Arthropod-Plant Interactions - Microbe-mediated Arthropod-Plant Interactions

In this Virtual Special Issue we are proud to present research published in the journal on how microbes play a role in mediating the interactions between plants and arthropods.

We hope you enjoy reading this Virtual Issue.

Articles present:

Symbiont-mediated adaptation by planthoppers and leafhoppers to resistant rice varieties Jedeliza B. Ferrater, Peter W. de Jong, Marcel Dicke, Yolanda H. Chen & Finbarr G. Horgan Review Paper    |    Published: 15 September 2013

Influence of an endophytic fungus on host plant selection by a polyphagous moth via volatile spectrum changes Mustapha F. A. Jallow, Dereje Dugassa-Gobena & Stefan Vidal Original Paper    |    Open Access    |    Published: 05 March 2008

Endophyte-mediated tritrophic interactions between a grass-feeding caterpillar and two parasitoid species with different life histories Andrea J. Bixby-Brosi & Daniel A. Potter    |    Original Paper    |    Published: 29 October 2011

Water availability alters the tri-trophic consequences of a plant-fungal symbiosis Kelsey M. Yule, James B. Woolley & Jennifer A. Rudgers    |    Published: 04 December 2010

Background matching behaviour and pathogen acquisition: plant site preference does not predict the bacterial acquisition efficiency of vectors Arash Rashed, Nabil Killiny, Joyce Kwan & Rodrigo P. P. Almeida  Original Paper    |    Open Access    |    Published: 24 December 2010

A leaf-rolling weevil benefits from general saprophytic fungi in polysaccharide degradation Xiaoqiong Li, Gregory S. Wheeler & Jianqing Ding    |    Original Paper    |    Published: 24 April 2012

Epirrita autumnata induced VOC emission of silver birch differ from emission induced by leaf fungal pathogen Terhi Vuorinen, Anne-Marja Nerg, Leena Syrjälä, Petri Peltonen & Jarmo K. Holopainen Original Paper    |    Published: 28 September 2007

Identification and origin of host-associated volatiles attractive to Prorops nasuta, a parasitoid of the coffee berry borer Ariana K. Román-Ruíz, Edi A. Malo, Graciela Huerta, Alfredo Castillo, Juan F. Barrera & Julio C. Rojas Original Paper    |    Published: 27 April 2012