Caroline Müller, Georg Petschenka, Erik H. Poelman, Rabea Schweiger
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Abstract
The 18th Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships (SIP-18) took place in Bielefeld, Germany, in August 2024. Since the previous meeting (SIP-17) could be executed only online because of the pandemic, we enjoyed meeting in person even more. The conference has resulted in five exciting contributions to the journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Two of these are reviews, one presenting an overview of the arthropod fauna associated with the plant genus Annona and the other providing an ecological and evolutionary perspective on pharmacophagy—that is, the attraction of insects to plant specialized metabolites and their use for purposes other than nutrition in insects. Three research articles show original work on differential gene expression in larvae sequestering plant metabolites, resistance to thrips in several Chrysanthemum accessions, and the role of light intensity in physical defense against native and invasive caterpillar species in trees, respectively. These articles are presented in this themed issue as the proceedings of SIP-18, in addition to nine other articles relevant to the research field of insect–plant relationships.
期刊介绍:
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata publishes top quality original research papers in the fields of experimental biology and ecology of insects and other terrestrial arthropods, with both pure and applied scopes. Mini-reviews, technical notes and media reviews are also published. Although the scope of the journal covers the entire scientific field of entomology, it has established itself as the preferred medium for the communication of results in the areas of the physiological, ecological, and morphological inter-relations between phytophagous arthropods and their food plants, their parasitoids, predators, and pathogens. Examples of specific areas that are covered frequently are:
host-plant selection mechanisms
chemical and sensory ecology and infochemicals
parasitoid-host interactions
behavioural ecology
biosystematics
(co-)evolution
migration and dispersal
population modelling
sampling strategies
developmental and behavioural responses to photoperiod and temperature
nutrition
natural and transgenic plant resistance.