financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20A2007 and 32160343);the Open Project of Key Laboratory of the Alpine Grassland Ecology in the Three Rivers Region(Qinghai University),Ministry of Education of China(2023-SJY-KF-02);the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences。
The response of plant functional diversity to external disturbances not only effectively predicts changes in the ecosystem but it also reflects how plant communities use external environmental resources.However,resear...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31925033,32161143008);National Key Research and Development Program(2021YFC2600100).
Herbivore insects deploy salivary effectors to manipulate the defense of their host plants.However,it remains unclear whether small RNAs from insects can function as effectors in regulating plant-insect interactions.H...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31500331,32071527).
Background Interactions between alien plants and insect herbivores in introduced ranges may determine their invasion success. However, few studies have investigated whether alien plants respond differently to native a...
supported by:Science&Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China for Survey and Germplasm Conservation of PSESP in Southwest China(2017FY100100);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(2019QZKK0502);the PSESP project of Yunnan Forestry and Grassland Bureau(2021SJ14X-09);and the project“Collection and Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations of Polystichum glaciale and Cypripedium forrestii in Lijiang”(2021SJ14X-11).
Leaf variegation,the mosaic of colors on the leaf surface,can be developed by certain plant species without external influence.Although it may be associated with a variety of functions,the stable existence of differen...
supported by Postdoctoral Funding from Jilin Province to Liping Shan(2020000147).
Alien plant invasion success can be inhibited by two key biotic factors:native herbivores and plant diversity.However,few studies have experimentally tested whether these factors interact to synergistically resist inv...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangzhou(grant number 202201010218);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 32271613 and 32170232);the Guangdong Forestry Bureau Fund(grant number 890-2020-XMZC-2758-01-0001);the Science and Technology Basic Works Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(grant number 2019FY202100).
Plant–Lepidoptera interactions are often studied using the pollination or herbivore networks only.Lepidoptera species are involved in two types of plant–insect interactions because they are herbivores as larvae and ...
the Project of China National Tobacco Corporation(Grant Number 110202102007);the Project of Hubei Tobacco Company(Grant Number 027Y2021-005).
The Nicotiana genus, commonly known as tobacco, holds significant importance as a crucial economic crop. Confrontedwith an abundance of herbivorous insects that pose a substantial threat to yield, tobacco has develope...
We thank Prof.Liang Chen for insightful input and valuable scientific suggestions,Prof.Dr Xinchao Wang,Lu Wang and Yuchun Wang for kindly supplying experimental materials,Xiwang Li and Jianying Jin for looking after the insects and plants.This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31272053,31901898);Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2023PT03,1610212019001);the Elite Youth Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for Meng Ye.
Protease inhibitors promote herbivore resistance in diverse plant species.Although many inducible protease inhibitors have been identified,there are limited reports available on the biological relevance and molecular ...
We thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on the earlier version of this paper.O.S.was supported on NSF-DEB-1940868 and NSF-DEB-2045842.B.N.S;was supported by the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program at the University of Idaho in partnership with IBEST(the Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies).M.P.B.acknowledges the International Postdoc Grant from the Swedish Research Council(2020-06422);Y.Y.was supported by the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2019RC137);R.R.acknowledges Conacyt(Mexico)grant(2019-000003-01EXTF-00226);the German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD)(57504644);P.Z.acknowledges the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF)Spark grant(CRSK‐3_196506);P.Z.and R.R.acknowledge the SNSF Prima grant(PR00P3_193237);RESPONSE scheme funded by the European Union′s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No.847585.
The astonishing diversity of plants and insects and their entangled interactions are cornerstones in terrestrial ecosystems.Co-occurring with species diversity is the diversity of plant secondary metabolites(PSMs).So ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China–Guangdong Natural Science Foundation Joint Project (U1701234)。
The sweet potato weevil(Cylas formicarius(Fab.)(Coleoptera: Brentidae)) is a pest that feeds on sweet potato(Ipomoea batatas(L.) Lam.(Solanales: Convolvulaceae)), causing substantial economic losses annually. However,...