbivorous insects.
Both plant viruses and elevated O3 can induce hormone-mediated resistance that, in turn, affects herbivorous insects [10,21]. SA and JA are regarded as the most important hormonal mediators of induced defenses of plants against pathogens, ozone, herbivores, and other stressors [22,23,24,25]. The prevailing view is that the SA pathway induces resistance against biotrophic pathogens and some phloem feeders, whereas the JA pathway induces resistance against chewing herbivores and necrotrophic pathogens [25,26]. Crosstalk between SA and JA signaling pathways may mediate the reciprocal effects of induced plant defenses on pathogens and herbivores [27,28,29]. Plant hormones interact at many different levels to form a network of antagonistic and synergistic interactions [25,30]. For example, SA accumulation in plant tissues is often negatively correlated with JA accumulation [31,32] and can thus suppress the induction of JA-mediated defenses [33,34,35]. Thus, infection by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) increases the SA level and suppresses the JA level in tomato [36]. On the other hand, elevated O3 induced the accumulation of both JA and SA [37,38,39]. Previous studies showed that elevated CO2 altered the cross talk between the SA and JA defense pathways following TYLCV infection, i.e., the interactions between the pathways were antagonistic (when one rises, the other falls) under ambient CO2, but synergistic under elevated CO2 [40]. Whether elevated O3 concentrations alter the interactions between SA- and JA-dependent defense pathways following TYLCV infection is unknown.
TYLCV is transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in a persistent circulative manner. This virus has devastated tomato production in a part of China and is frequently found on tomatoes in areas where B. tabaci occurs [21,41]. TYLCV disease outbreaks have also occurred worldwide and are thought to be related to global climate change [42]. B. tabaci is an invasive phloem pest with a worldwide distribution [43]. Whiteflies puncture leaf tissue with piercing-sucking mouthparts and feed on the phloem [44]. B. tabaci has been particularly damaging to tomato crops [45,46] and especially in China [47]. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is an economically important crop worldwide and is sensitive to O3 [48]. Little is known about the interactive effects of elevated O3 and TYLCV infection on the performance of B. tabaci on tomato.
JA acts as a signaling molecule for the production of metabolites that contribute to resistance [49]. Instead of JA-dependent defenses, phloem-feeding insects trigger SA-dependent defenses, which could avoid strong resistance. In previous studies, JA accumulation was increased by elevated O3 but suppressed by TYLCV [21,39]. Rather than being independent, JA and SA interact with each other in response to abiotic and biotic factors [22,23,50]. Application of exogenous JA to plants results in an increase in the production of a diverse array of compounds that have been shown to reduce the performance of herbivores [51,52]. However, the effect of endogenous JA on the performance of whiteflies on plants exposed to elevated O3 and TYLCV infection is unclear. The JA defense-enhanced tomato genotype 35S has a stronger JA signal and greater resistance than the wild-type (Wt), but how the endogenously high levels of JA in 35S plants affect B. tabaci and TYLCV is unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis that elevated O3 and TYLCV infection will decrease the fitness of B. tabaci by altering the nutrient content and resistance of 35S and Wt tomato plants. Our specific objectives were to determine the effects of elevated O3 and TYLCV infection alone and in combination on the nutrient content, resistance of tomato, and the performance of B. tabaci.

2. Results

2.1. Tomato Growth Traits

Both O3 and TYLCV decreased plant biomass and height independently, and together biomass and height were even lower. The response differed between the two tomato genotypes leading to a significant three-way interaction among the treatments (Table 1).
In the Wt genotype, elevated O3 decreased fresh weight by 28% for uninfected plants and by 52% for TYLCV-infected plants, and decreased height by 16% for uninfected plants and by 50% for TYLCV-infected plants. In the 35S genotype, elevated O3 decreased fresh weight by 33% for uninfected plants and by 41% for TYLCV-infected plants, and decreased height by 22% for uninfected plants and by 33% for TYLCV-infected plants. Regardless of O3 level, TYLCV infection significantly decreased the fresh weight and height of the two tomato genotypes. Moreover, both of them were the lowest under O3 + TYLCV infection treatment on the two tomato genotypes. Wt plants had higher fresh weight and height than 35S plants for the treatment of elevated O3, but had lower fresh weight and height than 35S plants for the treatments of TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV (Figure 1A,B).

