Late blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans is considered to be one of the
most severe diseases of potato and tomato worldwide. Whilst current synthetic fungicides …

Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to combat pests (including
herbivores, pathogens, and weeds) using a combination of preventive and curative actions …

Genebanks maintain a rich source of variation for resistance against many pests and
diseases and tolerance to abiotic stresses. However, identifying appropriate germplasm …

Crop wild relatives are species related to cultivated plants, whose populations have evolved
in natural conditions and confer them valuable adaptive genetic diversity, that can be used …

Highlights•Current FIGS often fails to capture elusive traits like plant resistance to
insects.•Identifying conflicting or concurrent selection pressure on focal traits is …

Wheat is an important cereal crop that fulfils the calorie demands of the global humanity.
Rapidly expanding populations are exposed to a fast approaching acute shortage in the …

The Mediterranean hot spot includes numerous endemic and socio-economically important
plant species seriously threatened by climate change and habitat loss. In this study, the …

Gene flow among crops and their wild relatives is an active study area in evolutionary
biology and horticulture, because genetic exchange between them may impact their …

Maintaining crop yields in the face of climate change is a major challenge facing plant
breeding today. Considerable genetic variation exists in ex-situ collections of traditional crop …

Plant nutritional quality can influence interactions between herbivores and their parasitoids.
While most previous work has focused on a limited set of secondary plant metabolites, the tri …