Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, first arose as an important invasive pest of
many crops during the 1970s–1980s. The tremendous growth in international agricultural …

Only a small percentage of insect species are pests. However, pest species cause
significant losses in agricultural and forest crops, and many are vectors of diseases …

This review compares and contrasts the role of carotenoids across the taxa of life—with a
focus on the xanthophyll zeaxanthin (and its structural isomer lutein) in plants and humans …

Plants have developed diverse defence mechanisms to ward off herbivorous pests.
However, agriculture still faces estimated crop yield losses ranging from 25% to 40 …

Solanum galapagense is closely related to the cultivated tomato and can show a very good
resistance towards whitefly. A segregating population resulting from a cross between the …

The development of pesticide resistance in insects and recent bans on pesticides call for the
identification of natural sources of resistance in crops. Here, we used natural variation in …

Abstract Southeastern states namely Georgia, Florida, and Alabama produce two-thirds of
the peanuts in the United States. Thrips-transmitted Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), which …

This review focuses on feedback pathways that serve to match plant energy acquisition with
plant energy utilization, and thereby aid in the optimization of chloroplast and whole-plant …

Capsicum is a genus containing important crop species, many of which severely suffer from
thrips infestation. Thrips feeding damages leaves and fruits, and often results in virus …

Thrips are major pests of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) worldwide, and they serve as
vectors of devastating orthotospoviruses such as Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and …