Olfaction is an essential sensory modality for insects and their olfactory environment is
mostly made up of plant-emitted volatiles. The terrestrial vegetation produces an amazing …

Plant viruses possess adaptations for facilitating acquisition, retention, and inoculation by
vectors. Until recently, it was hypothesized that these adaptations are limited to virus …

Introduction The oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most destructive
agricultural pests worldwide, with highly debated species delimitation, origin, and global …

Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), is a major polyphagous pest with
the potential to seriously damage various crops. A better understanding of FAW's …

Herbivorous insects are responsible for large losses to agriculture through feeding damage
itself but also by vectoring pathogens such as viruses. Plants have evolved various …

Phytochemical variation among plant species is one of the most fascinating and perplexing
features of the natural world and has implications for both human health and the functioning …

Highlights•Reliability and certainty interact to determine when learning should
evolve.•Reliability and frequency of events determine when prepared learning should …

Phytophagous insects employ various sensory cues in the host plant location such as visual,
olfactory, gustatory, and tactile stimuli, which are perceived by sensory systems and …

Tea plants (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) are often colonized by economically important
insect pests such as tea green leafhoppers (Empoasca onukii Matsuda) and green plant …

Successfully locating a host plant is crucial for an insect herbivore to feed and/or oviposit.
However, locating a host within a complex environment that may contain an array of different …