Chemical ecology of floral resources in conservation biological control

S Colazza, E Peri, A Cusumano - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Conservation biological control aims to enhance populations of natural enemies of insect
pests in crop habitats, typically by intentional provision of flowering plants as food resources …

Adaptive plasticity of insect eggs in response to environmental challenges

M Hilker, H Salem, NE Fatouros - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Insect eggs are exposed to a plethora of abiotic and biotic threats. Their survival depends on
both an innate developmental program and genetically determined protective traits provided …

Elevated O3 threatens biological communications mediated by plant volatiles: A review focusing on the urban environment

N Masui, K Shiojiri, E Agathokleous… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Plant volatiles, particularly biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), emitted in urban
areas have attracted attention as olfactory signals between plants and other organisms …

Terpenes from herbivore‐induced tomato plant volatiles attract Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae), a predator of major tomato pests

PM Ayelo, AA Yusuf, CWW Pirk… - Pest Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Biological control plays a key role in reducing crop damage by Tuta
absoluta (Meyrick) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), which cause huge yield …

Antenna-Biased Odorant Receptor HvarOR25 in Hippodamia variegata Tuned to Allelochemicals from Hosts and Habitat Involved in Perceiving Preys

J Xie, T Liu, C Yi, X Liu, H Tang, Y Sun… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Odorant receptors (ORs) of ladybird Hippodamia variegata play vital chemosensory roles in
searching and locating preys. In the current study, 37 ORs were initially identified from the …

Chemical ecology in conservation biocontrol: new perspectives for plant protection

JT Kansman, JL Jaramillo, JG Ali, SL Hermann - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
Threats to food security require novel sustainable agriculture practices to manage insect
pests. One strategy is conservation biological control (CBC), which relies on pest control …

[HTML][HTML] Finding an egg in a haystack: variation in chemical cue use by egg parasitoids of herbivorous insects

LO Greenberg, ME Huigens, AT Groot… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Egg parasitoids evolved intricate strategies to overcome host location
challenges.•Mainly cues from the adult host and host plant are used to locate eggs.•Cue use …

Volatile-mediated between-plant communication in Scots pine and the effects of elevated ozone

H Yu, M Kivimäenpää… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Conifers are dominant tree species in boreal forests, but are susceptible to attack by bark
beetles. Upon bark beetle attack, conifers release substantial quantities of volatile organic …

Deciphering plant-insect-microorganism signals for sustainable crop production

G Thomas, Q Rusman, WR Morrison III, DM Magalhães… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agricultural crop productivity relies on the application of chemical pesticides to reduce pest
and pathogen damage. However, chemical pesticides also pose a range of ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Pheromone sensing in mammals: a review of the vomeronasal system

MV Torres, I Ortiz-Leal, P Sanchez-Quinteiro - Anatomia, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review addresses the role of chemical communication in mammals, giving special
attention to the vomeronasal system in pheromone-mediated interactions. The vomeronasal …