| diversity and abundance of phyllosphere bacteria are linked to insect herbivory. | simultaneous or sequential attack by herbivores and microbes is common in plants. many seed plants exhibit a defence trade-off against chewing herbivorous insects and leaf-colonizing ('phyllosphere') bacteria, which arises from cross-talk between the phytohormones jasmonic acid (ja, induced by many herbivores) and salicylic acid (sa, induced by many bacteria). this cross-talk may promote reciprocal susceptibility in plants between phyllosphere bacteria and insect herbivores. in a population of n ... | 2014 | 24383417 |