The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), is native to the western
Neotropics. After invading Spain in 2006, it spread rapidly throughout Afro-Eurasia and has …

The invasion of new regions by exotic pests has been more than ever a critical issue that
warrants coordinated international actions to manage established populations and prevent …

Crop domestication and selective breeding have altered plant defense mechanisms,
influencing insect-plant interactions. A reduction in plant resistance/tolerance against …

We evaluated the effect of tomato genotypes with a high content of acylsugar (AS) in the F 2
generation on the behavior and biology of Tetranychus urticae, the two-spotted spider mite …

Tomato was one of the first plant species to be evaluated using metabolomics and remains
one of the best characterized, with tomato fruit being both an important source of nutrition in …

Tomato cultivation is threatened by the infestation of the nocturnal invasive tomato pinworm,
Tuta absoluta. This study was based on field observations that a wild tomato plant, Solanum …

Trichomes are well-known efficient plant defense mechanisms to limit arthropod herbivory,
especially in Solanaceae. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of trichome types …

Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) is one of the most important pests of a wide range of
agricultural crops worldwide. Resistance of 10 tomato cultivars ('Primoearly,''Riogrand,'' …

Tomato genotypes selected for their high foliar zingiberene (ZGB) contents in a segregating
F2 population were assessed to determine their effect on behavior and biology of …

Key message Cucumber plants adapt their transcriptome and metabolome as result of
spider mite infestation with opposite consequences for direct and indirect defences in two …