Plant chemical diversity enhances defense against herbivory

X López-Goldar, X Zhang, AP Hastings… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Multiple hypotheses have been put forth to understand why defense chemistry in individual
plants is so diverse. A major challenge has been teasing apart the importance of …

Tissue-specific plant toxins and adaptation in a specialist root herbivore

AA Agrawal, AP Hastings - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
In coevolution between plants and insects, reciprocal selection often leads to phenotype
matching between chemical defense and herbivore offense. Nonetheless, it is not well …

Heat waves induce milkweed resistance to a specialist herbivore via increased toxicity and reduced nutrient content

X López‐Goldar, A Mollema… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, a large effort has been made to understand how extreme climate
events disrupt species interactions. Yet, it is unclear how these events affect plants and …