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 …

Plant tolerance to insect pests has been indicated to be a unique category of resistance,
however, very little information is available on the mechanism of tolerance against insect …

This study demonstrates the sequence of enhanced generation of signal molecules such as
phytohormones, ie jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (ET), salicylic acid (SA), and a relatively …

BACKGROUND The English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fabricius), is a devastating pest
impacts yield and quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Breeding resistant wheat varieties …

Alfalfa is one of the most important legume forages in the world and contributes greatly to the
improvement of ecosystems, nutrition, and food security. Diseases caused by pathogens …

The green peach aphid (GPA), Myzus persicae, is a polyphagous, sap-sucking aphid and a
vector of many plant viruses. In peach, Prunus persica, three individual dominant GPA …

This study examined the induction of the defence-related hormones jasmonic acid (JA),
salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA) and the phytoalexin medicarpin in Medicago …

Brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens Stål is a serious insect pest of rice in Asian
countries. Active compounds have close relationship with rice resistance against BPH. In …

Phytohormones are central components of complex signalling networks in plants. The
interplay between these metabolites, which include abscisic acid (ABA), auxin (IAA) …

Résumé Aphids, the largest group of sap-sucking pests, cause significant yield losses in
agricultural crops worldwide every year. The massive use of pesticides to combat this pest …