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Our ga r<strong>de</strong>n e xperiments s howed t hat s ufficient <strong>de</strong> foliation s ignificantly <strong>de</strong>creased pl ant<br />
growth and fecundity, because of the effects of <strong>de</strong>foliation on phot osynthesis. Clipping one<br />
out of t wo s uccessive l eaves i n t he 2008 e xperiment ha d a ne gative i mpact on t he<br />
performance of Brassica juncea: NC plants produced higher seed weight, biomass, and viable<br />
seeds than CP plants. Clipping one out of three successive leaves, as in the 2009 experiment,<br />
did n ot g enerate an y d ifferences b etween N C and C P. A lthough t his difference b etween<br />
experiments c ould be a ttributed t o s easonal e ffects ( 2008 vs . 2009) and pl anting m o<strong>de</strong><br />
(transplanting vs . di rect s owing), i t m ore l ikely r esulted f rom t he l eaf clipping r ate. T his<br />
would be c onsistent w ith t he r esults of our pr eliminary greenhouse e xperiment ( Liu et al .,<br />
2009). The percentage of <strong>de</strong>foliation of non transgenic oilseed rape by diamondback moths in<br />
a field experiment was only around 20% (Ramachandran et al., 2000), but this ratio applied to<br />
all foliage while we clipped only the leaves on the main stem. Clipping one out of three leaves<br />
did not a ffect pl ant growth, w hich can l ikely b e e xplained b y t he obs erved c ompensatory<br />
growth of num erous l eaves a t a xils ( data not s hown). C ompensation ha s be en s hown t o<br />
increase via plant growth, after tissue loss to herbivores (Strauss & Agrawal, 1999; Hawkes &<br />
Sullivan, 2001) . Boalt & Lehtila ( 2007) f ound that f oliar da mage r esulted i n c ompensatory<br />
leaf growth in wild radish (R. raphanistrum), and foliar damage of up to 30% of the leaf area<br />
had no effect on plant height and seed yield.<br />
Although t he s ame pe rcentage of da maged l eaves ge nerated from c lipping l eaves<br />
versus real herbivory does not impact plants equally, simulated herbivory by clipping leaves<br />
is a f easible a lternative w hen m olecular containment of t ransgenes i s forbid<strong>de</strong>n i n f ield<br />
experiments ( Letourneau & H agen 2009 ) a nd given t hat t he e fficiency of leaf d amage b y<br />
insects is very unstable and <strong>de</strong>pends on many environmental conditions. In the current study,<br />
NC p lants r epresent t ransgenic i nsect-resistant pl ants, m imicking a t ransgenic crop o r<br />
advanced stable backcross generation of hybrids between the transgenic crop and B. juncea.<br />
CP represents insect-susceptible wild relatives. Letourneau & Hagen (2009) showed that the<br />
Bt-based B. r apa did no t pos sess a fitness a dvantage w hen t he pl ants were s ubject t o l ow<br />
herbivory p ressure, but t he a dvantage w as s ignificant w hen t hey w ere s ubject t o hi gh<br />
herbivory. M oon et a l. (2007) <strong>de</strong> monstrated s ignificantly hi gher s eed o utput i n t ransgenic<br />
hybrids f ormed be tween B. napus and B. r apa, t han i n pur e popul ations of B. r apa in<br />
greenhouse c onditions, w hile t here w as no effect in f ield e xperiments with lo w h erbivory.<br />
Ramachandran et a l. (2000) r eported t hat non -transgenic pl ants i nfested b y di amondback<br />
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