2.2. Foliar Soluble Sugar and Free Amino Acids of Tomato

Both O3 and TYLCV decreased soluble sugar content independently, and together soluble sugar content was even lower (Table 2). Both O3 and TYLCV decreased free amino acid content independently, and together free amino acid content was even lower. The response differed between the two tomato genotypes leading to a significant three-way interaction among the treatments (Table 2).
In the Wt genotype, elevated O3 decreased soluble sugar content by 42% for uninfected plants and by 74% for TYLCV-infected plants, and decreased free amino acid content by 31% for uninfected plants and by 74% for TYLCV-infected plants. In the 35S genotype, elevated O3 decreased soluble sugar content by 53% for uninfected plants and by 65% for TYLCV-infected plants, and decreased free amino acid content by 52% for uninfected plants and by 69% for TYLCV-infected plants. Regardless of O3 level, TYLCV infection significantly decreased soluble sugar and free amino acid contents in both tomato genotypes. Moreover, soluble sugar and free amino acid contents were the lowest with O3 + TYLCV infection treatment for both genotypes. Wt plants had higher soluble sugar and free amino acid contents than 35S plants for the treatment of elevated O3, but had lower soluble sugar and free amino acid contents than 35S plants for the treatments of TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV (Figure 2A,B).

2.3. Condensed Tannins and Total Phenolics in Tomato Leaves

Both O3 and TYLCV increased the contents of condensed tannins and total phenolics independently, and together they were even higher. The response differed between the two tomato genotypes leading to a significant three-way interaction among the treatments (Table 2). In the Wt genotype, elevated O3 increased condensed tannin content 2.5-fold for uninfected plants and 6.8-fold for TYLCV-infected plants, and increased total phenolics content 92% for uninfected plants and 3.4-fold for TYLCV-infected plants. In the 35S genotype, elevated O3 increased condensed tannin content 2.6-fold for uninfected plants and 3.6-fold for TYLCV-infected plants, and increased total phenolics content 1.2-fold for uninfected plants and 1.9-fold for TYLCV-infected plants. Regardless of O3 level, TYLCV infection significantly increased the contents of condensed tannins and total phenolics in both genotypes. Both condensed tannins and total phenolics were highest in O3 + TYLCV infection treatment for both genotypes. Wt plants had lower condensed tannins and total phenolics contents than 35S plants for the treatment of elevated O3, but had higher condensed tannins and total phenolics contents than 35S plants for the treatments of TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV (Figure 2C,D).

2.4. SA Content and Expression of Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase Gene (PAL) and Pathogenesis-Related Protein Gene (PR1) in Tomato

Both O3 and TYLCV increased SA content and the relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA independently, and together they were even higher. The response differed between the two tomato genotypes leading to a significant three-way interaction among the treatments (Table 2). For uninfected plants, elevated O3 increased the SA content and the relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA 3.3-fold, 22.6-fold, and 18.1-fold, respectively, in the Wt genotype, and by 6.2-fold, 17.6-fold, and 26.5-fold, respectively, in the 35S genotype. For TYLCV-infected plants, elevated O3 increased the SA content and the relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA by 14.2-fold, 68.5-fold, and 53.8-fold, respectively, in the Wt genotype, and by 16.9-fold, 33.1-fold, and 33.3-fold, respectively, in the 35S genotype. Regardless of O3 level, TYLCV infection significantly increased the SA content and relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA in both genotypes. The SA content and relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA were highest with O3 + TYLCV infection treatment for both genotypes. Wt plants had lower SA content and relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA than 35S plants for the treatment of elevated O3, but had higher SA content and relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA than 35S plants for the treatments of TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV (Figure 3A and Figure 4A,B).

