Engineering insect resistance using plant specialized metabolites

S Zhou, G Jander - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plant chemical defenses provide effective protection against non-specialist
herbivores.•Genetic engineering can lead to the production of novel chemical defenses and …

Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals key candidate genes mediating ovarian development in Spodoptera frugiperda fed on two host plants

R Zheng, L Yao, J Peng, Z Chen, F Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly polyphagous lepidopteran
pest, with its growth and adaptation affected by different host plants. However, little is known …