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A Gene Family Coding for Salivary Proteins (SHOT) of the Polyphagous Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Exhibits Fast Host-Dependent Transcriptional Plasticity.

scientific article

A Jasmonate-Inducible Defense Trait Transferred from Wild into Cultivated Tomato Establishes Increased Whitefly Resistance and Reduced Viral Disease Incidence

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

A herbivore that manipulates plant defence ⬇️

scientific article

Defense suppression benefits herbivores that have a monopoly on their feeding site but can backfire within natural communities.

scientific article

Distinct Signatures of Host Defense Suppression by Plant-Feeding Mites

article

Drought stress promotes the colonization success of a herbivorous mite that manipulates plant defenses.

scientific article

Enhanced top‐down control of herbivore population growth on plants with impaired defences

scientific article published in 2022

Food decisions of an omnivorous thrips are independent from the indirect effects of jasmonate-inducible plant defences on prey quality

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Herbivore-induced indirect defense across bean cultivars is independent of their degree of direct resistance

scientific article published on 15 February 2014

Herbivory-associated degradation of tomato trichomes and its impact on biological control of Aculops lycopersici ⬇️

scientific article published on December 13, 2012

Independent Effects of a Herbivore's Bacterial Symbionts on Its Performance and Induced Plant Defences

scientific article

Induced plant defences in biological control of arthropod pests: a double-edged sword.

scientific article

Induced plant-defenses suppress herbivore reproduction but also constrain predation of their offspring.

scientific article

Jasmonate perception regulates jasmonate biosynthesis and JA-Ile metabolism: the case of COI1 in Nicotiana attenuata

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Mechanisms and ecological consequences of plant defence induction and suppression in herbivore communities

scientific article published on June 2015

Overcompensation of herbivore reproduction through hyper-suppression of plant defenses in response to competition

scientific article

Phytophagy of omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus affects performance of herbivores through induced plant defences

scientific article

Plant Glandular Trichomes as Targets for Breeding or Engineering of Resistance to Herbivores ⬇️

scientific article published on December 12, 2012

Salivary proteins of spider mites suppress defenses in Nicotiana benthamiana and promote mite reproduction

scientific article

Spatiotemporal heterogenesssity of tomato induced defense responses affects spider mite performance and behavior.

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Spider Mites Cause More Damage to Tomato in the Dark When Induced Defenses Are Lower

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Spider mites suppress tomato defenses downstream of jasmonate and salicylate independently of hormonal crosstalk.

scientific article

Tetranychus evansi spider mite populations suppress tomato defenses to varying degrees

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

The PP2C-type phosphatase AP2C1, which negatively regulates MPK4 and MPK6, modulates innate immunity, jasmonic acid, and ethylene levels in Arabidopsis

article

The Salivary Protein Repertoire of the Polyphagous Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae: A Quest for Effectors.

scientific article

The ecogenetics and ecogenomics of plant-herbivore interactions: rapid progress on a slippery road

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Thrips Advisor: Exploiting Thrips-Induced Defences to Combat Pests on Crops.

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Tomato Reproductive Success Is Equally Affected by Herbivores That Induce or That Suppress Defenses.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Whiteflies glycosylate salicylic acid and secrete the conjugate via their honeydew.

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Why Do Herbivorous Mites Suppress Plant Defenses?

article

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