Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence

Derek J. Chadwick (Edited by), Novartis (Author), Jamie A. Goode (Edited by)

9780471988151, Wiley

Hardback, published 29 July 1999

296 pages
24 x 16.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.567 kg

"...will be of immense value to researchers in the field."
--Biologist, November 2000

"...an extremely stimulating book..."
--Entomologica Fennica, 13th November 2000

Diese Monographie vereinigt Beiträge aus der chemischen, zell- und molekularbiologischen Forschung an Universitäten und in der Industrie zum Thema der Wechselwirkung zwischen Insekten und Pflanzen. Diskutiert werden unter anderem die Aussendung von Pflanzensignalen an räuberische oder parasitoide Spezies, Strategien der Pflanze zur Abwehr von Angriffen und Möglichkeiten zur kommerziellen Verwertung der Erkenntnisse. (06/99)

Partial table of contents:

Evolutionary Aspects of Plant-Carnivore Interactions (L. Vet).

Attraction of Parasitic Wasps by Caterpillar-Damaged Plants (T. Turlings & M. Fritzsche).

Specificity of Herbivore-Induced Plant Defences (M. Dicke).

Aphids, Predators and Parasitoids (L. Wadhams, et al.).

Functional Interactions in the Use of Direct and Indirect Defences in Native Nicotiana Plants (I. Baldwin).

Plant Production of Volatile Semiochemicals in Response to Insect-Derived Elicitors (J. Tumlinson, et al.).

The Hydroxamic Acid Pathway (A. Gierl & M. Frey).

Cross-Talk Between the Signal Pathways for Pathogen-Induced Systemic Acquired Resistance and Grazing-Induced Insect Resistance (G. Felton, et al.).

Genetics and Evolution of Insect Resistance in Arabidopsis (T. Mitchell-Olds).

Exploiting Insect Responses in Identifying Plant Signals (J. Pickett, et al.).

Final Discussion.

Indexes.

Subject Areas: Veterinary medicine [MZ]