Juan M. Alba

Spider mites suppress tomato defenses downstream of jasmonate and salicylate independently of hormonal crosstalk

Juan M. Alba, Bernardus C. J. Schimmel, Joris J. Glas et al. · New Phytologist · 2014 · 179 citations · Full text

Salivary proteins of spider mites suppress defenses in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> and promote mite reproduction

Carlos A. Villarroel, Wim Jonckheere, Juan M. Alba et al. · The Plant Journal · 2016 · 141 citations · Full text

Salivary Proteins, Engineering, Genetics +16

Resistance to the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) by acylsucroses of wild tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) trichomes studied in a recombinant inbred line population

Juan M. Alba, Marta Montserrat, R. Fernández-Muñoz · Experimental and Applied Acarology · 2008 · 140 citations

Biology, Engineering, Botany +11

Defense suppression benefits herbivores that have a monopoly on their feeding site but can backfire within natural communities

Joris J. Glas, Juan M. Alba, Sauro Simoni et al. · BMC Biology · 2014 · 87 citations · Full text

Herbivory-associated degradation of tomato trichomes and its impact on biological control of Aculops lycopersici

Yvonne M. van Houten, Joris J. Glas, H. Hoogerbrugge et al. · Experimental and Applied Acarology · 2012 · 78 citations · Full text

Engineering, Botany, Entomology +18