Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

The paper tests if multi-species herbivory increases phytochemical diversity by activating antagonistic defense pathways, finding increased richness and evenness under dual herbivory.

This study establishes Arabidopsis thaliana and Swede Midge as a model system to study insect-induced gall formation and plant reprogramming.

This study shows that microbiomes, not plant size, more strongly influence flowering and growth in milkweed, with leaf microbiomes predicting growth and soil microbiomes predicting flowering.

This study examines how larvae of a specialist pine feeder respond to a novel pine host, finding predictable gene-expression changes and variable phenotypic responses.

This study shows that ectopic gene conversion drives rapid adaptation in plutellid moths by diversifying glucosinolate sulfatases, enabling them to detoxify diverse host plants.

The paper investigates axillary swellings in Erythranthe angulosa and finds no evidence they function as extrafloral nectaries, but identifies morphological variation in the species.

This study examines the physiological effects of consuming chemically defended prey on great tits, finding no significant impact on stress or oxidative stress markers but increased mitochondrial usage with higher toxin doses.

This study examines how climate change affects terpene expression in common tansy and its impact on herbivory across populations.

The paper uses multi-marker DNA metabarcoding to assess parasitism rates and identify parasitoids of cabbage stem flea beetle larvae across England, revealing regional differences and novel interactions.

The paper identifies a synergistic terpenoid-phenolic defense network in hybrid larch that contributes to resistance against Dendrolimus superans through metabolomics analysis of 46 clones.

This study identifies an aphid protein, AAF1, that manipulates plant autophagy to enhance aphid survival and plant growth.

The paper constructs a global database of pest herbivores and their natural enemies by using a large language model to extract species interactions from scientific literature.

This study shows domestication altered apple defense responses and host-aphid interaction networks, with cultivated apples showing stronger inducible defenses and higher aphid performance.

The paper tests if host plants serve as cues for predators to distinguish defended prey from undefended prey, finding that wrens use plant identity to avoid chemically defended larvae.

This study identifies MpILR1 as a key enzyme in Marchantia polymorpha that hydrolyzes dn-iso-OPDA-amino acid conjugates, activating jasmonate signaling and defense responses.

The paper tests if toxin structure affects palatability in Heliconius sara larvae, finding cyclopentenyl cyanogenic glucosides are more deterrent than aliphatic ones in predator assays.

The paper identifies host-dependent salivary effector candidates and predicted plant immune targets in Spodoptera frugiperda by analyzing transcriptomes and predicting protein interactions.

The paper identifies a hetero-oligomeric complex formed by an aphid effector pair, showing its importance for protein stability and activity.

The paper examines how genomic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana affects interaction strength with aphids, finding epistasis among defense genes and an oligogenic architecture.

This study shows that modulating ATP-binding cassette transporters in sugarcane aphids changes their feeding phases on sorghum, potentially reducing crop damage and virus transmission.

This study shows that different macronutrient balances affect growth, immunity, and oxidative stress in Plutella xylostella, with no single ratio supporting all traits.

This paper shows CathB6 suppresses EDS1-dependent immunity and rewires MORF2-GUN1-GLK signaling to maintain cellular homeostasis in Arabidopsis during aphid feeding.

The paper investigates how Pseudomonas bacteria affect aphid-vectored virus outbreaks in pea crops, showing that their impact depends on parasitoid efficiency in locating aphids.

This study identifies REPAT proteins as mediators of cross-kingdom communication between insects, microbes, and plants, showing how viral infections alter plant defense responses through changes in REPAT abundance.

The paper evaluates antibiosis resistance to Phthorimaea absoluta in wild and cultivated tomato accessions, identifying resistance traits and metabolite differences.

This study examines how drought and herbivory jointly affect chemical and morphological traits in black poplar trees, showing significant shifts in amino acids and phytohormones but stability in salicinoids.

The paper finds that individual-level traits, not neighborhood or landscape factors, primarily influence parasitism rates of frugivorous insect larvae in small forest patches.

This study identifies a horizontally transferred gene, DOG15, and its amino acid substitutions that enable T. kanzawai mites to detoxify green tea catechins and adapt to tea plants, unlike T. urticae.

This study shows aphid-derived small RNAs are delivered into Arabidopsis thaliana, modulate plant immunity, and enhance aphid performance.