▪ Abstract This review points out the problem of processing multiple sensory inputs and
provides evidence that generalists suffer a disadvantage compared with specialists with …

Plants based pest control agents have long been touted as alternatives to synthetic
chemicals for integrated pest management. Such phytochemicals reputedly pose little threat …

Abstract Muller (1942) and Mayr (1963) hypothesized that natural selection indirectly causes
the evolution of reproductive barriers between allopatric populations by causing adaptive …

Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis experience enormous changes in both
morphology and lifestyle. The current study examines whether larval experience can persist …

Plant volatiles are important cues for many herbivorous insects when choosing a suitable
host plant and finding a mating partner. An appropriate behavioural response to sensory …

The indirect defences of plants are comprised of herbivore‐induced plant volatiles (HIPVs)
that among other things attract the natural enemies of insects. However, the actual extent of …

Sensitivity of caterpillars of Heliothis virescens, a generalist, and H. subflexa, a specialist, to
eight different plant secondary compounds was examined behaviorally. The compounds …

We examined induction of preference and performance on novel host plants for two
laboratory populations of the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae, with one …

Testing the host specificity of potential agents is an important part of biocontrol methodology.
An understanding of the behavioral processes involved in selection of a host plant can be …

Coumarin belongs to a class of lactones that are fundamentally comprised of a benzene ring
fused to an α-pyrone ring; these lactones are known as benzopyrones. Similarly, coumarin …