Rice defense responses are induced upon leaf rolling by an insect herbivore.
Jin-Hua ShiZe SunXin-Jun HuHuanan JinCaroline Ngichop FobaHao LiuChao WangLe LiuFeng-Feng LiMan-Qun WangPublished in: BMC plant biology (2019)
Our findings suggest that natural leaf rolling by C. medinalis can be perceived by rice plant. The detection of this behavior may serve as an early warning signal in favor of the rice plant defenses against C. medinalis.