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Insects as Biotic Stress in Agriculture

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Plant-Microbe Interaction and Stress Management

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Plants are surrounded by the biotic factors around their ecosystem. Their interaction with insects is one such important factor that shapes the habitat around them. Insects may be beneficial or pests depending on their activity in the microclimate they live with the flora around them. The plants are provided with physical strength, chemical responses, and physiological changes with time to adapt to the herbivory nature of insects. Some insects live in mutual and take food and shelter for survival, providing plants with defense and predatory response to pest populations. Others cause tissue damage, triggering responses like chemical secretion that either attract pests for toxic feeders or repel them. The physical architecture of tissue structures also provides the advantage to plants to cope with damage and regeneration. Some defense mechanism varies with species of plants and are specific based on their interaction with insects.

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  1. Department of Basic Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, India

    Vinay Kumar Dhiman

  2. Faculty of Biotechnology, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Devendra Singh & Sunil Kumar Verma

  3. Department of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, India

    Vivek Kumar Dhiman

  4. Faculty of Biosciences, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Minakshi Pandey

  5. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Arunachal University of Studies, Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, India

    Avinash Sharma

  6. PG Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab, India

    Himanshu Pandey

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Dhiman, V.K. et al. (2024). Insects as Biotic Stress in Agriculture. In: Singh Chauhan, P., Tewari, S.K., Misra, S. (eds) Plant-Microbe Interaction and Stress Management. Rhizosphere Biology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4239-4_10

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