Evolutionary ecology: Plant volatile profile changes after escaping specialist insects

Islam S Sobhy; Toby J A Bruce

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.043

Evolutionary ecology: Plant volatile profile changes after escaping specialist insects

Curr Biol. 2021 Aug 9;31(15):R969-R971. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.043.

Authors

Islam S Sobhy¹, Toby J A Bruce²

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt.
² School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Electronic address: t.j.a.bruce@keele.ac.uk.

PMID: 34375605
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.043

Abstract

Considerable debate surrounds the role of plant volatiles in plant defence against insects. A new study provides evidence for evolutionary changes in an invasive plant that support the defensive role of plant volatiles.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution
Ecology
Herbivory*
Insecta*
Plants