Plant Galls

Denis Coelho de Oliveira, Professor and Researcher at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) - Institute of Biology. Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) whose thesis was chosen as the best of 2010. He has experience in Botany, with an emphasis on Anatomy and plant development, working mainly on the following topics: plant anatomy, plant morphology, cytology, plant physiology, botany, insect galls, histochemistry, and immunohistochemistry. He is a level 1 productivity fellow from CNPq (the main funding agency in Brazil), indicative of the quality and quantity of publications. He is supervising undergraduate and graduate students in association with researchers from various institutions in Brazil, South America, and other countries around the world. He currently coordinates the Laboratory of Plant Anatomy, Development, and Interactions.Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias, Full professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, and researcher of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) with more than 150 published articles, most of them with focus on the biology of galls, developmental and histochemical aspects. Leader of the research group on Structure, Physiology and Chemistry of Neotropical Galls since 2006, involving undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers of different institutions in Brazil and South America. She has supervised more than 40 Master and Doctorate thesis on the main topic of this book, 5 of them awarded as the best thesis of The Graduate Program on Plant Biology of UFMG.

• Preface.- Chapter 1 Meristematic features influence on gall development.- Chapter 2 What transcriptomics can and cannot tell us about insect gall development.- Chapter 3 Epidermis: the first line of contact between plants and gall-inducing herbivores.- Chapter 4 Patterns of xylem (re)differentiation and distribution in galls.- Chapter 5 The protagonism of phloem in gall development.- Chapter 6 Starch – histolocalization and metabolism in plant galls.- Chapter 7 Histochemical overview of primary metabolites in galls: tissue compartmentalization and taxon-related traits.- Chapter 8 Green galls can photosynthesize: gall metabolism and host organ impact.- Chapter 9 Physiological and biochemical properties of aphid galls.- Chapter 10 Plant galls: implications for the chemical profile and biological activity of their host plants.- Chapter 11 Structural and physiological aspects of Aphid-induced galls.- Chapter 12 Eriophyoid mite galls: from structural complexity to economic impact.- Chapter 13 Structural and functional diversity of neotropical psyllid galls (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) refute the “simplicity” hypothesis.- Chapter 14 A complex but few explored structure and function of Lepidoptera galls.- Chapter 15 Structure and functions of oak gall wasps.- Chapter 16 The structural development and functional traits of Diptera-induced galls.- Chapter 17 Exploring the intriguing characteristics of eriococcid-induced galls.- Chapter 18 Plant volatile organic compounds’ cues in gall induction: In the search for a semiochemical framework considering developmental emergent properties and ecological context dependency.- Chapter 19 The physiological and ecological processes of anthocyanins accumulation and red gall coloration.- Chapter 20 Natural Enemies’ influence on the population, structure, and function of insect-induced galls.