Valerio Saitta

Aug 31, 2023 | resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Silvana Piersanti |Dipartimento di Chimica |Biologia e Biotecnologie |Valerio Saitta

INTRODUCTION In herbivorous insects, the main behaviours affecting fitness, such as feeding, mating, and oviposition, are influenced by plant-related cues (Awmack & Leather, 2002; Carrasco et al., 2015; Städler et al., 2002; Wang et al., 2022). The success of an oligophagous herbivorous insect, in particular, depends on its ability to locate the best host plant, use its nutrients and cope with its defence (Bernays & Chapman, 1994; Fernandez & Hilker, 2007).