Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Many aphids are major agricultural pests because of their unparalleled reproductive
capacity and their ability to manipulate host plant physiology. Aphid population growth and …

The relationship between aphids and their host plants is thought to be functionally
analogous to plant− pathogen interactions. Although virulence effector proteins that mediate …

Australian farmers and scientists have embraced the use of new pasture legume species
more than those in any other country, with 36 annual and 11 perennial legumes having …

Best known as an animal feed, Alfalfa Medicago sativa is one of the most important and
widely produced livestock crops grown throughout the temperate world." Alfalfa and …

Aphids damage major world food and fiber crops through direct feeding and transmission of
plant viruses. Fortunately, the development of many aphid‐resistant crop plants has …

Host plant resistance is an efficient and environmentally friendly means of controlling
insects, including aphids, but resistant-breaking biotypes have occurred in several plant …

Aphids can cause substantial damage to cereals, oilseeds and legumes through direct
feeding and through the transmission of plant pathogenic viruses. Aphid-resistant varieties …

To achieve a thorough understanding of plant-aphid interactions, it is necessary to
investigate in detail both the plant and insect side of the interaction. The pea aphid (PA; …

The relative resistance of a plant to pathogens is determined by preformed, constitutive
defenses, and the quality and diversity of the induced defenses deployed upon attack …