Adaptive plant responses to specific abiotic stresses or biotic agents are fine-tuned by a
network of hormonal signaling cascades, including abscisic acid (ABA), ethylene, jasmonic …

The capacity to perceive and respond is integral to biological immune systems, but to what
extent can plants specifically recognize and respond to insects? Recent findings suggest …

Plant drought stress response and resistance are complex biological processes that need to
be analyzed at a systems level using genomics and physiological approaches to dissect …

When insect herbivores attack plants, elicitors from oral secretions and regurgitants (OS)
enter wounds during feeding, eliciting defense responses. These generally require plant …

Mechanical stimuli, such as wind, rain, and touch affect plant development, growth, pest
resistance, and ultimately reproductive success. Using water spray to simulate rain, we …

The response of plants to the stress caused by herbivores involves several different defence
mechanisms. These responses begin at the plant cell plasma membrane, where insect …

In plants, lipoxygenases (LOXs) are involved in various physiological processes, including
defense responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Our previous study had shown that the …

Herbivore attack leads to resource conflicts between plant defensive strategies.
Photoassimilates are required for defensive compounds and carbon storage below ground …

The tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze, is an economically important, perennial
woody plant rich in catechins. Although catechins have been reported to play an important …

Production of the phytoalexins scopoletin and scopolin is regulated by jasmonate (JA) and
ethylene signaling in Nicotiana species in response to Alternaria alternata, the necrotrophic …