Plants synthesize an amazing diversity of volatile organic compounds (VOC s) that facilitate
interactions with their environment, from attracting pollinators and seed dispersers to …

Plant-derived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play pivotal roles in interactions with
insect herbivores. Individual VOCs can be directly toxic or deterrent, serve as signal …

Crop domestication is the process of artificially selecting plants to increase their suitability to
human requirements: taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. There is increasing …

Challenges to food security under conditions of global change are forcing us to increase
global crop production. Focussing on belowground plant traits, especially root exudation …

Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are potent attractants for entomophagous
arthropods and researchers have long speculated that HIPVs can be used to lure natural …

Volatile compounds and extrafloral nectar are common defenses of wild plants; however, in
crops they bear an as-yet underused potential for biological control of pests and diseases …

Disturbances associated with agricultural intensification reduce our ability to achieve
sustainable crop production. These disturbances stem from crop-management tactics and …

Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles (HIPV s) mediate critical ecological functions, but no
studies have quantitatively synthesized data published on HIPV s to evaluate broad …

Soil microbial mutualists of plants, including mycorrhizal fungi, non‐mycorrhizal fungi and
plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, have been typically characterized for increasing …

Maize (Z ea mays ssp. mays) is one of the most important crops worldwide and there are
many reports in the literature on its constitutive and inducible defenses against pathogens …