Chewing insects, such as caterpillars, grasshoppers, and beetles, cause the most significant damage to plants. 

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Plant species produce lectins, defensive proteins that bind to carbohydrates or carbohydrate-containing proteins.

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Plant species produce cysteine protease, which disrupt the

peritrophic membrane that protects the gut epithelium of many insects.

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Antidigestive proteins in plants are the proteinase inhibitors. Found in legumes, tomato, and other plants, these substances block the action of herbivore proteolytic enzymes

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Many plants release a specific bouquet of volatile organic compounds when attacked by insect herbivores. These volatiles can consist of compounds from all major pathways for secondary metabolites including terpenoids (mono- and sesquiterpenes), alkaloids (indole), and phenylpropanes (methyl salicylate), as well as green-leaf volatiles. 

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These VOCs are herbivore– induced plant volatiles (HIPV) HIPV and act as cues for natural enemies of the insect herbivore, for example parasitic wasps.

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When maize plants were exposed to green-leaf volatiles (VOCs), JA and JA-related gene expression were rapidly induced.