Microbial volatile organic compounds in intra-kingdom and inter-kingdom interactions

L Weisskopf, S Schulz, P Garbeva - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Microorganisms produce and excrete a versatile array of metabolites with different physico-
chemical properties and biological activities. However, the ability of microorganisms to …

Secondary metabolites as biostimulant and bioprotectant agents: A review

RB Mrid, B Benmrid, J Hafsa, H Boukcim… - Science of The Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Increasing crop productivity to feed a growing population, while conserving the natural
resources, is one of the humanity's major challenges that needs to be overcome. To achieve …

Phytotoxic effects and mechanism of action of essential oils and terpenoids

M Verdeguer, AM Sánchez-Moreiras, F Araniti - Plants, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Weeds are one of the major constraints in crop production affecting both yield and quality.
The excessive and exclusive use of synthetic herbicides for their management is increasing …

Plant-soil-microbe interactions in maintaining ecosystem stability and coordinated turnover under changing environmental conditions

M Aqeel, J Ran, W Hu, MK Irshad, L Dong, MA Akram… - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Ecosystem functions directly depend upon biophysical as well as biogeochemical reactions
occurring at the soil-microbe-plant interface. Environment is considered as a major driver of …

Bph30 confers resistance to brown planthopper by fortifying sclerenchyma in rice leaf sheaths

S Shi, H Wang, L Nie, DI Tan, C Zhou, Q Zhang, Y Li… - Molecular Plant, 2021‏ - cell.com
Phloem-feeding insects cause massive losses in agriculture and horticulture. Host plant
resistance to phloem-feeding insects is often mediated by changes in phloem composition …

Ento (o) mics: the intersection of 'omic'approaches to decipher plant defense against sap-sucking insect pests

P Zogli, L **ault, S Grover, J Louis - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Plants are constantly challenged by insect pests that can dramatically decrease yields.
Insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts, for example, aphids, whiteflies, and leaf hoppers …

Nutrition influences immunity: Diet and host-parasite interactions

I Eleftherianos, W Zhang, G Tettamanti, L Daley… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Nutrition plays a major role in host immune responses and in pathogen resistance.
Understanding the network that modulates the relationship between nutrition and immunity …

[HTML][HTML] Research advances in plant–insect molecular interaction

CY Chen, YB Mao - F1000Research, 2020‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute and precise signal perception and transduction are essential for plant defense against
insects. Insect elicitors—that is, the biologically active molecules from insects' oral secretion …

Characterized constituents of insect herbivore oral secretions and their influence on the regulation of plant defenses

GS Kallure, A Kumari, BA Shinde, AP Giri - Phytochemistry, 2022‏ - Elsevier
For more than 350 million years, there have been ongoing dynamic interactions between
plants and insects. In several cases, insects cause-specific feeding damage with ensuing …

Impact of endophytic colonization by entomopathogenic fungi on the behavior and life history of the tobacco peach aphid Myzus persicae var. nicotianae

L Wilberts, J Vuts, JC Caulfield, G Thomas, MA Birkett… - PLoS …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Entomopathogenic fungi can adopt an endophytic lifestyle and provide protection against
insect herbivores and plant pathogens. So far, most studies have focused on Beauveria …