In recent years, and even more since its legalization in several jurisdictions, cannabis and
the endocannabinoid system have received an increasing amount of interest related to their …

Glandular trichomes are specialized hairs found on the surface of about 30% of all vascular
plants and are responsible for a significant portion of a plant's secondary chemistry …

Insect pests are responsible for substantial crop losses worldwide through direct damage
and transmission of plant diseases, and novel approaches that complement or replace …

A vast number of plant pathogens from viroids of a few hundred nucleotides to higher plants
cause diseases in our crops. Their effects range from mild symptoms to catastrophes in …

As the largest class of natural products, terpenes have a variety of roles in mediating
antagonistic and beneficial interactions among organisms. They defend many species of …

Push-pull strategies involve the behavioral manipulation of insect pests and their natural
enemies via the integration of stimuli that act to make the protected resource unattractive or …

Aphids are amongst the most damaging pests of plants that use their stylets to penetrate the
plant tissue to consume large amounts of phloem sap and thus deprive the plant of …

The mediation of volatile secondary metabolites in signalling between plants and other
organisms has long been seen as presenting opportunities for sustainable crop protection …

This review first summarizes the diverse nature of isoprenoids found in plants, emphasizing
the wide range of physiological functions these compounds serve. The biosynthetic origins …

There is now a considerable literature on chemical ecology, which had its beginnings in the
study of insect pheromones. This beginning was possible only by combining the disciplines …