Modern agricultural policies across the globe are committed to a significant reduction in chemical pesticide dependency; however, pest management strategies still based on use of synthetic pesticides. There is an urgent need find new, sustainable and biorational tools for programs. Plants communicate with each other activate defense mechanisms against pests using herbivore-induced plant volatil...

The nature of the soil is shaped by presence roots and microbiota. Bacteria, archaea fungi profoundly alter plant growth and, in turn, depend on root exudation carbon-rich energy-yielding compounds. microbial communities act as facilitators processes secreting regulators, solubilizing minerals, providing N for growth, altering immune responses competing with pathogens. Characterizing engineerin...