Plants have evolved complex defense mechanisms to withstand insect attack. Identification
of plant endogenous insect resistance genes is of great significance for understanding plant …

BACKGROUND Sugarcane is the most important sugar crop in the world. Like other crops,
sugarcane suffers from herbivorous insect attack. The oriental armyworm Mythimna separata …

Different types of insect feeding can activate distinct plant resistance mechanisms and
trigger the generation of specific volatile compounds. Transcriptomic changes and the …

Plant terpene synthases (TPSs) are key enzymes responsible for terpene biosynthesis, and
can play important roles in defense against herbivore attack. In rice, the protein sequence of …

Summary The homoterpenes (3E)‐4, 8‐dimethyl‐1, 3, 7‐nonatriene (DMNT) and (E, E)‐4, 8,
12‐trimethyl‐1, 3, 7, 11‐tridecatetraene (TMTT) are major herbivore‐induced plant volatiles …

The mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti, is a leading pest of cassava (Manihot esculenta
Crantz), damaging this crop globally. Although the biological control of this mealybug using …

We developed a novel substrate for the collection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
emitted from either living or dried plant material to be analyzed by surface-enhanced Raman …

Background Cotton is one of the most important commercial crops as the source of natural
fiber, oil and fodder. To protect it from harmful pest populations number of newer transgenic …

As a consequence of long-term coevolution and natural selection, the leaves of mulberry
(Morus alba) trees have become the best food source for silkworms (Bombyx mori) …

One major challenge for the twenty-first century will be the production of sufficient food–the
United Nations Population Fund estimates that the global human population may well reach …