Plants are excellent chemists with an impressive capability of biosynthesizing a large variety
of natural products (also known as secondary or specialized metabolites) to resist various …

Abstract Background The rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae is one of the most important
agricultural pests, causing extensive damage to cereal in fields and to stored grains. S …

Simple Summary Spodoptera frugiperda is a significant global agricultural pest, particularly
fond of maize. In agroecosystems, the interactions among plants, phytophagous insects, and …

Phytophagous insects rely on plant volatiles to locate suitable hosts upon which to feed or
oviposit. The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is the main pest on cotton crops in the …

New agronomic practices and technology enabled Argentina a larger production of cereal
grains, reaching a harvest yield of 26.5 million metric tons of maize, of which, about 40 …

Sitophilus zeamais (maize weevil) is one of the most destructive pests of maize stored in
tropical and subtropical regions. This study determined the resistance of flint corn and dent …

Olfaction is a pivotal sense for insects and granivorous pests may exploit grain volatiles for
food selection. Tribolium confusum, is a secondary pest of stored cereals that benefits from …

Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) is a notorious pest of stored grain globally.
The dried fruits (Ziziphus jujuba, Malus pumila, and Fragaria ananassa) can strongly attract …

Background: The visual ecology of pest insects is poorly studied compared to the role of
odour cues in determining their behaviour. Furthermore, the combined effects of both odour …

Cereals represent a large percentage of food inputs in food production, with annual losses
estimated to vary between 7 and 50% due to the actions of pests. Argentina is one of the …