Suppression of Belowground Volatiles in Maize Depends on Cover Crop Legacy and Genotype.

ABSTRACT: Volatile organic compounds are important chemical signals involved in plant-insect interactions. In recent decades, volatiles have been used in many agricultural applications to help control crop pests, but fewer applications have been developed for belowground pests despite volatile signaling and olfactory cues being crucial for orientation and communication of belowground organisms. Volatile signals also depend heavily on soil characteristics which influence both production and diffusion of these volatile compounds. Cover cropping is one agricultural practice that significantly alters soil properties and has been shown to help control certain insect pests, but there is insufficient data on how cover cropping can affect belowground volatile production and recognition. In this study we exp

SUBMITTER: Trase OW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12391165 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature