[HTML][HTML] Medically useful plant terpenoids: biosynthesis, occurrence, and mechanism of action

ME Bergman, B Davis, MA Phillips - Molecules, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Specialized plant terpenoids have found fortuitous uses in medicine due to their
evolutionary and biochemical selection for biological activity in animals. However, these …

Why do plants produce so many terpenoid compounds?

E Pichersky, RA Raguso - New Phytologist, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
All plants synthesize a suite of several hundred terpenoid compounds with roles that include
phytohormones, protein modification reagents, anti‐oxidants, and more. Different plant …

Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants

Y Hu, X Wang, Y Xu, H Yang, Z Tong, R Tian… - Science China Life …, 2023‏ - Springer
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

[PDF][PDF] Plant defence against herbivory and insect adaptations

AR War, GK Taggar, B Hussain, MS Taggar… - AoB plants, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
There is always a silent war between plants and herbivorous insects that we are rarely privy
to. In this silent war, chemicals act as both weapons and messengers. Insect–plant co …

Mechanisms and evolution of plant resistance to aphids

T Züst, AA Agrawal - Nature plants, 2016‏ - nature.com
Aphids are important herbivores of both wild and cultivated plants. Plants rely on unique
mechanisms of recognition, signalling and defence to cope with the specialized mode of …

Botanical insecticides inspired by plant–herbivore chemical interactions

S Miresmailli, MB Isman - Trends in plant science, 2014‏ - cell.com
Plants have evolved a plethora of secondary chemicals to protect themselves against
herbivores and pathogens, some of which have been used historically for pest management …

Molecular mechanisms underlying host plant specificity in aphids

PY Shih, A Sugio, JC Simon - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Aphids are serious pests of agricultural and ornamental plants and important model systems
for hemipteran–plant interactions. The long evolutionary history of aphids with their host …

Gut microbes may facilitate insect herbivory of chemically defended plants

TJ Hammer, MD Bowers - Oecologia, 2015‏ - Springer
The majority of insect species consume plants, many of which produce chemical toxins that
defend their tissues from attack. How then are herbivorous insects able to develop on a …

It's not a bug, it's a feature: functional materials in insects

TBH Schroeder, J Houghtaling, BD Wilts… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the course of their wildly successful proliferation across the earth, the insects as a
taxon have evolved enviable adaptations to their diverse habitats, which include adhesives …

Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly

M Karageorgi, SC Groen, F Sumbul, JN Pelaez… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
Identifying the genetic mechanisms of adaptation requires the elucidation of links between
the evolution of DNA sequence, phenotype, and fitness. Convergent evolution can be used …