As global food demand continues to increase, effective pest control remains one of agriculture's most pressing challenges.

Researchers from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, identified two proteins in spider mites, called Tet3 and Tet4, that elicit defense responses in plants. Notably, they found that the expression ...

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...