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 …

Direct and indirect plant defences are well studied, particularly in the Brassicaceae.
Glucosinolates (GS) are secondary plant compounds characteristic in this plant family. They …

Plants face threats from a variety of herbivorous insects and can use induced responses to
defend themselves against these attackers. Induced responses are mediated by signal …

Plants display a wide range of chemical defences that may differ in effectiveness against
generalist and specialist insect herbivores. Host plant‐specific secondary chemicals such as …

Populations of wild Brassica oleracea L. grow naturally along the Atlantic coastlines of the
United Kingdom and France. Over a very small spatial scale (ie,< 15 km) these populations …

Theory on the evolution of pest‐induced defenses in plants predicts (1) a negative genetic
correlation between induced and constitutive (basal) levels of secondary metabolites, and …

Caterpillar feeding induces direct and indirect defences in brassicaceous plants. This study
focused on the role of the octadecanoid pathway in induced indirect defence in Brassica …

The host ranges of several insects that are specialists on crucifers (Brassicaceae) are
closely linked to the presence of glucosinolates in these plants. These glycosides often …

Despite a large number of studies on herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), little is
known about which specific compounds are used by natural enemies to locate prey-or host …

Insect feeding on plants causes a complex series of coordinated defence responses. Little is
known, however, about the time‐dependent aspect of induced changes. Here we present a …