Plant diseases can drastically abate the crop yields as the degree of disease outbreak is
getting severe around the world. Therefore, plant disease management has always been …

Plant genes participating in the recognition of aphid herbivory in concert with plant genes
involved in defense against herbivores mediate plant resistance to aphids. Several such …

A bstract Plant responses to herbivores are complex. Genes activated on herbivore attack
are strongly correlated with the mode of herbivore feeding and the degree of tissue damage …

Plants may also be resistant to arthropods via the tolerance category of resistance, as
defined in Chapter 1, by possessing the ability to withstand or recover from damage caused …

Aphids, which constitute one of the most important groups of agricultural pests, ingest
nutrients from sieve tubes, the photoassimilate transport conduits in plants. Aphids are able …

Many aphids are major agricultural pests because of their unparalleled reproductive
capacity and their ability to manipulate host plant physiology. Aphid population growth and …

The relationship between phloem-feeding insects (PFIs) and plants offers an intriguing
example of a highly specialized biotic interaction. These insects have evolved to survive on …

The electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique is a powerful tool for studying feeding
behavior of pierce-sucking insects, because it allows quantification of complex insect–plant …

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 …

Phloem feeding involves unique biological interactions between the herbivore and its host
plant. The economic importance of aphids, whiteflies, and other phloem‐feeding insects as …