Herbicides and their potential to disrupt plant–insect chemical communication

Ecological interactions between plants and insects are of paramount importance for the maintenance biodiversity ecosystem functioning. Herbicides have long been considered a threat to plant insect populations, but global increases in intensive agriculture availability herbicide-resistant crops intensified concerns about their full impact on biodiversity. Here, we argue that exposure sublethal herbicide doses has potential alter plant–insect as result disruptions chemical communication. This is because herbicides interfere with biosynthetic pathways phytohormones involved production several classes volatiles mediate Sublethal can modify morphological life-history traits affect insects. However, changes consequences communication not yet received much attention. We discuss how target-site (disruptors primary metabolism) non-target-site (synthetic auxins) could disrupt suggest research avenues fill current gap our knowledge might derive recommendations applied solutions minimize herbicides' impacts