Plants respond to herbivory through various morphological, biochemicals, and molecular
mechanisms to counter/offset the effects of herbivore attack. The biochemical mechanisms of …

There is always a silent war between plants and herbivorous insects that we are rarely privy
to. In this silent war, chemicals act as both weapons and messengers. Insect–plant co …

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 …

The serine protease inhibitors (SPIs) are widely distributed in living organisms like bacteria,
fungi, plants, and humans. The main function of SPIs as protease enzymes is to regulate the …

Bowman-Birk inhibitors (BBIs) are found primarily in seeds of legumes and in cereal grains.
These canonical inhibitors share a highly conserved nine-amino acids binding loop motif …

Plants have evolved with various effective mechanisms to defend themselves against
herbivores, and one such mechanism is the production of protease inhibitors that disrupt …

The Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI) is a small water-soluble protein present in soybean and
almost all monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous seeds. The molecular size of BBI ranges …

Recent advances in the understanding of plant signaling pathways have opened the way for
using elicitor‐induced plant resistance as a tactic for protecting plants against arthropod …

Extracellular plant peptides perform a large variety of functions, including signalling and
defence. Intracellular peptides often have physiological functions or may merely be the …

With a projected population of 10 billion by 2050, an immediate priority for agriculture is to
achieve increased crop yields in a sustainable and cost-effective way. The concept of using …