Heat stress exerts a profound impact on the resistance of plants to parasites. In this research, we investigated the impact of an acute transient heat stress on the resistance of the wheat line ÔMolly,Õ which contains the R gene H13, to an avirulent Hessian ßy (Mayetiola destructor (Say)) population. We found that a signiÞcant portion of Molly seedlings stressed at 40ЊC for 6 h during or after the initial Hessian ßy larval attack became susceptible to otherwise avirulent insects, whereas unstressed control plants remained 100% resistant. SpeciÞcally, 77.8, 73.3, 83.3, and 46.7% of plants heat stressed at 0, 6, 12, and 24 h, respectively, after the initial larval attack became susceptible. Biochemical analysis revealed that heat stress caused a transient decrease in 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, but an increase in salicylic acid accumulation in Molly plants. The change in phytohormones after heat stress and Hessian ßy infestation was not observed in ÔNewton,Õ a near-isogenic but Hessian ßy susceptible wheat line. Instead, heat stress caused a relatively prolonged reduction in palmitoleic acid. The role of phytohormones in heat-induced loss of wheat resistance was discussed.