Covering: up to November 2022 Plants shape terrestrial ecosystems through physical and
chemical interactions. Plant-derived volatile organic compounds in particular influence the …

The fall armyworm (FAW) has recently invaded and become an important pest of maize in
Africa causing yield losses reaching up to a third of maize annual production. The present …

Yeasts form mutualistic interactions with insects. Hallmarks of this interaction include
provision of essential nutrients, while insects facilitate yeast dispersal and growth on plant …

The tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a polyphagous pest with
a highly selective and sensitive chemosensory system involved in complex physiological …

Baculoviruses are double-stranded DNA entomopathogenic viruses that infect
predominantly insects of the order Lepidoptera. Research in the last decade has started to …

Coumarin and its derivatives are plant-derived compounds that exhibit potent insecticidal
properties. In this study, we found that natural coumarin significantly inhibited the growth and …

Background Animal behavior is largely driven by the information that animals are able to
extract and process from their environment. However, the function and organization of …

Odorant receptors expressed at the peripheral olfactory organs are key proteins for animal
volatile sensing. Although they determine the odor space of a given species, their functional …

The volatile compounds produced by plants play an important role in plant growth, plant
communication, and resistance to biological and abiotic stresses. Astragalus …

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, a pest of maize native to the Americas first
reported in West and Central Africa in 2016, severely threatens maize production and food …