Plant defense against herbivory or host-plant resistance (HPR) describes a range of adaptations evolved by plants which improve their survival and reproduction by reducing the impact of herbivores.

Thus, plants are not the helpless victims of herbivory but defend themselves against the loss of resources and energy, allowing for greater investment in reproduction and survival.

Morning glory plants that can resist the effects of glyphosate also resist damage from herbivorous insects, according to a ...

Plants often use organic compounds to defend themselves from herbivory ... Elemental Defense and Joint Effects of Chemical Defenses Plants often possess multiple defenses against herbivores ...

while herbivory seems to be affected by plant defence, low nutritional quality, or herbivore tolerance. To estimate the water content of the leaves (g g−1), we calculated the difference between fresh ...

"Ecological theory tells us that there might be more likely a tradeoff between these two traits: A plant is more likely to put more energy into protecting itself against one of these versus the other.