Tritrophic interactions among plants, herbivorous insects and their parasitoids have been
well studied in the past four decades. Recently, a new angle has been uncovered …

Biodiversity in ecosystems is crucial in providing ecosystem services and their stability and
resilience. However, most studies supporting the benefits of biodiversity in crop health were …

Generalist predators are increasingly used in biological pest control for greenhouse crops,
as they control multiple pests and persist in crops even when prey is scarce. However, some …

Tree diversity exerts strong controls on predator–prey interactions, generally boosting
predation pressure and thus pest control. One of the reasons for this outcome is that …

Ecological interactions among plants, insect herbivores, and parasitoids are pervasive in
nature and play important roles in community assembling, but the codiversification of tri …

Upon parasitism, many parasitoids inject symbiotic viruses and venom into their host.
Thereby, they modify the hosts physiology including its saliva composition and, in turn, plant …

Plants and ants engage in diverse mutualistic interactions that contribute to their adaptive
fitness. However, the presence of ants in flowers can generate conflicts between plants and …

Possible solutions and technologies to employ the multifunctionality of biogenic volatile
organic compounds (BVOC) for a sustainable improvement of agriculture will be envisioned …

When feeding on a plant, herbivorous insects alter the quality of the plant as a food source.
This affects other organisms interacting with the same plant. These so‐called 'plant …

We here summarize and integrate findings in our studies of food-web interactions on
Bahamian islands conducted over a 40-year timespan. Results obtained in a series of field …