Insect pests pose a major threat to agricultural production, resulting in significant economic
losses for countries. A high infestation of insects in any given area can severely reduce crop …

Abstract Background The One Health concept (OHC) seeks to improve the health of plants,
animals, and humans because improving animal and plant health will increase the capacity …

Phytophagous insects pose a significant threat to global crop yield and food security. The
need for increased agricultural output while reducing dependence on harmful synthetic …

Genetic improvement of temperate fruit and nut crops through conventional breeding
methods is not sufficient alone due to its extreme time-consuming, cost-intensive, and hard …

The study was conducted to identify novel simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
associated with resistance to corn aphid (CLA), Rhopalosiphum maidis L. in 48 selected …

BACKGROUND Improving crop resistance to insect herbivores is a major research objective
in breeding programs. Although genomic technologies have increased the speed at which …

Humanity is facing enormous challenges in the years to come: sustainability of agriculture
and sustainability of our supply with food, feed and renewable materials are neither granted …

Thrips are serious pests of Hemerocallis citrina Baroni (daylily), affecting crop yield and
quality. To defend against pests, daylily has evolved a set of sophisticated defense …

Cotton, a crucial economic crop, is also the preferred host plant of the mirid bug Apolygus
lucorum. In our previous field experiments, we found that cotton cultivars Kelin 08–15 and …

Selective pressures exerted on the feeding behaviour of animals have been extensively
studied to understand their foraging patterns. In herbivores, specific within‐plant patterns of …