Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

Plants and insects have been co-existing for more than 400 million years, leading to intimate
and complex relationships. Throughout their own evolutionary history, plants and insects …

Mechanical damage caused by insect feeding along with components present in insect
saliva and oral secretions are known to induce jasmonic acid–mediated defense responses …

Symbiotic associations are not only ubiquitous in nature, but they also play fundamental
roles in ecology and evolution. This paper discusses symbiosis with regards to the fitness …

Symbiotic interactions between insects and microorganisms are widespread in nature and
are often the source of ecological innovations. In addition to supplementing their host with …

Polyphagous insect herbivores experience different selection pressures on their various
host plant species. How this affects population divergence and speciation may be influenced …

Metagenomics seeks to characterize the composition of microbial communities, their
operations, and their dynamically coevolving relationships with the habitats they occupy …

Diverse organisms are associated with obligate microbial mutualists. How such essential
symbionts have originated from free-living ancestors is of evolutionary interest. Here we …

Pest insects lead to excessive agricultural and therefore economical losses on crops
worldwide. These insects have to withstand toxic molecules that are inherent to plant …

Adaptive diversification is a process intrinsically tied to species interactions. Yet, the
influence of most types of interspecific interactions on adaptive evolutionary diversification …