2.5. JA Content and Expression of Lipoxygenase Gene (LOX) and Proteinase Inhibitor Gene (PI1) in Tomato

O3 increased JA content and the relative expression of LOX and PI1 mRNA, while TYLCV decreased them significantly. The response differed between the two tomato genotypes leading to a significant three-way interaction among the treatments on the relative expression of LOX and PI1 mRNA (Table 2).
In uninfected plants, elevated O3 increased the JA content and the relative expression of LOX and PI1 mRNA by 78%, 3.9-fold, and 2.8-fold, respectively, in the Wt plants, and by 82%, 3.1-fold, and 3.5-fold, respectively, in the 35S plants. In TYLCV-infected plants, elevated O3 decreased the JA content and the relative expression of LOX and PI1 mRNA by 37%, 44%, and 34%, respectively, in the Wt genotype, and by 22%, 37%, and 36%, respectively, in the 35S genotype. Regardless of O3 level, TYLCV infection significantly decreased the JA content and the relative expression of LOX and PI1 mRNA in both genotypes. The JA content and the relative expression of LOX and PI1 mRNA were lower in Wt plants than in 35S plants in the control (ambient O3 and no TYLCV infection) and in the elevated O3, TYLCV infection, and O3 + TYLCV infection treatments (Figure 3B and Figure 4C,D).

2.6. Fecundity and Abundance of B. tabaci

Both O3 and TYLCV decreased B. tabaci fecundity and abundance independently, and together fecundity and abundance were even lower (Table 1).
Elevated O3 decreased fecundity by 32% (19) at one week and by 34% at three weeks (27) on uninfected Wt plants, and by 37% (22) at one week and by 39% (30) at three weeks on uninfected 35S plants. Elevated O3 decreased fecundity by 66% (39) at one week and by 67% (53) at three weeks on TYLCV-infected Wt plants, and by 49% (29) at one week and by 55% (43) at three weeks on TYLCV-infected 35S plants (Figure 5A,B). Elevated O3 decreased abundance by 43% (119) at four weeks and by 44% (215) at six weeks on uninfected Wt plants, and by 55% (132) at four weeks and by 39% (161) at six weeks on uninfected 35S plants. Elevated O3 decreased abundance by 73% (200) at four weeks and by 66% (333) at six weeks on TYLCV-infected Wt plants, and by 64% (153) at four weeks and by 49% (203) at six weeks on TYLCV-infected 35S plants (Figure 5C,D).
Regardless of O3 level, TYLCV infection significantly decreased B. tabaci fecundity and abundance on both genotypes. Fecundity and abundance were lowest with the O3 + TYLCV infection treatment on both genotypes (Figure 5A–D). Fecundity was higher on Wt plants than on 35S plants in the elevated O3 treatment, but was lower in the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV treatments (Figure 5A,B). Abundance was higher on Wt plants than on 35S plants in the control and the elevated O3 treatments, but was lower in the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV treatments (Figure 5C,D).

2.7. Pearson Correlations between B. tabaci Fecundity and Abundance and Biochemical Properties of Tomato Leaves

B. tabaci fecundity and abundance were positively correlated with the contents of soluble sugars and free amino acids in tomato leaves (Table 3). B. tabaci fecundity and abundance were negatively correlated with the contents of condensed tannins, total phenolics, and SA, and with the relative expression of PAL and PR1 mRNA (Table 3).

