The phrase "insect attack" refers to when insects, like ants or mosquitoes, harm or bother people, plants, animals, or objects by biting, stinging, or damaging them. Full definition
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, previously discovered that these shrubs send out airborne chemical cues from their foliage and branches that play a vital role in protecting the plants against insect attack. (discovermagazine.com)
By sending out chemical compounds via the mycorrhizal network, the broadcasters warned the second group of plants of impending insect attack. (discovermagazine.com)
«Plants have many ways to detect insect attack, but feeding vibrations are likely the fastest way for distant parts of the plant to perceive the attack and begin to increase their defenses,» Cocroft said. (sciencedaily.com)