Plant secondary metabolites as defense tools against herbivores for sustainable crop protection

PA Divekar, S Narayana, BA Divekar, R Kumar… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plants have evolved several adaptive strategies through physiological changes in response
to herbivore attacks. Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are synthesized to provide …

Hormesis and insects: Effects and interactions in agroecosystems

GC Cutler, M Amichot, G Benelli, RNC Guedes… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Insects in agroecosystems contend with many stressors–eg, chemicals, heat, nutrient
deprivation–that are often encountered at low levels. Exposure to mild stress is now well …

[图书][B] The solitary bees: biology, evolution, conservation

BN Danforth, RL Minckley, JL Neff - 2019 - books.google.com
The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary bees
While social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they …

Sweet solutions: nectar chemistry and quality

SW Nicolson - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nectar, the main floral reward for pollinators, varies greatly in composition and
concentration. The assumption that nectar quality is equivalent to its sugar (energy) …

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

D Goulson, E Nicholls, C Botías, EL Rotheray - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND The species richness of wild bees and other pollinators has declined over
the past 50 years, with some species undergoing major declines and a few going extinct …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of the potential adverse effects of caffeine consumption in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents, and children

D Wikoff, BT Welsh, R Henderson, GP Brorby… - Food and chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
To date, one of the most heavily cited assessments of caffeine safety in the peer-reviewed
literature is that issued by Health Canada (Nawrot et al., 2003). Since then,> 10,000 papers …

Gut microbiota mediate caffeine detoxification in the primary insect pest of coffee

JA Ceja-Navarro, FE Vega, U Karaoz, Z Hao… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) is the most devastating insect pest of coffee
worldwide with its infestations decreasing crop yield by up to 80%. Caffeine is an alkaloid …

Nutritional physiology and ecology of honey bees

GA Wright, SW Nicolson, S Shafir - Annual review of entomology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Honey bees feed on floral nectar and pollen that they store in their colonies as honey and
bee bread. Social division of labor enables the collection of stores of food that are consumed …

Plant secondary metabolites in nectar: impacts on pollinators and ecological functions

PC Stevenson, SW Nicolson, GA Wright - Functional Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological function of secondary metabolites in plant defence against herbivores is well
established, but their role in plant–pollinator interactions is less obvious. Nectar is the major …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and personal care products as emerging contaminants: Need for combined treatment strategy

JO Osuoha, BO Anyanwu, C Ejileugha - Journal of hazardous materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are distinct group of chemicals,
specifically referred to as emerging environmental contaminants because of their intrinsic …