3. Discussion

Atmospheric ozone concentrations are likely to increase in the future and are likely to alter the occurrences of diseases and insect pests [10,39,53]. Although much is known about the effects of elevated O3 on viruses and insect pests, little is known about the effects of elevated O3 and virus-infected plant on the performance of insect pests. O3 is highly phytotoxic [54,55,56,57]. In the current study, elevated O3 significantly reduced the fresh biomass and height of Wt tomato plants and also reduced their free amino acid and soluble sugar contents. In previous studies, elevated O3 decreased concentrations of carbohydrates and nutrients in plants [9,10]. Such reductions are likely to affect whiteflies because phloem-sucking insects are adversely affected by low levels of available amino acids [10,58] and by low levels of soluble sugars [59,60] in host plants.
In the present study, elevated O3 significantly increased the contents of secondary metabolites, SA, and JA, and the expression of SA- and JA-related genes in Wt tomato plants. The PAL gene plays a key role in SA biosynthesis and in the regulation of synthesis in secondary metabolism, while the PR1 transcript is a marker for SA response [61,62,63]. The JA-responsive upstream gene LOX and downstream gene PI1 are important in the JA signaling pathway [21]. Elevated SA levels can decrease aphid abundance [13,64]. PR1 and PI1 proteins have been shown to increase plant resistance against aphids and whiteflies [21,65,66]. Secondary metabolites have been found to decrease the rm values and the population densities of phloem-feeding insects [60,67,68]. Our results also showed that elevated O3 significantly decreased B. tabaci fecundity and abundance. B. tabaci fecundity and abundance were positively correlated with plant nutrient content but negatively correlated with secondary metabolite content, SA content, and SA-related gene expression. These results suggest that elevated O3 significantly reduces the nutrient content and increases the resistance of tomato plants, which, together, result in a decrease in B. tabaci fecundity and abundance.
The current results showed that TYLCV infection significantly reduced the fresh biomass and height of Wt tomato plants. Previous studies found that TYLCV infection reduced the amino acid content of tomato leaves [69]. Our results showed that TYLCV also reduced nutrient levels in Wt tomato plants. A recent report showed that Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) increased SA levels and SA-related marker gene expression, but reduced JA content and JA-related gene expression in Arabidopsis plants [70]. We similarly found that TYLCV infection significantly increased secondary metabolites, SA content, and SA-related gene expression, but decreased JA content and JA-related gene expression in Wt tomato plants. TYLCV infection also decreased B. tabaci fecundity and abundance. These results suggest that by reducing the nutrient content and by increasing the SA content and the expression of SA-related genes (while not increasing JA content or the expression of JA-related genes) in tomato plants, TYLCV infection decreases the fecundity and abundance of B. tabaci.
The fresh biomass and height of Wt tomato plants were much lower in the O3 + TYLCV infection treatment than in the control, elevated O3, and TYLCV infection treatments. Reductions in biomass and height are among the important symptoms caused by plant viruses [71,72]. In the current study, elevated O3 levels significantly reduced biomass and height of TYLCV-infected tomato plants. This suggests that yield losses caused by TYLCV on tomato will increase if atmospheric O3 levels continue to increase. The contents of free amino acids and soluble sugars in Wt tomato plants were much lower in the O3 + TYLCV infection treatment than in the control, elevated O3, or TYLCV infection treatments, suggesting that elevated O3 significantly reduce TYLCV-infected tomato plant nutrients. SA content and SA-related gene expression were higher in the O3 + TYLCV infection than in the other treatments. However, JA content and JA-related gene expression were higher in the O3 + TYLCV infection treatment than in the TYLCV infection treatment but were lower in the O3 + TYLCV infection treatment than in the control or elevated O3 treatment. This suggests that elevated O3 and TYLCV infection together further enhance the SA pathway but suppress the JA pathway. B. tabaci fecundity and abundance were lowest in the O3 + TYLCV infection treatment. The results suggest that elevated O3 further suppress B. tabaci fecundity and abundance on TYLCV-infected tomato plants.
Several JA-overexpression mutants exhibit increased resistance against insects [73,74,75]. The performance of the pea leaf miner, the root-knot nematode, and B. tabaci differed on JA-overexpression 35S tomato plants than on Wt tomato plants [10,76,77]. In the current study, the fresh weight and height were lower for 35S plants than for Wt plant in the elevated O3 treatment but were higher in the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV infection treatments. Assuming that O3 levels continue to increase, these results suggest that 35S plants may perform better than Wt plants when infected with TYLCV. The nutrient levels were lower in 35S plants than in Wt plants in the elevated O3 treatment but were higher in the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV infection treatments. At the same time, secondary metabolite content, SA content, and the expression of SA-related genes were higher in 35S plants than in Wt plants in the elevated O3 treatment, but were lower in 35S plants than in Wt plants in the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV infection treatments. This resulted in lower B. tabaci fecundity and abundance on 35S plants than on Wt plant with the elevated O3 treatment, but higher fecundity and abundance on 35S plants than on Wt plants with the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV infection treatments. These results indicate that the JA-overexpression tomato mutant 35S has higher resistance to B. tabaci than Wt plants under elevated O3, and that resistance to B. tabaci is decreased by TYLCV infection of 35S plants. Wt plants exhibit greater resistance to B. tabaci than 35S plants in the TYLCV infection and O3 + TYLCV infection treatments. Furthermore, B. tabaci abundance was lower on 35S plants than on Wt plants in the control. JA content and JA-related gene expression were higher in 35S plants than in Wt plants in the control, while SA content and SA-related gene expression did not differ between the two genotypes in the control. This suggests that the JA pathway and JA-related gene expression also participate in the deterring B. tabaci performance.
Mutual antagonism between the SA and JA pathways has been well documented [78,79], but evidence of synergistic interactions have also been reported [80,81]. In this study, elevated O3 increased the levels of SA and JA, while TYLCV infection increased the SA level and reduced the JA level. Moreover, elevated O3 increased the SA level and reduced the JA level after TYLCV infection. This suggests that TYLCV infection alters the interactions between SA and JA pathways under elevated O3. Previous studies showed that the combined application of exogenous SA and JA induced stronger resistance against TYLCV than application of either SA or JA alone [40]. Overall, the results suggest that the altered interaction between SA and JA under elevated O3 will increase TYLCV incidence and severity as atmospheric O3 levels continue to increase.
Our results showed that elevated O3 significantly decreased B. tabaci fecundity and abundance which was beneficial to plant growth/yield. However, elevated O3 significantly reduced the fresh biomass of tomato plants. It is worthwhile to evaluate the plant yield losses in future studies when insect pest and pathogen are considered under an elevated O3 environment.

