Plant-Insect Interactions
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2016) | Viewed by 141398
Special Issue Editors
Interests: astrobiology; plant interactions with the surrounding environment; plant–insect interactions; plant responses to varying magnetic fields; metabolomics and transcriptomics of secondary plant metabolites and related genes
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Interests: plant–insect interactions; coevolution; eusociality; communication; butterflies; ants
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Special Issue Information
Plant–insect interactions lead to complex associations, which range from mutualism, pollination to biotrophy, boosting the co-evolution of plant defenses against various insect feeding strategies, and the ability of insect to detoxify plant chemical defenses or to react specifically to plant compounds. The success of plants to withstand insect herbivory depends on their ability to quickly recognize, decipher the incoming signal, and adequately respond to a wide array of attacking herbivores. Current research in plant–insect interaction is focusing mainly on genomics and proteomics, which are late events induced by biotic stress. Early events, within the first seconds to minutes, are responsible for recognition and triggering of signal transduction pathways, preceding genomic and proteomic responses. For both plants and insects, sensing and communication are key features that can improve fitness and grant survival in contrasting environments.
This Special Issue on “Plant-Insect Interactions” is open to all researchers studying this interaction at any level, from both the plant and the insect side. Papers are welcome as original research articles, as well as review papers dealing with the advancement and current understanding of various aspects of plant-insect interactions.
Prof. Dr. Massimo Maffei
Dr. Francesca Barbero
Guest Editors
Keywords
- early and late plant responses to insects
- plant immunity
- direct and indirect defense
- effects of insect herbivory, wounding or egg-laying on plants
- systemic signaling and pathways, signal transduction, gene expression
- metabolomics of plant–insect interaction
- plant-insect co-evolution
- plant-insect sensing and communication
- sequestration and use of plant natural products by insects