Background Grapes are one of the highly valued non-climacteric fruits that can be
consumed fresh or used to produce numerous food products and dietary supplements …

Main conclusion Elms, which have received insect eggs as a 'warning'of larval herbivory,
enhance their anti-herbivore defences by accumulating salicylic acid and amplifying …

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis is essential for the nutrition of most temperate forest trees and
helps regulate the movement of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) through forested ecosystems …

Plants produce a large range of structurally varied low molecular weight secondary
metabolites, which evaporate, known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Several of …

Utilizing plants with enhanced resistance traits is gaining interest in plant protection. Two
strategies are especially promising for increasing resistance against a forest insect pest, the …

Many fungi that form ectomycorrhizas exhibit a degree of host specialisation, and individual
trees are frequently colonised by communities of mycorrhizal fungi comprising species that …

Jasmonic acid is a crucial phytohormone that plays a pivotal role, serving as a regulator to
balancing plant development and resistance. However, there are analogous and distinctive …

Beech leaf disease (BLD) is an emerging forest infestation affecting beech trees (Fagus
spp.) in the midwestern and northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. BLD is …

Rhizosphere microorganisms are important organisms for plant growth promotion and bio-
control. To understand the research hot topics and frontier trends of rhizosphere …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMFs) form symbioses with plant roots to promote nutrient uptake by
plants but it is controversial as to whether they induce disease resistance in plants. Here, we …