Abstract Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is native to the western Mediterranean basin and
has an economic importance in southwestern Europe. This importance is based on the use …

The multifarious problems created by arsenic (As), for collective environment and human
health, serve a cogent case for searching integrative agricultural approaches to attain food …

Coevolution between plants and herbivores often involves escalation of defence‐offence
strategies, but attack by multiple herbivores may obscure the match of plant defence to any …

Pairwise trade-offs among the main dimensions of life history of plants, namely growth,
reproduction and defence, have been hypothesized and repeatedly tested. Experimental …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi establish mutually beneficial relationships with trees, trading nutrients
for carbon. Suillus are ectomycorrhizal fungi that are critical to the health of boreal and …

Exogenous application of the plant hormone methyl jasmonate (MeJA) can trigger induced
plant defenses against herbivores, and has been shown to provide protection against insect …

Abstract Key message In Pinus radiata, both primary and secondary compounds may play a
role in defence against herbivory. Allocation of constitutive and induced primary and …

The present study highlights, for the first time, the chemical composition of secondary
metabolites (lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds) present in the phloem tissues of infected …

Mutualistic ectomycorrhizal symbiosis requires the exchange of signals even before direct
contact of the partners. Volatiles, and specifically volatile terpenoids, can be detected at a …

Pinus pinaster forestry occupies> 20% of the forest ecosystem area in the continental
territory of Portugal with a high impact on the national economy. This species' major derived …