Crop domestication is the process of artificially selecting plants to increase their suitability to
human requirements: taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. There is increasing …

Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are an important cue used in herbivore location
by carnivorous arthropods such as parasitoids. The effects of plant volatiles on parasitoids …

Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a plant self-defense mechanism against a broad-
range of pathogens and insect pests. Among chemical SAR triggers, plant and bacterial …

Highlights•Insect herbivores deal with a vast spectrum of information from many
sources.•Limitations in host plant choice accuracy in polyphagous insects may be mitigated …

Maize (Z ea mays ssp. mays) is one of the most important crops worldwide and there are
many reports in the literature on its constitutive and inducible defenses against pathogens …

Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles (HIPV s) mediate critical ecological functions, but no
studies have quantitatively synthesized data published on HIPV s to evaluate broad …

Terpenoid production (emission and storage) within foliage plays direct and indirect
defensive and protective functions for the plant, mediates complex trophic relationships and …

Plant secondary metabolites play an important role in mediating interactions with insect
herbivores and their natural enemies. Metabolites stored in plant tissues are usually …

Chemical communication is ubiquitous. The identification of conserved structural elements
in visual and acoustic communication is well established, but comparable information on …

Plants are defended from attack by emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can
act directly against pathogens and herbivores or indirectly by recruiting natural enemies of …