About this Research Topic
Despite these promising findings, significant challenges remain in fully understanding and leveraging HIPVs for sustainable pest management. One key challenge is the complexity of HIPV mixtures that plants release, which can vary depending on the specific herbivores and environmental conditions involved. Identifying the specific volatile blends and their potential roles in plant-microbe-insect interactions is still a work-in-progress. Moreover, the mechanisms through which plants perceive and respond to these volatiles are not entirely elucidated. Understanding these mechanisms could allow us to harness HIPVs and MIPVs more effectively to boost plant immunity and decrease the current reliance on pesticides.
This Research Topic thus aims to assemble recent advancements in the interplay between HIPVs, MIPVs, and other signaling compounds and their implications for plant immunity and pest management. We seek to offer a platform for authors to share their findings on the identification and functional analysis, perception and responses, genetic and biochemical pathways of HIPVs and MIPVs, in addition to their potential in pest management under field conditions. We welcome submissions in the form of research articles, review articles, opinions, and perspectives.
Manuscripts should address, but are not limited to, the following:
• Investigation of specific volatiles induced by herbivore and microbe attacks and their ecological roles in shaping multitrophic interactions.
• The molecular mechanisms underlying the synthesis and release of HIPVs & MIPVs.
• Insights from field and laboratory studies on plant-plant communication mediated by HIPVs & MIPVs signals.
• The role of MIPVs in plant-microbe interactions and their impact on plant health and disease suppression.
• Analytical methods for identifying and quantifying HIPVs & MIPVs from different plant species.
• Development of pest-resistant plant varieties through genetic engineering of volatile biosynthesis pathways.
• Applications of HIPVs & MIPVs in sustainable pest management practices and their integration into agricultural systems.
Keywords: herbivore plant volatiles, plant immunity, plant-disease
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