Shruti Sunil Nagpure

1 INTRODUCTION Plants emit specific blends of volatile organic compounds in response to herbivory, collectively termed as herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) that play a central role in plant-insect interactions as well as intra- and inter-plant communication.1, 2 These blends typically consist of low molecular weight compounds, including terpenoids, fatty acid derivatives and phenylpropanoids/benzenoids, produced through multiple metabolic pathways.3 A primary ecological function of...