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Predators and Parasitoids
Author: Opender Koul
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2003-03-13
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0203302567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Their natural enemies largely determine the population size and dynamic behavior of many plant-eating insects. Any reduction in enemy number can result in an insect outbreak. Applied biological control is thus one strategy for restoring functional biodiversity in many agroecosystems. Predators and Parasitoids addresses the role of natural enemies i
Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence
Author: Derek J. Chadwick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-05-23
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0470515686
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence Chair: John A. Pickett, 1999 This book examines the sophisticated mechanisms that plants use to defend themselves against attack by insects and pathogens, focusing on the networks of plant signalling pathways that underlie these defences. In response to herbivory, plants release a complex blend of as many as 100 volatile chemicals, known as semiochemicals ('sign chemicals'). These act as an airborne SOS signal, revealing the presence of the herbivore to the predators and parasitoids that are its natural enemies. Plants also have endogenous defence mechanisms that can be induced in response to pathogens, and separate chapters deal with systemic acquired resistance, phytoalexins, and the interacting pathways in pathogen and pest resistance. The book discusses underlying biochemical mechanisms by which plant stress leads to the biosynthesis of chemical signals from pools of secondary metabolite precursors, or even from the primary metabolism source. Finally, consideration is given to the possibilities for exploiting these signalling pathways by plant molecular genetics. The use of plant signals and their analogues to switch on defence pathways in crop plants is covered in depth. Bringing together contributions from entomologists, chemical ecologists, molecular biologists and plant physiologists this book is truly interdisciplinary, and will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in agricultural pest control.
Plant Resistance to Insects
Author: C. Michael Smith
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: 1989-10-02
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is plant resistance to insects? How is plant resistance to insects obtained? How can plant resistance to insects be utilized?
Novel Aspects of Insect-Plant Interactions
Author: Pedro Barbosa
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1988-10-07
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780471832768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents the first efforts to explore ecological interactions between insects and plants across several trophic levels, with special focus on mediation of complex interactions by plant allelochemicals. First section looks at effects of plant allelochemicals on predator-prey and host-parasitoid interactions. Second section reveals the role of microorganisms as mediators of interactions between insects and plants. Third section unifies and extends current theory to examine the effects of allelochemicals on the second and third trophic levels. Final section traces the physiological effects of plant allelochemicals in animal behavior, population regulation, maintenance of mimicry systems, and evolution of host range.
Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Rajeev K. Upadhyay
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 146154209X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Plant based biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty-first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer plants. One of the most successful , non-chemical approaches to pest management and disease control is biological control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to regulate the incidence of pests and pathogens, providing a natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with the ecosystem. This volume, (the first of two), addresses the different types of biocontrol for different pests, namely, crop diseases, weeds and nematodes, and details the biology of both the pest and its enemies, which is vital for efficient use of biological control. The book has numerous contributors who are authorities in their fields, and would be an asset to those who have interest in sustainable agriculture and crop productivity.
Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects
Author: F. L. Wäckers
Publisher:
Published: 2005-09
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0511123760
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, first published in 2005, addresses food-mediated interactions, focusing on how plants employ foods to recruit arthropod 'bodyguards' as a protection against herbivores.
Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Author: Guy Smagghe
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-04-02
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9400738730
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book consists of multiple chapters by leading experts on the different aspects in the unique relationship between arthropods and plants, the underlying mechanisms, realized successes and failures of interactions and application for IPM, and future lines of research and perspectives. Interesting is the availability of the current genomes of different insects, mites and nematodes and different important plants and agricultural crops to bring better insights in the cross talk mechanisms and interacting players. This book will be the first one that integrates all this fascinating and newest (from the last 5 years) information from different leading research laboratories in the world and with perspectives from academia, government and industry.
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