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Plant-Pest Interactions: From Molecular Mechanisms to Chemical Ecology

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Plant volatiles are the invisible players in the plant-insect co-evolutionary arms race. They are involved in various plant-mediated tri-trophic interactions within the ecosystem. Volatiles, emitted from different parts of the plant, serves as a cue for the host-seeking herbivores. Interestingly, insects perceive and process such complex environmental cues with their advanced olfactory system. During herbivory, plants also produce defensive volatiles recognized as herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) that often serve a dual purpose by attracting the natural enemies and giving an alarming signal to the plants nearby. Insects tend to avoid the host plants emitting such defensive volatiles and non-host plants, releasing non-host volatiles (NHVs). Understanding the dynamics of host selection through plant volatile recognition by pest insects is highly important to develop eco-friendly pest management practices employing strategies such as push-pull strategy. In the present chapter, we have reviewed different aspects of plant volatile production, insect olfactory system organization, the contribution of plant volatiles in host-seeking behavior of insects, and finally their potential use in formulating insect pest management strategies.

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MB, AR, FS is supported by the EU project “EXTEMIT – K,” No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000433 financed by OP RDE. AR and QA also supported by Internal Grant Agency (IGA) of Czech University of Life Sciences Prague for financial support through Project IGA D_01_18 and IGA C_06_18 respectively. BZU is acknowledged for facilitating MB.

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Binyameen, M., Ali, Q., Roy, A., Schlyter, F. (2021). Plant Volatiles and Their Role in Insect Olfaction. In: Singh, I.K., Singh, A. (eds) Plant-Pest Interactions: From Molecular Mechanisms to Chemical Ecology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2467-7_7

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