Manduca sexta 20 claims

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Common name: tobacco hornworm — NCBI synonyms: Sphinx sexta

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Manduca sexta
Manduca sextaDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Microbiome selection did not affect Manduca sexta caterpillar growth.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
soil microbiome selectione0
Outcome
caterpillar growthe0
Direction
unaffectede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“Overall, soil microbiome selection produced transient differences in aphid performance, but caterpillar growth was unaffected.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1076–1202
e1

“caterpillar defoliation ( Manduca sexta, Spodoptera exigua)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 855–914

Title

Plant-Guided Microbiome Selection Produces Transient Effects on Insect Performance and Rhizosphere Community Assembly

Laramy Enders; Elizabeth French; MacKenzie Kjeldgaard; et al. Phytobiomes Journal 2024. doi:10.1094/pbiomes-01-24-0008-r

Other claims from this paper (7)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Low R:FR significantly increased Manduca sexta performance.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
low R:FRe0
Outcome
performancee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“The performance of all four herbivore species was significantly increased after exposure to low R:FR”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1363–1463
e1

“caterpillars (Manduca sexta)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1022–1050

Title

Effects of low and high red to far-red light ratio on tomato plant morphology and performance of four arthropod herbivores

Davy Meijer; Mara Meisenburg; Joop J.A. van Loon; et al. Scientia Horticulturae 2021. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110645

Other claims from this paper (10)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing R:FR reduced caterpillar performance.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
Increasing the R:FRe0
Outcome
performancee0
Direction
reducede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“Increasing the R:FR only reduced the performance of the caterpillars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1563–1631
e1

“caterpillars (Manduca sexta)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1022–1050

Title

Effects of low and high red to far-red light ratio on tomato plant morphology and performance of four arthropod herbivores

Davy Meijer; Mara Meisenburg; Joop J.A. van Loon; et al. Scientia Horticulturae 2021. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110645

Other claims from this paper (10)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Root colonization by mutualistic microbes impaired Manduca sexta development, including metamorphosis.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
root colonization by the mutualistic microbese0
Interactor
mutualistic microbese0other
Outcome
insect development, including metamorphosise0
Direction
impairede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“We found that root colonization by the mutualistic microbes impaired insect development, including metamorphosis.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 671–784
e1

“the specialist insect herbivore Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 624–669

Title

Cascading Effects of Root Microbial Symbiosis on the Development and Metabolome of the Insect Herbivore Manduca sexta L.

Dimitra Papantoniou; Fredd Vergara; Alexander Weinhold; et al. Metabolites 2021. doi:10.3390/metabo11110731

Other claims from this paper (4)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Root colonization by mutualists enhanced steroidal glycoalkaloid accumulation in Manduca sexta.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
root colonization by the mutualistse0
Interactor
mutualistse0other
Outcome
accumulation of steroidal glycoalkaloidse0
Direction
enhancede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“root colonization by the mutualists affected the metabolome of the herbivore, leading to an enhanced accumulation of steroidal glycoalkaloids and altered patterns of fatty acid amides and carnitine-derived metabolites.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1032–1250
e1

“the specialist insect herbivore Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 624–669

Title

Cascading Effects of Root Microbial Symbiosis on the Development and Metabolome of the Insect Herbivore Manduca sexta L.

Dimitra Papantoniou; Fredd Vergara; Alexander Weinhold; et al. Metabolites 2021. doi:10.3390/metabo11110731

Other claims from this paper (4)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Root colonization by mutualists altered fatty acid amide and carnitine-derived metabolite patterns in Manduca sexta.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
root colonization by the mutualistse0
Interactor
mutualistse0other
Outcome
patterns of fatty acid amides and carnitine-derived metabolitese0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Verbatim

e0

“root colonization by the mutualists affected the metabolome of the herbivore, leading to an enhanced accumulation of steroidal glycoalkaloids and altered patterns of fatty acid amides and carnitine-derived metabolites.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1032–1250
e1

“the specialist insect herbivore Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 624–669

Title

Cascading Effects of Root Microbial Symbiosis on the Development and Metabolome of the Insect Herbivore Manduca sexta L.

Dimitra Papantoniou; Fredd Vergara; Alexander Weinhold; et al. Metabolites 2021. doi:10.3390/metabo11110731

Other claims from this paper (4)
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The authors infer that microbe-induced shoot metabolome changes cascade into insect metabolome changes and affect insect development.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Interactor
root mutualistic microbese0other
Outcome
insect developmente0
Qualifier
changes in the shoot metabolomee0

Verbatim

e0

“Our results indicate that the changes in the shoot metabolome triggered by root mutualistic microbes can cascade up altering the metabolome of the insects feeding on the colonized plants, thus affecting the insect development.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1251–1477
e1

“the specialist insect herbivore Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 624–669

Title

Cascading Effects of Root Microbial Symbiosis on the Development and Metabolome of the Insect Herbivore Manduca sexta L.

Dimitra Papantoniou; Fredd Vergara; Alexander Weinhold; et al. Metabolites 2021. doi:10.3390/metabo11110731

Other claims from this paper (4)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In vitro synthesized dsRNA killed feeding Manduca sexta larvae.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
dsRNA that was synthesized in vitroe0
Outcome
lethalitye0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Verbatim

e0

“feeding this same dsRNA that was synthesized in vitro to larvae knocked down expression of the target gene and induced lethality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 544–672
e1

“Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 453–466

Title

RNAi Targeting of Manduca sexta Using Chloroplast-Encoded Long dsRNA

William D. Burke Scholarship@Western (Western University) 2018

Other claims from this paper (4)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Chloroplast-encoded dsRNA did not change survival of feeding Manduca sexta larvae.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
chloroplast-encoded dsRNAe0
Outcome
survivale0
Direction
no effecte0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“chloroplast-encoded dsRNA had no effect on survival or target gene expression of feeding larvae.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 674–770
e1

“Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 453–466

Title

RNAi Targeting of Manduca sexta Using Chloroplast-Encoded Long dsRNA

William D. Burke Scholarship@Western (Western University) 2018

Other claims from this paper (4)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Chloroplast-encoded dsRNA did not change target-gene expression in feeding Manduca sexta larvae.

Taxon
Manduca sextaManduca sextae1
Treatment
chloroplast-encoded dsRNAe0
Outcome
target gene expressione0
Direction
no effecte0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“chloroplast-encoded dsRNA had no effect on survival or target gene expression of feeding larvae.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 674–770
e1

“Manduca sexta”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 453–466

Title

RNAi Targeting of Manduca sexta Using Chloroplast-Encoded Long dsRNA

William D. Burke Scholarship@Western (Western University) 2018

Other claims from this paper (4)