Plant defense against herbivorous pests: exploiting resistance and tolerance traits for sustainable crop protection

C Mitchell, RM Brennan, J Graham… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
Interactions between plants and insect herbivores are important determinants of plant
productivity in managed and natural vegetation. In response to attack, plants have evolved a …

Crop domestication and its impact on naturally selected trophic interactions

YH Chen, R Gols, B Benrey - Annual Review of Entomology, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
Crop domestication is the process of artificially selecting plants to increase their suitability to
human requirements: taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. There is increasing …

Plant apparency, an overlooked driver of associational resistance to insect herbivory

B Castagneyrol, B Giffard, C Péré, H Jactel - Journal of Ecology, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Herbivore regulation is one of the services provided by plant diversity in terrestrial
ecosystems. It has been suggested that tree diversity decreases insect herbivory in forests …

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

JJ Grossman, M Vanhellemont, N Barsoum… - Environmental and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Despite considerable research demonstrating that biodiversity increases productivity in
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …

Responses to drought stress in poplar: what do we know and what can we learn?

L Rosso, S Cantamessa, S Bergante, C Biselli… - Life, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Poplar (Populus spp.) is a high-value crop for wood and biomass production and a model
organism for tree physiology and genomics. The early release, in 2006, of the complete …

Root symbionts: Powerful drivers of plant above‐and belowground indirect defenses

S Rasmann, A Bennett, A Biere, A Karley… - Insect …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbial mutualists of plants, including mycorrhizal fungi, non‐mycorrhizal fungi and
plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, have been typically characterized for increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of drought, high temperatures, and/or defense against arthropod herbivory on the production of secondary metabolites in maize plants. A review

CC Chávez-Arias, A Ramírez-Godoy… - Current Plant …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Maize crops are exposed to a wide range of abiotic and biotic stresses, which induce the
disruption of plant metabolism and affect crop yield and quality. An increase in drought or …

Effects of soil organisms on aboveground plant-insect interactions in the field: patterns, mechanisms and the role of methodology

R Heinen, A Biere, JA Harvey… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Soil biota-plant interactions play a dominant role in terrestrial ecosystems. Through nutrient
mineralization and mutualistic or antagonistic interactions with plants soil biota can affect …

Managing fertility with animal waste to promote arthropod pest suppression

E Rowen, JF Tooker, CK Blubaugh - Biological Control, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Fertility management is key to maintaining soil quality in crop systems and can have
important implications for plant growth and insect pest populations. Organic fertility …

Drought has negative consequences on aphid fitness and plant vigor: Insights from a meta‐analysis

DJ Leybourne, KF Preedy, TA Valentine… - Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aphids are abundant in natural and managed vegetation, supporting a diverse community of
organisms and causing damage to agricultural crops. Due to a changing climate, periods of …