The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797), is a serious pest of
several crops, particularly maize and other cereals. It has long been known as a pest in the …

Tritrophic interactions between plants, herbivores, and their natural enemies are an integral
part of all terrestrial ecosystems. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) play a key role in …

There is always a silent war between plants and herbivorous insects that we are rarely privy
to. In this silent war, chemicals act as both weapons and messengers. Insect–plant co …

The capacity to perceive and respond is integral to biological immune systems, but to what
extent can plants specifically recognize and respond to insects? Recent findings suggest …

Plants can respond to insect egg deposition and thus resist attack by herbivorous insects
from the beginning of the attack, egg deposition. We review ecological effects of plant …

Insects pose a great threat to plants, and plants, in turn, withstand to insect attack through
various morphological and biochemical traits. Among the plant defensive traits, secondary …

In an environment with changing availability and quality of host plants, phytophagous
insects are under selection pressure to find quality hosts. They need to maximize their …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1075–1083 Abstract Natural enemies respond to herbivore‐
induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), but an often overlooked aspect is that there may be …

Plants respond to herbivory by reprogramming their metabolism. Most research in this
context has focused on locally induced compounds that function as toxins or feeding …

Plants release volatiles induced by herbivore feeding that may affect the diversity and
composition of plant-associated arthropod communities. However, the specificity and role of …