Scents and sensibility in agriculture: exploiting specificity in herbivore- and pathogen-induced plant volatiles for real-time crop monitoring

Project Information

AGRISCENTS

Grant agreement ID: 788949

DOI 10.3030/788949

Project closed

EC signature date 22 June 2018

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 29 February 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 498 086,00

EU contribution € 2 498 086,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL
Switzerland

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (16)

Belowground and aboveground herbivory differentially affect the transcriptome in roots and shoots of maize

Author(s): Wenfeng Ye, Carlos Bustos-Segura, Thomas Degen, Matthias Erb, Ted C. J. Turlings
Published in: Plant Direct, Issue 6, 2022, Page(s) e426, ISSN 2475-4455
Publisher: Wiley & American Society of Plant Biologists and Society for Experimental Biology
DOI: 10.1002/pld3.426

Stemborer-induced rice plant volatiles boost direct and indirect resistance in neighboring plants

Author(s): Chengcheng Yao, Lixiao Du, Qingsong Liu, Xiaoyun Hu, Wenfeng Ye, Ted C. J. Turlings, Yunhe Li
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 237, 2023, Page(s) 2375-2387, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18548

Laboratory and field trials reveal the potential of a gel formulation of entomopathogenic nematodes for the biological control of fall armyworm caterpillars (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Author(s): Patrick Fallet, Didace Bazagwira, Julie Morgane Guenat, Carlos Bustos-Segura, Patrick Karangwa, Ishimwe Primitive Mukundwa, Joelle Kajuga, Thomas Degen, Stefan Toepfer, Ted C.J. Turlings
Published in: Biological Control, Issue 176, 2022, ISSN 1049-9644
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.105086

Can herbivores sharing the same host plant be mutualists?

Author(s): Qingsong Liu, Ted C.J. Turlings, Yunhe Li
Published in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023, ISSN 0169-5347
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.018

The Role of Herbivore-induced Plant Volatiles in Trophic Interactions: The Swiss Connection

Author(s): Ted C. J. Turlings, Thomas Degen
Published in: CHIMIA, Issue 76, 2022, Page(s) 900–905, ISSN 0009-4293
Publisher: Schweizerische Chemische Gedellschaft
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2022.900

A receptor-like protein mediates plant immune responses to herbivore-associated molecular patterns

Author(s): Adam D. Steinbrenner, Maria Muñoz-Amatriaín, Antonio F. Chaparro, Jessica Montserrat Aguilar-Venegas, Sassoum Lo, Satohiro Okuda, Gaetan Glauser, Julien Dongiovanni, Da Shi, Marlo Hall, Daniel Crubaugh, Nicholas Holton, Cyril Zipfel, Ruben Abagyan, Ted C. J. Turlings, Timothy J. Close, Alisa Huffaker, Eric A. Schmelz
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 117/49, 2020, Page(s) 31510-31518, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018415117

The N‐terminal subunit of vitellogenin in planthopper eggs and saliva acts as a reliable elicitor that induces defenses in rice

Author(s): Jiamei Zeng, Wenfeng Ye, Wenhui Hu, Xiaochen Jin, Peng Kuai, Wenhan Xiao, Yukun Jian, Turlings Ted, Yonggen Lou
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 238, 2023, Page(s) 1230–1244, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18791

Cowpea volatiles induced by beet armyworm or fall armyworm differentially prime maize plants

Author(s): Arooran Kanagendran, Ted C. J. Turlings
Published in: Journal of Plant Physiology, Issue 292, 2024, Page(s) 154164, ISSN 0176-1617
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154164

Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins

Author(s): Jixing Xia, Zhaojiang Guo, Zezhong Yang, Haolin Han, Shaoli Wang, Haifeng Xu, Xin Yang, Fengshan Yang, Qingjun Wu, Wen Xie, Xuguo Zhou, Wannes Dermauw, Ted C.J. Turlings, Youjun Zhang
Published in: Cell, Issue 184/7, 2021, Page(s) 1693-1705.e17, ISSN 0092-8674
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.014

Airborne host–plant manipulation by whiteflies via an inducible blend of plant volatiles

Author(s): Peng-Jun Zhang, Jia-Ning Wei, Chan Zhao, Ya-Fen Zhang, Chuan-You Li, Shu-Sheng Liu, Marcel Dicke, Xiao-Ping Yu, Ted C. J. Turlings
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 116/15, 2019, Page(s) 7387-7396, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1818599116

Caterpillar-induced rice volatiles provide enemy-free space for the offspring of the brown planthopper

Author(s): Xiaoyun Hu, Shuangli Su, Qingsong Liu, Yaoyu Jiao, Yufa Peng, Yunhe Li, Ted CJ Turlings
Published in: eLife, Issue 9, 2020, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.55421

Cooperative herbivory between two important pests of rice

Author(s): Qingsong Liu, Xiaoyun Hu, Shuangli Su, Yuese Ning, Yufa Peng, Gongyin Ye, Yonggen Lou, Ted C. J. Turlings, Yunhe Li
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 12, 2021, Page(s) 6772, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27021-0

Entomopathogenic nematodes as an effective and sustainable alternative to control the fall armyworm in Africa

Author(s): Patrick Fallet, Didace Bazagwira, Livio Ruzzante, Geraldine Ingabire, Sacha Levivier, Carlos Bustos-Segura, Joelle Kajuga, Stefan Toepfer, Ted C J Turlings
Published in: PNAS Nexus, Issue 3, 2024, Page(s) pgae122, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae122

Differential Levels of Fatty Acid‐Amino Acid Conjugates in the Oral Secretions of Lepidopteran Larvae Account for the Differed Profiles of Volatiles Produced by Maize

Author(s): Xiaoyu Ling, Shimin Gu, Caihong Tian, Huijuan Guo, Thomas Degen, Ted C.J Turlings, Feng Ge, Yucheng Sun
Published in: Pest Management Science, 2021, ISSN 1526-498X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ps.6417

Comparative Screening of Mexican, Rwandan and Commercial Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Be Used against Invasive Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

Author(s): Patrick Fallet; Lara De Gianni; Ricardo A. R. Machado; Pamela Bruno; Julio S.Bernal; Patrick Karangwa; Joelle Kajuga; Bancy Waweru; Didace Bazagwira; Thomas Degen; Stefan Toepfer; Ted C. J. Turlings
Published in: Insects, Issue 13, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects13020205

Evolutionary changes in an invasive plant support the defensive role of plant volatiles

Author(s): Tiantian Lin, Klaas Vrieling, Diane Laplanche, Peter G.L. Klinkhamer, Yonggen Lou, Leon Bekooy, Thomas Degen, Carlos Bustos-Segura, Ted C.J. Turlings, Gaylord A. Desurmont
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 31/15, 2021, Page(s) 3450-3456.e5, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.055