Table 1.

Summary of literature attending to the role of the cell wall composition on maize resistance to pests and diseases.

Pest or disease	Tissue/organ	Cell wall component	References
Ostrinia nubilalis (ECB)	whorl tissue and leaf sheath, leaf blade and stalk	NDF, ADF and lignin	[11,12]
ECB	stalks and leaf sheaths	crude fiber, cellulose, hemicellulose, NDF, ADF, NDF adjusted by ADL, ADL, lignin and silica	[13–18]
ECB	immature and mature leaf blade and leaf sheath, rind, node, and pith	crude fibre and hydroxycinnamates	[19–21]
Diatraea grandiosella (SWCB) and Spodoptera frugiperda (FAW)	whorl leaves and leaves	hemicellulose, cellulose, lignin	[22–25]
SWCB and Diatraea saccharalis (SCB)	leaves	hydroxycinnamates	[26]
Sesamia nonagrioides (MCB)	stalk, pith, and leaf-sheaths	hydroxycinnamates	[27–31]
MCB and ECB	pith and rind	cell wall polyssacharides, lignin and hydroxycinnamates	[32]
Sithophilus zeamais (MW)	grain and pericarp	protein and hydroxycinnamates	[33–37]
Fusarium graminearum	pith	Hydroxycinnamates lignin	[38,39]
F. graminearum	grain, pericarp and aleurone	hydroxycinnamates	[40,41]
F. graminearum	silks	hemicellulose	[42]
Fusarium verticillioides	pericarp	hydroxycinnamates	[43]
Aspergillus flavus	grain	fiber and carbohydrates	[44]
A. flavus	cob	lignin content and composition	[45]
Puccinia polysora	leaves	NDF and ADF	[46]
Helminthosporium maydis	leaves	hydroxycinnamates	[47]