Highlights•Insect–plant coevolution is driven by novel plant chemicals and insect counter-
adaptations.•Allelic variation, gene duplication and over-expression alter herbivore gene …

Background Plants are hotbeds for parasites such as arthropod herbivores, which acquire
nutrients and energy from their hosts in order to grow and reproduce. Hence plants are …

Abstract Heliothine moths (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) include some of the world's most
devastating pest species. Whereas the majority of nonpest heliothinae specialize on a single …

Plants defend themselves from insect herbivores with a vast array of chemical defenses, yet
insects have evolved several mechanisms for detoxifying these and even sequestering them …

As a multigene superfamily of Phase II detoxification enzymes, uridine diphosphate (UDP)-
glycosyltransferases (UGTs) play important roles in the metabolism of xenobiotics including …

BACKGROUND UDP–glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are phase II detoxification enzymes
widely distributed within living organisms. Their involvement in the biotransformation of …

BACKGROUND The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is a worldwide pest
damaging a wide range of hosts. Due to the long‐term indiscriminate use of insecticides, B …

UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are important conjugation enzymes found in all kingdoms
of life, catalyzing a sugar conjugation with small lipophilic compounds and playing a crucial …

The cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens
are closely related generalist insect herbivores and serious pest species on a number of …

The relationship between plants and insects is continuously evolving, and many insects rely
on biochemical strategies to mitigate the effects of toxic chemicals in their food plants …