Crop domestication is the process of artificially selecting plants to increase their suitability to
human requirements: taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. There is increasing …

Every plant is a member of a complex insect community that consists of tens to hundreds of
species that belong to different trophic levels. The dynamics of this community are critically …

Immature development of parasitoid wasps is restricted to resources found in a single host
that is often similar in size to the adult parasitoid. When two or more parasitoids of the same …

Plants can respond to feeding or egg deposition by herbivorous arthropods by changing the
volatile blend that they emit. These herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) can attract …

Brassica crops are grown worldwide for oil, food and feed purposes, and constitute a
significant economic value due to their nutritional, medicinal, bioindustrial, biocontrol and …

Drought events are predicted to increase due to climate change, yet consequences for plant–
insect interactions are only partially understood. Drought‐mediated interactions between …

Plants release volatiles induced by herbivore feeding that may affect the diversity and
composition of plant-associated arthropod communities. However, the specificity and role of …

Most organisms represent specialized forms that arose as a result of natural selection and
genetic drift to occupy distinct ecological niches. In animals, this process of specialization …

Abstract Changes in the frequency, duration, and intensity of rainfall events are among the
abiotic effects predicted under anthropogenic global warming. Heavy downpours may …

Crop domestication and selective breeding have altered plant defense mechanisms,
influencing insect-plant interactions. A reduction in plant resistance/tolerance against …