Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) polyphenol oxidases (PPOs), enzymes that oxidize
phenolics to quinones, have been implicated in plant resistance to insects. The role of PPO …

Several prominent hypotheses have been posed to explain the immense variability among
plant species in defense against herbivores. A major concept in the evolutionary ecology of …

The new diterpenes brussonol (1) and iguestol (6α, 11-dihydroxy-12-methoxy-abieta-8, 11,
13-triene)(2) with an icetexane and a dehydroabietane skeleton, respectively, have been …

Mycorrhizal symbiosis is thought to affect interactions between plants and herbivores by its
influence on plant growth, nutrition and the plants defence system. Moreover, arbuscular …

We reared larvae of three generalist insect species on plants occurring in their habitats.
Individuals of each species were kept either on mixed diets, or on each plant species …

Rhizobia play a key role for performance of leguminous plants and ecosystem productivity.
However, no studies to date have investigated the importance of the rhizobial symbiosis for …

Neotyphodium coenophialum, an endophytic fungus that infects shoots of tall fescue
(Festuca arundinacea), may protect its host from herbivory through production of alkaloids …

Abstract 1 The Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, develops following rainfall
in an environment dominated by two host plants, the annual Dactyloctenium radulans and …

Terrestrial invertebrates include a large and diverse group of organisms. These organisms
live in a great variety of habitats and obtain their resources for survival and reproduction in …

Supercritical fluids (SCFs) are alternative solvents in the field of Green Chemistry that are
being developed as advanced separation techniques due to their combined properties such …