Plant diversity differentially affects trophic interactions across ecosystems.

A funded PhD position in phytopathology and plant disease epidemiology is available at INRAE and Julius Kühn Institute. The project explores how wheat fungal pathogens adapt to temperature and humidity changes through experimental biology, epidemiology, and genomics.

Certain wasps and flies which lay their eggs in specific species such as aphids could be a sustainable form of pest control.

Plants employ complex signaling mechanisms in response to both herbivore and microbial attacks, which play a crucial role in their immunity. When attacked by herbivores, plants emit a mixture of herbi...

Two populations of the same plant, just 4 km apart in the Italian mountains, produce different perfumes and attract different pollinators. Why?

See Intetersting contributions How some poaceae plants can be alternative host for fall armyform? Application of microbial inoculants for improving insect pests and pathogens under greenhouse crops ...

Brief exposure (48 h) of potato plants to herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) from aphid-infested neighbours triggers a rapid but transient defensive response. During the first 48 h following e...