Plants have evolved several adaptive strategies through physiological changes in response
to herbivore attacks. Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are synthesized to provide …

Plant Secondary Metabolites as Defenses, Regulators, and Primary Metabolites: The Blurred
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Bottom-up effects are major ecological forces in crop–arthropod pest–natural enemy
multitrophic interactions. Over the past two decades, bottom-up effects have been …

Diverse molecular processes regulate the interactions between plants and insect
herbivores. Here, we review genes and proteins that are involved in plant–herbivore …

Volatile organic compounds are important mediators of mutualistic interactions between
plants and their physical and biological surroundings. Volatiles rapidly indicate competition …

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

Highlights•The cry-for-help model states that stressed plants assemble protective
rhizobiomes.•Plants attacked by pathogens or herbivores change their root exudation …

Crop losses from pests threaten global food security and safety. In the last six decades, pest
control using chemical pesticides has resulted in important yield gains per unit area …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by plants serve as information and defense
chemicals in mutualistic and antagonistic interactions and mitigate effects of abiotic stress …

Arthropod pest outbreaks are unpredictable and not uniformly distributed within fields. Early
outbreak detection and treatment application are inherent to effective pest management …