OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Arthropod-Plant Interactions is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Predation of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) by generalist arthropod predators in North America	21
Effects of baculovirus-killed cadavers on plant defenses and insect behavior	18
Variation in weed seed DNA detectability among arable carabids with different trophic specialization	13
Direct defense of Solanum lycopersicum L. to Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) mediated by plant morphological and chemical traits	12
Dynamics of intraguild predation in coccinellids: molecular insights	11
Changes in floral traits and higher reproductive success after management in Cereus jamacaru, a cactus endemic to Brazil and obligatorily cross-pollinated by Sphingids	11
Host plant preference of Trioza erytreae on lemon and bitter orange plants	10
Comparison of floral traits in Calibrachoa cultivars and assessment of their impacts on attractiveness to flower-visiting insects	10
Polyphenol contents in amaranth cultivars and their relationship with insect feeding deterrence	9
An experimental test of ant effects on herbivory and pathogen infection on wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)	9
Disruption of carboxylesterase DaEST3 reduces tolerance to host allelochemicals in Dendroctonus armandi	9
Coffee trees intercropped with common beans: An opportunity to regulate the aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in coffee agroecosystems	9
Petal-shading in Romneya coulteri affects seed set and interactions with floral visitors	8
Tritrophic interactions among onion plant-Thrips tabaci- predators considering intercropping onion and safflower at different patterns	8
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum): its impact on wireworm development and survival	8
Age-dependent efficacy of putative dead-end trap crops Barbarea verna and Lepidium sativum on diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella	7
Hyphantria cunea-mediated inducible defense in low-fitness host plant Tilia amurensis: An arthropod–plant interaction perspective	7
Water stress decreases the demographic performance of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), on tomato	7
Seasonal variation in the ant–plant interaction network mediated by extrafloral nectaries in the southern Sonoran Desert	7
Trophic level interactions of host plant’s biophysical traits with insect pests and natural enemies on three jasmine species: a principal component analysis	7
Tomato plants selected to high levels of zingiberene influence herbivory and fecundity of Diabrotica speciosa	7
Bees: potent pollinators of Leucas nutans (Lamiaceae)	6
Aphid honeydew in intraguild interactions: enhancing predator mobility, foraging, and dynamics between Adalia bipunctata and Episyrphus balteatus	6
Wireworm feeding behaviours: the capacity of Hypnoidus bicolor to damage soybean under different environmental conditions	6
Nectar tyramine decreases the duration of bumblebee visits on flowers	6

Ladybird predators in natural and agricultural landscapes in Mexico: diversity and parasitism	6
Application of ethylene synthesis inhibitor in arabica coffee on field infestation, preference, and performance of Hypothenemus hampei	6
Spatial and temporal variability in the structure of the multiple-herbivore community of horsenettle, and evidence for evolutionary responses in host-plant resistance	6
Temporal co-occurrence of leaf herbivory by chewers, leaf miners and gall-formers on a tropical tree: Do leaf traits matter?	6
RuBisCO activase alleviates adverse effects of Nilaparvata lugens feeding on photosynthesis in Oryza sativa	5
Sweet corn genotypes and ear insect infestations cultivated under different weed management regimes	5
Effect of semiochemical exposure on flight propensity and flight capacity of Dendroctonus ponderosae in laboratory bioassays	5
Effects of plant essential oils on the changes of digestive enzymes in the ectoparasitoid, Habrobracon hebetor Say, with description of its digestive tube	5
Who are the superhosts? The chemical and structural profiles of superhosts of galling arthropods and the gaps in gall studies	5
Modeling honeybee flower visitation rates in the fragmented agricultural landscapes based on Lévy-flight behavior	5
Environmentally acquired chemical camouflage affects Pieris brassicae L. host plant selection and orientation behaviour of a larval parasitoid	5
Ficus trees with upregulated or downregulated defence did not impact predation on their neighbours in a tropical rainforest	5
Impact of early insect herbivory on the invasive oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata Say, 1832) in different oak species	5
Adaptation to new resources: interaction between introduced psyllids and native and exotic ants in Eucalyptus plantations in NW Spain	5
Oviposition preferences of the oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to pear HIPVs	5
Impact of maize hormonal interactions on the performance of Spodoptera frugiperda in plants infected with Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis	5
Insect pest management by intercropping with leafy daikon (Raphanus sativus) in cabbage fields	4
Feeding and oviposition by the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) induce direct and systemic changes in volatile compound emissions from potted peach and tree of heaven	4
