Inês Fragata

The paper investigates whether plant defences persist in detached tomato leaves and finds that gene expression increases over time, though levels vary by plant variety and gene.

This study shows that food competition alters reproductive interference between spider mite species, affecting their competitive outcomes and coexistence.

The paper shows that spider mites collectively avoid cadmium-contaminated plants regardless of contamination frequency or competitor presence, but individual mites do not show such preference.