4. Materials and Methods

4.1. Open-Top Chambers

The experiment was conducted using eight octagonal open-top chambers (OTCs) at the Observation Station for Global Change Biology, the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Xiaotangshan County, Beijing, China (40°11′ N, 116°24′ E). Each OTC was 2.2 m in height and 2 m in diameter. The O3 levels were increased in four of the OTCs but were kept at ambient levels in the other four beginning on 28 June 2014. A detailed description of the O3 system was provided by Cui et al. [82]. O3 levels were measured hourly and averaged 37.3 ppb in the ambient OTCs and 72.2 ppb in the elevated OTCs. The OTCs were ventilated with air daily from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The experiment was terminated after six weeks on 13 August 2014. We measured the air temperature three times daily (08:00, 14:00, 18:00) throughout the experiment, and there is no significant difference between the two sets of OTCs (28.05 ± 3.07 °C in ambient O3 chambers and 28.65 ± 3.67 °C in elevated O3 chambers in the year of 2014).

4.2. Host Plants

The 35S::prosystemin transgenic tomato plants (35S), and its background wild-type (Wt) tomato plants (Solanum esculentum cv. Castlemart) were individually transplanted into plastic pots (14 cm diameter, 12 cm height) filled with sterilized loamy soil after two weeks of growth in sterilized soil. Since over-expression of prosystemin, the 35S transgenic plants constitutively activates defenses in unwounded plants, which leads to a stronger and faster defense [75]. Plants at the three to four leaf stage were placed in ventilated cages in the OTCs on 27 June 2014. Each ventilated cage (1.0 m long, 1.0 m wide, 1.8 m high, 80 mesh) contained 24 seedlings (12 individuals from each tomato genotype including six plants for growth traits, the other six plants for B. tabaci fecundity and abundance), and two ventilated cages were placed in each of the eight OTCs. 48 plants were transferred to each OTC and randomly split into each cage. Twenty-four plants in each cage were inoculated with TYLCV, while the others were inoculated with LB culture medium as a control.

4.3. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus Clone and Agroinoculation

One day after they were placed in the OTCs, the designated tomato plants were infected with TYLCV via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated inoculation [34,83]. The method of TYLCV clone and inoculation mainly follows that described as Huang et al. [40].

4.4. Tomato Growth Traits

The growth traits of the tomato plants in the OTCs were assessed when the experiment was terminated. Plant height and fresh biomass were determined for uninfected and infected plants grown in 37.3 ppb and 72.2 ppb O3. Six plants of each genotype (6 × 4 OTCs = 24 plant in total) in each OTC were selected for determination of plant height and fresh biomass, and harvested for analysis of biochemical and genic parameters. They were described and assayed in the following paragraphs.

4.5. Tomato Foliar Chemistry

The contents of free amino acids, soluble sugars, total phenolics, and condensed tannins in tomato leaves were measured according to Cui et al. [10]. For measurement of SA and JA contents, approximately 500 mg of leaf tissue (fresh weight) was extracted for SA and JA quantification as described previously [10]. For determination of the relative expression of PR1, PAL, PI1, and LOX mRNA, a sample of fresh leaves from each plant was removed and stored at −78 °C for real-time PCR following the procedures described by Sun et al. [77]. Each treatment combination was represented by four biological repeats, and each biological repeat had three technical repeats. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to quantify the mRNAs of the PR1, PAL, PI1, and LOX. Primer pairs for qRT-PCR are listed in Supplementary Material Table S1. A detailed description of the quantification (PR1, PAL, PI1, and LOX) was provided by Sun et al. [77].

