Meanings of herbivorous insects in inglês

Plants produce a broad variety of defensive metabolites to protect themselves against herbivorous insects.

Plant volatiles are signals used by herbivorous insects to locate host plants and select oviposition sites.

For herbivorous insects, the predominant mechanism of diversification is typically assumed to be a shift onto a novel lineage of host plants.

When plants are exposed to ozone they exhibit changes in both primary and secondary metabolism, which may affect their interactions with herbivorous insects.

For herbivorous insects, the expectation has been that trade-offs exist, such that adaptation to one host plant reduces performance on other potential hosts.