Comparative Pistacia vera leaf proteomics in response to herbivory of the common pistachio psylla (Agonoscena pistaciae)	4
Juice chemical properties of 24 sorghum cultivars under varying levels of sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) infestation	4
Intercropping with aromatic plants enhances natural enemy communities facilitating pest suppression in tea plantations	4
Pest thrips do not set field margins aside: preferred wildflowers sustain pest Frankliniella spp. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and their migration in commercial strawberry	4
Gamma irradiation as a tool to produce cowpea (Vigna unguiculate (L.) Walp.) genotypes resistant to aphid pests	4
Challenges for integrated pest management of Dasineura brassicae in oilseed rape	4
Diversification in both the floral morphology and chemistry in two daciniphilous orchid ecotypes in Borneo	4
Using Cucumis sativus, Acalymma vittatum, Celatoria setosa, and generalist pollinators as a case study for plant–insect interactions	4
Indirect plant defenses: volatile organic compounds and extrafloral nectar	4
This flower is our bed: long-term citizen science reveals that hummingbird flies use flowers with certain shapes as sleeping places	4
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence whitefly abundance by modifying habanero pepper tolerance to herbivory	4
Host plant identity and condition shape phytophagous insect communities on urban maple (Acer spp.) trees	4
The introgression of resistance to Tuta absoluta in tomato based on glandular trichomes	4
The responses of detoxification enzyme and gene expression in western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, to new challenging hosts	4
Pollen composition and physicochemical properties of honey produced by three stingless bees species from a mesotropical subhumid region in Bolivia	4
Pollen and leaf plant-hosts of Megachile (Austromegachile) susurrans (Megachilidae) in a temperate city: a leafcutter bee linked to papilionoid legumes?	4
Network of interactions between bees and vegetable crops in Northeastern Brazil	4
Study of pesticidal activity of bioactive compounds of Desmonostoc alborizicum in improving the antioxidative activity of Glycine max to cowpea aphid	3
Difference in pollen specialisation in spring bees Andrena vaga (Andrenidae) and Colletes cunicularius (Colletidae) during their nesting season	3
Amino and fatty acids contributing to antibiosis against Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in maize	3
Long-distance plant-color cues are more quickly exploited by flying natural enemies in the early exploration of aphid-infested brassicas	3
Chemical mediators of pollinator specificity breakdown in dioecious Ficus deltoidea complex	3
Tephritid fruit flies and parasitoids associated with plants in the diverse Solanaceae family in northwestern Argentina	3
On how nitrogen fertilization affects the host election and oviposition behavior of the corn stunt spiroplasma vector, Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)	3
Role of relatedness, food quality and hunger on the avoidance of kin-cannibalism in higher instar of coccinellids	3
Cotton topping reduces the performance of aphids on topped and neighbor plants under greenhouse conditions	3
Ant’s choice: The effect of nutrients on a key ant–hemipteran mutualism	3
Ultrastructural and morpho-anatomical features of rice plants confer first-level of defense against yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas Walker) infestation	3
The role of natural enemies in regulating the population of the outbreak species Orgyia trigotephras (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in North Africa	3
Effects of silicon application on the biochemistry of passion fruit and performance of Dione juno juno (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)	3
Heat-stress induced sesquiterpenes of Chrysanthemum nankingense attract herbivores but repel herbivore feeding	3
Ant mounds extend the duration of plant phenology events and enhance flowering success	3

Implications for management of wireworms: insect pest suppressiveness of soils with plant functional diversity	3
Impact of the gall-inducing fly Polymorphomyia basilica Snow (Diptera: Tephritidae) on the growth and reproduction of Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob (Asteraceae) in the laboratory	3
Phytophagy and predatory behavior of Caliothrips phaseoli (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on bean foliage discs with Tetranychus merganser (Acari: Tetranychidae) eggs	3
Initiation of compatible wheat-Hessian fly interactions triggers the expression of a novel UDP-glycosyltransferase, MdesUGT1, in virulent Hessian fly larvae	3
Bees on the flowers of Solanum mauritianum Scop. (Solanaceae) in Southern Brazil: visitation frequency and topological networks from body and leg pollen analysis	3
Seasonal population dynamics and flight activity of sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci on potato in the sub-tropical plains of India	3
Pollinator efficiency in openly grown eggplants: can non-vibrating bees produce high-quality fruits?	3
Better to risk limb than life: some insects use autotomy to escape passive predation by carnivorous plants	3
Wireworm management in conservation agriculture	3
Bee diversity and flower visitation to the genus Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) in North America	3
Olfaction in phytophagous ladybird beetles: antennal sensilla and sensitivity to volatiles from host plants in Chnootriba elaterii	3