4.6. Fecundity and Abundance of B. tabaci

The B biotype of B. tabaci was collected from cabbage growing at the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry on 19 March 2014. The biotype was determined by assessing amplified fragment-length polymorphism (AFLP) markers [84], and the population was reared on tomatoes in a greenhouse. To determine the effects of O3 level, cultivar, and TYLCV infection on B. tabaci fecundity, tomato plants of uniform size and of each cultivar were randomly selected to each OTC (32 individuals from each tomato genotype × two genotypes). Three weeks after the start of experiment (about three weeks after virus inoculation), one clip-cage (3.5 cm diameter, 1.5 cm height) was attached to each of three leaves on each plant, and one newly-emerged adult female and one newly-emerged adult male of B. tabaci were placed in each cage. After one week, the eggs in each cage were counted, and the clip-cage and adults were moved to a new leaf. After two additional weeks, the eggs (including hatched and unhatched) on the new leaves were counted. If a male died, another healthy male was selected and immediately added until the female died. We checked the survivals for each pair of whitefly daily. Fecundity was recorded as the total number of eggs produced by one pair of whiteflies.
To determine the effects of O3 level, cultivar, and TYLCV infection on B. tabaci abundance, tomato plants of uniform size and of each cultivar were randomly selected to each OTC (64 individuals from each tomato genotype × two genotypes). One week after the start of experiment, one clip-cage (9 cm diameter, 4 cm height) was attached to each of three leaves on each plant, and four newly-emerged female adults and four newly-emerged male adults of B. tabaci were placed in each cage. After three and five additional weeks, the number of B. tabaci in each cage was determined, and abundance was recorded as the total number (eggs, nymphs and adults) per plant.

4.7. Statistical Analyses

The experiment had a split-split plot design with O3 and block (a pair of ambient and elevated OTCs) as the main effects, TYLCV as the subplot effect, and tomato genotypes as the sub-subplot effect. The main effects of O3, TYLCV, and tomato genotype on plant and B. tabaci variables were tested according to the following model (ANOVA, PASW, 2009):
Xijklm = μ + Oi + B(O)j(i) + Vk + OVik + VB(O)kj(i) + Tl + OTil + TB(O)lj(i) + VTB(O)klj(i) + em(ijkl)
where O is the O3 treatment (i = 2), B is the block (j = 4), V is the TYLCV treatment (k = 2), and T is the tomato genotype (l = 2). Xijklm represents the error because of the smaller scale differences between samples and variability within blocks (SPSS 13.0, SPSS lnc., Chicago, IL, USA). Tukey’s multiple range tests were used to separate means when ANOVAs were significant (p < 0.05). Pearson’s correlations were calculated to analyze the relationships between the fecundity and abundance of B. tabaci and the soluble sugars, free amino acids, SA levels, relative expression of PR1 and PAL mRNA, total phenolics, and the condensed tannin content of tomatoes grown with all eight combinations of treatments.

5. Conclusions

Our results indicate that elevated O3 and TYLCV infection, alone and in combination, significantly reduce the nutrient content of tomato plants and increase SA levels, the relative expression of PR1 and PAL mRNA, and secondary metabolite levels, which, together, decrease B. tabaci fecundity and abundance on two tomato genotypes. Furthermore, elevated O3 levels significantly reduced B. tabaci abundance on TYLCV-infected tomato plants. Such changes suggest that the carrying capacity of the environment with respect to B. tabaci will decrease with the increases in O3 levels and TYLCV infection. 35S plants have higher resistance to B. tabaci than Wt plants under elevated O3, but Wt plants have higher resistance to B. tabaci than 35S plants when the plants are infected with TYLCV or when the plants are infected with TYLCV and grown under elevated O3. These results should assist in the development of cultivars that are resistant to increasing O3 levels, TYLCV, and B. tabaci.

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials can be found at www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/12/1964/s1.

