Chelicerate mites diverged from other arthropod lineages more than 400 million years ago
and subsequently developed specific and remarkable xenobiotic adaptations. The study of …

Plant-herbivore interactions evolved over long periods of time, resulting in an elaborate
arms race between interacting species. While specialist herbivores evolved specific …

Generalist arthropod herbivores rapidly adapt to a broad range of host plants. However, the
extent of transcriptional reprogramming in the herbivore and its hosts associated with …

The two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch is an excellent model organism
among phytophagous mites. Therefore, the investigation for alternative host plants for a …

The extreme adaptation potential of the generalist herbivore Tetranychus urticae (the two-
spotted spider mite) to pesticides as well as diverse host plants has been associated with …

Glucosinolates are antiherbivory chemical defense compounds in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis
thaliana). Specialist herbivores that feed on brassicaceous plants have evolved various …

A better understanding of the factors affecting host plant use by spotted-wing drosophila
(Drosophila suzukii) could aid in the development of efficient management tools and …

Most humans carry mites in the hair follicles of their skin for their entire lives. Follicular mites
are the only metazoans that continuously live on humans. We propose that Demodex …

Composite generalist herbivores are comprised of host-adapted populations that retain the
ability to shift hosts. The degree and overlap of mechanisms used by host-adapted …

Highlights•Spider-mites represent an excellent system to study host-plant adaptation.•When
accounting for isolation-by-distance, host races are rare in Tetranychus …