Claim · model-written summary
Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on sugar maple seed germination speed and rate.
- Taxon
- Acer saccharum
Acer saccharume1 - Organ / stage
- seeds and seedlingse1
- Treatment
- locomotion mucuse1
- Interactor
- Arion subfuscus
Arion subfuscuse1herbivore - Outcome
- germination speed and ratee3
- Direction
- no effecte2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e1“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”
e2“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”
e3“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”
Title
Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones
Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seed susceptibility to slugs.
- Intervention effect Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seedling emergence.
- Intervention effect Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seedling chemical defences.
- Intervention effect Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Arion subfuscus.
