Urbanization is one of the most important global trends which causes habitat reduction and
alteration which are, in turn, the main reasons for the reduced structural and functional …

Enemy‐risk effects, often referred to as non‐consumptive effects (NCEs), are an important
feature of predator–prey ecology, but their significance has had little impact on the …

Creating highly efficient resistance against wheat dwarf virus in barley by employing
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important cereal crop that is grown all over the world for
food and industrial purposes. Wheat is essential to the human diet due to its rich content of …

Plant viruses transmitted by vector pests are one of the most important worldwide threats to
global food production and security. Biological control strategies to enhance natural …

Spiders (Araneae) form abundant and diverse assemblages in agroecosystems such as fruit
orchards, and thus might have an important role as natural enemies of orchard pests …

Studying the intimate association of arthropods with their physical substrate is both important
and challenging. It is important because substrate is a key determinant for organism fitness; …

Many insect herbivores are vectors that transmit plant pathogens as they forage. Within food
webs, vectors interact with a range of host plants, other herbivores, and predators. Yet, few …

Herbivores assess predation risk in their environment by identifying visual, chemical, and
tactile predator cues. Detection of predator cues can induce risk-avoidance behaviors in …

Predators impact prey directly, through consumption, and indirectly, through non-
consumptive effects that modify prey physiology and behavior in ways that affect survival …