Aphids are amongst the most damaging pests of plants that use their stylets to penetrate the
plant tissue to consume large amounts of phloem sap and thus deprive the plant of …

Aphids are economically important pests that cause extensive feeding damage and transmit
viruses. While some species have a broad host range and cause damage to a variety of …

The complex interactions between aphids and their host plant are species-specific and
involve multiple layers of recognition and defense. Aphid salivary proteins, which are …

Aphids are sap-feeding plant pests and harbor the endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola,
which is essential for their fecundity and survival. During plant penetration and feeding …

Gel and watery saliva are regarded as key players in aphid–pIant interactions. The salivary
composition seems to be influenced by the variable environment encountered by the stylet …

The prospects for development of highly specific pesticides based on double stranded
ribonucleic acid have been a recent focus of scientific research. Creative applications have …

The importance of pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) against
microbial pathogens has been recently demonstrated. However, it is currently unclear if this …

Highlights•Aphids inject dozens of salivary proteins into the plant phloem while
feeding.•Salivary proteins can mediate aphid feeding, but also elicit plant defenses.•Calcium …

Diuraphis noxia, Russian Wheat Aphid (RWA), biotypes are classified by their differential
virulence to wheat varieties containing resistance genes. RWA salivary proteins, unlike …

Background Aphids are phloem-feeding insects that cause significant economic losses to
agriculture worldwide. While feeding and probing these insects deliver molecules, called …