By changing soil properties, plants can modify their growth environment. Although the soil
microbiota is known to play a key role in the resulting plant-soil feedbacks, the proximal …

Chewing herbivores, such as caterpillars and beetles, while feeding on the host plant, cause
extensive tissue damage and release a wide array of cues to alter plant defenses …

Maize originated in the highlands of Mexico approximately 8700 years ago and is one of the
most commonly grown cereal crops worldwide, followed by wheat and rice. Abiotic stresses …

Success of plants largely depends on their ability to defend against herbivores. Since
emergence of the first voracious consumers, plants maintained adapting their structures and …

Background While it is known that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve nutrient
acquisition and herbivore resistance in crops, the mechanisms by which AMF influence plant …

Insect gut‐associated microbes modulating plant defenses have been observed in beetles
and piercing‐sucking insects, but the role of caterpillar‐associated bacteria in regulating …

Plants can use induced volatiles to detect herbivore‐and pathogen‐attacked neighbors and
prime their defenses. Several individual volatile priming cues have been identified, but …

The perception of herbivory by plants is known to be triggered by the deposition of insect-
derived factors such as saliva and oral secretions, oviposition materials, and even feces …

Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are found in bacteria, fungi, and plants, with a wide
range of biological resistances such as anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-insect, and anti-tumor …

Signaling networks among multiple phytohormones fine-tune plant defense responses to
insect herbivore attack. Previously, it was reported that the synergistic combination of …