Understanding the Plant Aphid Interaction: A Review

Abstract

The interaction between plant-aphid is phenomenal and complex. Aphids possess efficient mouthparts which feed on plant sap intensively. Adaptation to host plants and successful feeding is achieved through the strategic ability of aphids to reproduce sexually and asexually (parthenogenesis). Aphid infestation damages the plant in diverse ways and induces plant defense. Though plant elicit direct and indirect defense to resist aphid feeding, the effectiveness of plant resistance depends largely on the aphid infestation rate and quality of the host plant. To control aphid infestation and plant damage, dependency on insecticides is undesirable due to insecticidal resistance of aphids and environmental pollution. The approach towards the development of the genetically engineered crops which are aphid resistant can be the considerable potential to aphid control..

Phytohormone Profile of Medicago in Response to Mycorrhizal Fungi, Aphids, and Gibberellic Acid

“…Most aphids feed on the phloem and are considered to be agriculturally important pests because they serve as vectors of approximately 275 plant viruses, leading to significant crop losses, especially in temperate regions [ 22 , 23 ]. Aphids use specialized mouthparts, stylets, to promote plant susceptibility by injecting saliva containing proteins and other compounds [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Aphid feeding on mycorrhizal plants results in above-ground changes in volatile compounds and foliar chemistry as well as below-ground changes in AM fungal root colonization and composition, plant carbon allocation to the AM fungus, and plant–plant communication via mycorrhizal networks [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ].…”