Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Aphids damage major world food and fiber crops through direct feeding and transmission of
plant viruses. Fortunately, the development of many aphid‐resistant crop plants has …

Plants have to cope with a plethora of biotic stresses such as herbivory and pathogen
attacks throughout their life cycle. The biotic stresses typically trigger rapid emissions of …

Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) feeding on Arabidopsis thaliana induces a defence
response, quantified as reduced aphid progeny production, in infested leaves but not in …

Aphids attack virtually all plant species and cause serious crop damages in agriculture [1].
Despite their dramatic impact on food production, little is known about the molecular …

The activation of the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway reduces water loss from plants
challenged by drought stress. The effect of drought-induced ABA signaling on the defense …

Rising atmospheric CO2 levels can dilute the nitrogen (N) resource in plant tissue, which is
disadvantageous to many herbivorous insects. Aphids appear to be an exception that …

The performance of herbivorous insects is greatly affected by plant nutritional quality and
resistance, which are likely to be altered by rising concentrations of atmospheric CO 2. We …

The relative resistance of a plant to pathogens is determined by preformed, constitutive
defenses, and the quality and diversity of the induced defenses deployed upon attack …

Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse (Heteroptera: Miridae) or the tea mosquito bug (TMB) is a
major sucking pest of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) in most tea-producing countries. The …