Diversity of harmful and beneficial insects on faba bean, Vicia faba L. in Assiut Governorate, Northern Upper Egypt by Hend O. Mohamed, Hassan F. Dahi, Asmaa H. Mahmoud

“…The most common pest species were green leafhopper, Empoasca decipiens (42.28%), followed by bean fly, Ophiomyia phaseoli (17.16%); American serpentine leaf miner, Liriomyza trifolii (16.45%); sugar beet fly, Pegomya mixta (9.20%); campyloma bug, Campylomma sp. (7.61%); and bean seed fly, Delia sp. (3.17%). …”
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Lignin Metabolism Is Crucial in the Plant Responses to <i>Tambocerus elongatus</i> (Shen) in <i>Camellia sinensis</i> L. by Wenli Wang, Xiaogui Zhou, Qiang Hu, Qiuhong Wang, Yanjun Zhou, Jingbo Yu, Shibei Ge, Lan Zhang, Huawei Guo, Meijun Tang, Xin Li

“…Analysis of the expression of related genes indicates that the jasmonate (JA) pathway primarily responds to leafhopper damage. These findings suggest that the lignin pathway and JA play a preferential role in tea plant response to <i>T. elongatus</i>. …”
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