Conservation biological control aims to enhance populations of natural enemies of insect
pests in crop habitats, typically by intentional provision of flowering plants as food resources …

Plants being the producers of food have been constantly under attack by insects. During
evolution, plants have not just developed different mechanisms to defend themselves but …

Plant hormones play important roles in regulating developmental processes and signaling
networks involved in plant responses to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses …

There is always a silent war between plants and herbivorous insects that we are rarely privy
to. In this silent war, chemicals act as both weapons and messengers. Insect–plant co …

The hormone salicylic acid (SA) generally induces plant defenses against biotrophic
pathogens. Jasmonic acid (JA) and its oxylipin derivatives together with ethylene (ET) are …

Glucosinolates are a category of secondary products present primarily in species of the
order Capparales. When tissue is damaged, for example by herbivory, glucosinolates are …

Background Phloem-feeding aphids deprive plants of assimilates, but mostly manage to
avoid causing the mechanical tissue damage inflicted by chewing insects. Nevertheless …

Herbivorous insects use diverse feeding strategies to obtain nutrients from their host plants.
Rather than acting as passive victims in these interactions, plants respond to herbivory with …

The cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae, has developed a chemical defence system that
exploits and mimics that of its host plants, involving sequestration of the major plant …

As sessile organisms, plants are frequently exposed to different stress conditions caused by
either biotic or abiotic factors. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie plant interaction …