BM Fayisa* and T Shibbiru
Although plant insect interactions can be classified into constitutive and inducible defenses, the pesticides or proteins involved are often similar. The induced defense has aspects unique to all plants, whereas constitutive defense deposition is species-specific. Herbivores activate induced defense locally and systemically through signaling pathways involving systemic, jasmonic acid, oligo galacturonic acid, alkaloids, peroxy terpenoids, cyanogenic glycosides, phenols, hydrogen, etc. become Herbivorous insects have adapted to resist plant defenses, and such adaptations can be constitutive or inducible. Insects with a specific plant host range tend to exhibit constitutive adaptations to the pesticide compounds they encounter, whereas insects that feed on a variety of plant host species can overcome induced adaptations to plant defenses. It often happens. Herbivorous insects can overcome the adverse effects of plant secondary defense metabolites by employing different strategies such as detoxification, sequestration, and secretion. The arms race between plants and insects is the driving force behind the coevolution of the two organisms and the complex relationship between them.
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