Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory write by Andreas Schaller. This book was released on 2008-03-27. Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This timely book provides an overview of the anatomical, chemical, and developmental features contributing to plant defense, with an emphasis on plant responses that are induced by wounding or herbivore attack. The book first introduces general concepts of direct and indirect defenses, followed by a focused review of the different resistance traits. Finally, signal perception and transduction mechanism for the activation of plant defense responses are discussed.
Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory
Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory write by Andreas Schaller. This book was released on 2010-10-19. Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This timely book provides an overview of the anatomical, chemical, and developmental features contributing to plant defense, with an emphasis on plant responses that are induced by wounding or herbivore attack. The book first introduces general concepts of direct and indirect defenses, followed by a focused review of the different resistance traits. Finally, signal perception and transduction mechanism for the activation of plant defense responses are discussed.
Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens
Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens write by Robert S. Fritz. This book was released on 2012-07-15. Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Far from being passive elements in the landscape, plants have developed many sophisticated chemical and mechanical means of deterring organisms that seek to prey on them. This volume draws together research from ecology, evolution, agronomy, and plant pathology to produce an ecological genetics perspective on plant resistance in both natural and agricultural systems. By emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary basis of resistance, the book makes an important contribution to the study of how phytophages and plants coevolve. Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens not only reviews the literature pertaining to plant resistance from a number of traditionally separate fields but also examines significant questions that will drive future research. Among the topics explored are selection for resistance in plants and for virulence in phytophages; methods for studying natural variation in plant resistance; the factors that maintain intraspecific variation in resistance; and the ecological consequences of within-population genetic variation for herbivorous insects and fungal pathogens. "A comprehensive review of the theory and information on a large, rapidly growing, and important subject."—Douglas J. Futuyma, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Induced Responses to Herbivory
Induced Responses to Herbivory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Induced Responses to Herbivory write by Richard Karban. This book was released on 2007-12-01. Induced Responses to Herbivory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced responses to herbivory has flourished, and here Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin present the first comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of this rapidly developing field. They provide state-of-the-discipline reviews and highlight areas where new research will be most productive. Their comprehensive overview will be welcomed by a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology, and agriculture.
Insects and Ecosystem Function
Insects and Ecosystem Function - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Insects and Ecosystem Function write by W.W. Weisser. This book was released on 2013-06-05. Insects and Ecosystem Function available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Insects are a dominant component of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and play a key role in mediating the relationship between plants and ecosystem processes. This volume examines their effects on ecosystem functioning, focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on herbivorous insects. Renowned authors with extensive experience in the field of plant-insect interactions, contribute to the volume using examples from their own work.
