Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) play many roles including defense against pathogens,
pests, and herbivores; response to environmental stresses, and mediating organismal …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are vital for human health and constitute the skeletal
framework of many pharmaceutical drugs. Indeed, more than 25% of the existing drugs …

Background: Antimicrobial resistance represents a serious threat to human health across the
globe. The cost of bringing a new antibiotic from discovery to market is high and return on …

Volatiles mediate the interaction of plants with pollinators, herbivores and their natural
enemies, other plants and micro‐organisms. With increasing knowledge about these …

Infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria are an important cause of mortality and
morbidity in all regions of the world. Bacterial drug resistance has grown in the last decades …

As sessile organisms, plants evolved elaborate metabolic systems that produce a plethora of
specialized metabolites as a means to survive challenging terrestrial environments …

Plants defend themselves from most microbial attacks via mechanisms including cell wall
fortification, production of antimicrobial compounds, and generation of reactive oxygen …

Although much is known about plant traits that function in nonhost resistance against
pathogens, little is known about nonhost resistance against herbivores, despite its …

Biopesticides obtained from renewable resources and associated with biodegradability
have the potential to address resource limitations and environmental pollution, often caused …

Plants and herbivores are remarkably variable in space and time, and variability has been
considered a defining feature of their interactions. Empirical research, however, has …