Plants eavesdrop on cues produced by snails and induce costly defenses that affect insect herbivores
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4070-1
Abstract: Although induced defenses are widespread in plants, the degree to which plants respond to herbivore kairomones (incidental chemicals that herbivores produce independent of herbivory), the costs and benefits of responding to cues of herbivory risk,… read more here.
Keywords: induced defenses; plants eavesdrop; defense; eavesdrop cues ... See more keywords
Evolutionary Ecology of Multitrophic Interactions between Plants, Insect Herbivores and Entomopathogens
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0850-z
Abstract: Plants play an important role in the interactions between insect herbivores and their pathogens. Since the seminal review by Cory and Hoover (2006) on plant-mediated effects on insect–pathogen interactions, considerable progress has been made in… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary ecology; multitrophic interactions; plant; plants insect ... See more keywords
Choosing an Effective PCR-Based Approach for Diet Analysis of Insect Herbivores: A Systematic Review
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DOI: 10.1093/jee/toab057
Abstract: Abstract Identification of ingested plant species using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods is an increasingly useful yet challenging approach to accurately determine the diet composition of insect herbivores and thus their trophic interactions. A typical… read more here.
Keywords: plant; pcr; approach; pcr based ... See more keywords
Aboveground herbivory increases soil nematode abundance of an invasive plant
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DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtaa027
Abstract: Plant invasions have the potential to affect the community structure of soil nematodes, but little is known about whether such effects are mediated by aboveground herbivores since invasive plants are not completely released from herbivores… read more here.
Keywords: invasive plant; plant; herbivory; abundance ... See more keywords
A rapid, precise and low‐cost method to quantify silicon for the determination of food intake and utilisation for insect herbivores
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DOI: 10.1111/aen.12335
Abstract: Determining intake and subsequent digestion and absorption of nutrients is fundamental for understanding host plant quality for insect herbivores. This typically involves considerable time spent weighing leaf material, with various associated sources of error and… read more here.
Keywords: rapid precise; food intake; intake utilisation; utilisation ... See more keywords
Role of phytochemistry in insect nutrition
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DOI: 10.1111/aen.12340
Abstract: The interactions between insect herbivores and their host plants are a truly fascinating area of study, primarily because they are multifaceted, dynamic and fundamental to explaining the diversity and abundance of both taxa. Indeed, interactions… read more here.
Keywords: insects; plant quality; plant; diversity ... See more keywords
Bottom-up vs. top-down effects on terrestrial insect herbivores: a meta-analysis.
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DOI: 10.1111/ele.12874
Abstract: Primary consumers are under strong selection from resource ('bottom-up') and consumer ('top-down') controls, but the relative importance of these selective forces is unknown. We performed a meta-analysis to compare the strength of top-down and bottom-up… read more here.
Keywords: insects; top effects; bottom; insect herbivores ... See more keywords
Differential effects of the rhizobacterium Pseudomonas simiae on above‐ and belowground chewing insect herbivores
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DOI: 10.1111/jen.12842
Abstract: Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can enhance plant growth and defence. Via plant‐mediated effects, PGPR have been reported to impact the performance of generalist leaf‐chewing insects either negatively or positively. However, only a few insect species,… read more here.
Keywords: plant; defence; biomass; chewing insect ... See more keywords
Plant elicitor peptide signalling confers rice resistance to piercing‐sucking insect herbivores and pathogens
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DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13781
Abstract: Summary Rice is a staple food crop worldwide, and its production is severely threatened by phloem‐feeding insect herbivores, particularly the brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens), and destructive pathogens. Despite the identification of many BPH resistance… read more here.
Keywords: bph; resistance; plant; insect herbivores ... See more keywords