There has been a long-standing hypothesis that specialist and generalist insects interact
with plants in distinct ways. Although many tests exist, they typically compare only one …

Nitrogen (N) is one of the most important elements that has a central impact on plant growth
and yield. N is also widely involved in plant stress responses, but its roles in host-pathogen …

Background Plants require nitrogen (N) for growth, development and defence against abiotic
and biotic stresses. The extensive use of artificial N fertilizers has played an important role in …

Antioxidants are believed to be important in the prevention of diseases such as cancer and
cardiovascular disease. Lycopene is one of the main antioxidants to be found in fresh …

Plants possess a range of defenses that can be actively expressed in response to
pathogens and parasites of various scales, ranging from microscopic viruses to insect …

Insect-plant interactions involving the cultivated tomato and its relatives in the genus
Lycopersicon have been intensively studied for several decades, resulting in one of the best …

The tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) mutant def-1, which is deficient in induced jasmonic
acid (JA) accumulation upon wounding or herbivory, was used to study the role of JA in the …

Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum, cv. Suzanne) were subjected to complete nutrient
solution or a solution without nitrogen (N), and placed at different temperatures and light …

ABSTRACT Acibenzolar-S-methyl (CGA 245704 or Actigard 50WG) is a plant activator that
induces systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in many different crops to a number of …

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of lowering nitrogen supply from 12
to 6 or 4 mM NO3− on tomato fruit yield and quality during the growing season. Lowering …