Acknowledgments

This project was supported by Beijing Training Project for the Leading Talents in S & T (LJRC201412), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272051, 31370438 and 31601637), the R&D Special Fund for the Public Welfare Industry (Agriculture 201303019) and the Beijing Key Laboratory for Pest Control and Sustainable Cultivation of Vegetables. We thank Chuanyou Li (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science) for providing the two tomato genotypes, and we thank Xueping Zhou (Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China) for providing the infectious clone of TYLCV.

Author Contributions

Hongying Cui, Feng Ge, and Youjun Zhang conceived and designed the experiments; Hongying Cui performed the experiments and wrote the main manuscript text; Yucheng Sun and Fajun Chen helped interpret the data; all of the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Abbreviations

TYLCVTomato yellow leaf curl virus
Wtwild-type
JAjasmonic acid
SAsalicylic acid
ppbpart per billion
ROSreactive oxygen species
OTCsopen-top chambers
PR1pathogenesis-related protein
PALphenylalanine ammonia lyase
PI1proteinase inhibitor
LOXlipoxygenase
rmintrinsic rate of increase
TSWVTomato spotted wilt virus
AFLPamplified fragment-length polymorphism

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Figure 1. Fresh biomass (A); and plant height (B) of two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection for six weeks. Control refers to plants grown under ambient O3 and without TYLCV. O3 refers to uninfected plants grown under elevated O3. TYLCV refers to TYLCV-infected plants grown under ambient O3. O3 + TYLCV refers to TYLCV-infected plants grown under elevated O3. Each value represents the average (±SE) of 24 replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
Figure 1. Fresh biomass (A); and plant height (B) of two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection for six weeks. Control refers to plants grown under ambient O3 and without TYLCV. O3 refers to uninfected plants grown under elevated O3. TYLCV refers to TYLCV-infected plants grown under ambient O3. O3 + TYLCV refers to TYLCV-infected plants grown under elevated O3. Each value represents the average (±SE) of 24 replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
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Figure 2. Concentrations of soluble sugars (A); free amino acids (B); condensed tannins (C); and total phenolics (D) in the two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection after six weeks. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of four replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
Figure 2. Concentrations of soluble sugars (A); free amino acids (B); condensed tannins (C); and total phenolics (D) in the two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection after six weeks. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of four replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
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Figure 3. Concentrations of (A) salicylic acid (SA); and (B) jasmonic acid (JA) in the two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection after six weeks. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of four replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
Figure 3. Concentrations of (A) salicylic acid (SA); and (B) jasmonic acid (JA) in the two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection after six weeks. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of four replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
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Figure 4. The relative expression of genes encoding (A) phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL); (B) pathogenesis-related protein (PR1); (C) lipoxygenases (LOX); and (D) proteinase inhibitor (PI1) in the two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection after six weeks. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of four replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
Figure 4. The relative expression of genes encoding (A) phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL); (B) pathogenesis-related protein (PR1); (C) lipoxygenases (LOX); and (D) proteinase inhibitor (PI1) in the two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection after six weeks. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of four replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05).
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Figure 5. B. tabaci fecundity (A) at one week; and (B) at three weeks; and B. tabaci numbers per plant (C) at four weeks; and (D) at six weeks on two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of 24 replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05). “Weeks” refer to the start of the oviposition period of the single insect pairs (that occurred three weeks, four weeks and six weeks after the beginning of the experiment).
