Melanaphis sacchari/sorghi complex: current status, challenges and integrated strategies for managing the invasive sap‐feeding insect pest of sorghum

A Vasquez, J Belsky, N Khanal, H Puri… - Pest Management …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner; Hemiptera: Aphididae), sugarcane aphid (SCA), is
an invasive phloem‐feeder found worldwide with a wide host range of economically …

Monocot crop–aphid interactions: Plant resilience and aphid adaptation

DF Mou, P Kundu, L **ault, H Puri, S Shinde… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Globally, aphids cause immense economic damage to several crop plants. In addition,
aphids vector several plant viral diseases that accelerate crop yield losses. While feeding …

Temporal transcriptomic profiling elucidates sorghum defense mechanisms against sugarcane aphids

H Puri, S Grover, L **ault, SE Sattler, J Louis - BMC genomics, 2023‏ - Springer
Background The sugarcane aphid (SCA; Melanaphis sacchari) has emerged as a key pest
on sorghum in the United States that feeds from the phloem tissue, drains nutrients, and …

Dynamic regulation of phenylpropanoid pathway metabolites in modulating sorghum defense against fall armyworm

S Grover, S Shinde, H Puri, N Palmer… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Plants undergo dynamic metabolic changes at the cellular level upon insect infestation to
better defend themselves. Phenylpropanoids, a hub of secondary plant metabolites …

Genome-wide studies of PAL genes in sorghum and their responses to aphid infestation

S Pant, Y Huang - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3. 1.25) plays a crucial role in plant adaptation to
biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the current knowledge about PAL proteins in sorghum …

Susceptibility and plant immune control—a case of mycorrhizal strategy for plant colonization, symbiosis, and plant immune suppression

MC Enebe, M Erasmus - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Plants and microbes (mycorrhizal fungi to be precise) have evolved together over the past
millions of years into an association that is mutualist. The plants supply the fungi with …

Sorghum cuticular waxes influence host plant selection by aphids

JB Cardona, S Grover, L Busta, SE Sattler, J Louis - Planta, 2023‏ - Springer
Main conclusion Quantification of cuticular waxes coupled with insect bioassays and feeding
behavior analysis demonstrate that long-chain C32 fatty alcohol impacts host plant selection …

Interplay between MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 and OPDA signaling in limiting green peach aphid infestation on Arabidopsis thaliana

L Archer, HA Mondal, S Behera… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE1 (MPL1) encodes a lipase in Arabidopsis
thaliana that is required for limiting infestation by the green peach aphid (GPA; Myzus …

Invasive sorghum aphid: A decade of research on deciphering plant resistance mechanisms and novel approaches in breeding for sorghum resistance to aphids

M Thudi, MSS Reddy, YD Naik, VKR Cheruku… - Crop …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
During the last decade, the sorghum aphid (Melanaphis sorghi), previously identified as
sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari), became a serious pest of sorghum, spreading to all …

Impaired Brown midrib12 function orchestrates sorghum resistance to aphids via an auxin conjugate indole‐3‐acetic acid–aspartic acid

S Grover, DF Mou, K Shrestha, H Puri… - New …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Lignin, a complex heterogenous polymer present in virtually all plant cell walls, plays a
critical role in protecting plants from various stresses. However, little is known about how …