Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles: targets, perception and unanswered questions

M Heil - 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plants respond to mechanical wounding, herbivore feeding or infection by pathogens with
the release of volatiles. Small C6 molecules termed green‐leaf volatiles form a general …

How plant traits respond to and affect vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores—Are measurements comparable across herbivore types?

G Lebbink, AC Risch, M Schuetz… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite plants realistically being affected by vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores
simultaneously, fundamental differences in the ecology and evolution of these two herbivore …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers in fossil resins and their palaeoecological significance

J Pańczak, P Kosakowski, A Zakrzewski - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Fossil resins are the one of several fossil tree products, together with leaves, wood, seeds,
or pollen. As an emanation of organic matter, resins are made of organic compounds …

African elephants use plant odours to make foraging decisions across multiple spatial scales

MH Schmitt, A Shuttleworth, D Ward, AM Shrader - Animal Behaviour, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plants emit odours that can reflect their chemical properties and identities.•The
use of plant odour in mammalian herbivore foraging decisions is not well known.•Our study …

Assessing the biostimulant effects of a novel plant-based formulation on tomato crop

A Chrysargyris, S Charalambous, P Xylia, V Litskas… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this research was to evaluate the biostimulant effects of an eco-product (EP)
containing essential oils of rosemary and eucalyptus on tomato crop. Experiments were …

Natural bio-active compounds

MS Akhtar, MK Swamy, UR Sinniah - Natural Bio-Active Compounds, 2019 - Springer
Secondary metabolites are the unique faction of compounds, produced by plants to protect
itself against the various biotic and abiotic factors (diseases, pests, pathogens, herbivores …

Interactions between nutrients and fruit secondary metabolites shape bat foraging behavior and protein absorption

M Gelambi, E Morales‐M, SR Whitehead - Ecosphere, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Frugivore foraging behavior is largely influenced by two key groups of chemical traits:
nutrients and secondary metabolites. Many secondary metabolites function in plant defense …

Volatiles in Communication of Agaricomycetes

U Kües, W Khonsuntia, S Subba, B Dörnte - Physiology and genetics …, 2018 - Springer
Much attention has been given in recent time to communication processes of fungi. Fungi
communicate on all organismal levels, within an organism, within the species, with other …

Volatile Chemical Variation of Essential Oils and Their Correlation with Insects, Phenology, Ontogeny and Microclimate: Piper mollicomum Kunth, a Case of Study

D de Brito-Machado, YJ Ramos, ACA Defaveri… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to monitor the volatile chemical composition from leaves and
reproductive organs of Piper mollicomum Kunth (PM), in its reproduction period, as well as …

The role of volatile plant secondary metabolites as pre‐ingestive cues and potential toxins dictating diet selection by African elephants

MH Schmitt, A Shuttleworth, AM Shrader, D Ward - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors driving diet selection represents one of the main thrusts of
contemporary foraging ecology. Many studies have focussed on nutritional factors and anti …