Figure 5. B. tabaci fecundity (A) at one week; and (B) at three weeks; and B. tabaci numbers per plant (C) at four weeks; and (D) at six weeks on two tomato genotypes (Wt and 35S) grown under ambient and elevated O3 with and without TYLCV infection. Treatments are explained in Figure 1. Each value represents the average (±SE) of 24 replicates. Different lowercase letters within a row indicate significant differences among the four treatments in a specific tomato cultivar, and different uppercase letters indicate significant differences between the two tomato genotypes within the same treatment (Tukey’s test: p < 0.05). “Weeks” refer to the start of the oviposition period of the single insect pairs (that occurred three weeks, four weeks and six weeks after the beginning of the experiment).
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Table 1. Effects of O3 level, TYLCV infection, and plant genotype on B. tabaci fecundity (egg/pair) and abundance (number/plant), plant fresh biomass, plant height of tomato. F and p values from ANOVA are shown.
Table 1. Effects of O3 level, TYLCV infection, and plant genotype on B. tabaci fecundity (egg/pair) and abundance (number/plant), plant fresh biomass, plant height of tomato. F and p values from ANOVA are shown.
Measured IndicesValueTreatment(df)
O3 (1, 184)TYLCV (1, 184)Tomato Genotype (1, 184)O3 × TYLCV (1, 184)O3 × Genotype (1, 184)TYLCV × Genotype (1, 184)O3 × TYLCV × Genotype (1, 184)
Fresh biomassF930.88703.904.7250.270.0650.274.77
p0.000.000.030.000.800.000.03
Plant heightF297.10212.515.056.830.6140.028.61
p0.000.000.030.010.440.000.00
Fecundity at one weekF164.26132.496.8614.610.023.040.75
p0.000.000.010.000.900.080.39
Fecundity at three weeksF164.5290.425.1415.332.150.190.58
p0.000.000.030.000.140.670.45
Abundance at four weeksF1768.14908.7216.8889.485.49151.950.33
p0.000.000.000.000.020.000.57
Abundance at six weeksF1246.29851.424.12100.6918.25131.010.30
p0.000.000.040.000.000.000.58
“Weeks” refer to the start of the oviposition period of the single insect pairs (that occurred three weeks, four weeks and six weeks after the beginning of the experiment).
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Table 2. Effects of O3 level, TYLCV infection, and plant genotype on biochemical properties of tomato. F and p values from ANOVA are shown.
Table 2. Effects of O3 level, TYLCV infection, and plant genotype on biochemical properties of tomato. F and p values from ANOVA are shown.
Measured IndicesValueTreatment(df)
O3 (1, 24)TYLCV (1, 24)Tomato Genotype (1, 24)O3 × TYLCV (1, 24)O3 × Genotype (1, 24)TYLCV × Genotype (1, 24)O3 × TYLCV × Genotype (1, 24)
Soluble sugarsF307.79156.074.899.854.0112.860.56
p0.000.000.030.000.070.000.46
Free amino acidsF297.79238.196.474.8011.225.117.75
p0.000.000.020.040.000.030.01
Condensed tanninsF681.27269.6152.1321.250.18104.375.37
p0.000.000.000.000.680.000.03
Total phenolicsF159.0796.4111.3912.302.0422.387.74
p0.000.000.000.000.170.000.01
SA aF590.53503.754.42103.991.8311.677.68
p0.000.000.040.000.190.000.01
JA bF304.52641.86136.0126.1217.0512.890.48
p0.000.000.000.000.000.000.50
PAL cF515.41406.4415.5224.914.1529.079.94
p0.000.000.000.000.050.000.00
PR1 dF926.49428.758.2312.231.1597.0333.08
p0.000.000.010.000.290.000.00
LOX eF984.331430.40139.61601.2932.7747.7816.62
p0.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
PI1 fF829.221170.85160.05428.7270.3094.4353.38
p0.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
a Salicylic acid; b Jasmonic acid; c Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; d Pathogenesis-related protein; e Lipoxygenases; f Proteinase inhibitor.
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Table 3. Pearson correlations between B. tabaci fecundity (egg/pair) and abundance (number/plant) and biochemical properties of tomato leaves.
Table 3. Pearson correlations between B. tabaci fecundity (egg/pair) and abundance (number/plant) and biochemical properties of tomato leaves.
Tomato ConstituentsFecundity at One WeekFecundity at Three WeeksAbundance at Four WeeksAbundance at Six Weeks
dfrpdfrpdfrpdfrp
Soluble sugars60.9950.00060.9890.00060.9810.00060.9700.000
Free amino acids60.9840.00060.9730.00060.9550.00060.9280.001
Condensed tannins6−0.9520.0006−0.9660.0006−0.9010.0026−0.8270.011
Total phenolics6−0.9400.0016−0.9360.0016−0.8720.0056−0.8020.017
SA a6−0.9080.0026−0.9120.0026−0.8530.0076−0.7750.024
PAL b6−0.9630.0006−0.9550.0006−0.9090.0026−0.8530.007
PR1 c6−0.9660.0006−0.9700.0006−0.9430.0006−0.8690.005
a Salicylic acid; b Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; c Pathogenesis-related protein. “Weeks” refer to the start of the oviposition period of the single insect pairs (that occurred three weeks, four weeks and six weeks after the beginning of the experiment).

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