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.
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 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.
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.
Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores
Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores - 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 Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores write by Anurag A. Agrawal. This book was released on 1999. Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the induced responses of plants to herbivores and to diseases. Plant pathologists and entomologists will find that their disciplines have a lot in common when it comes to the interest in the transduction signals of plants that mediate induced responses. Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores will allow these two disciplines to converse and learn from their similarities and differences.
Early Herbivory-induced Responses in Plants
Early Herbivory-induced Responses in Plants - 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 Early Herbivory-induced Responses in Plants write by Stefan Meldau. This book was released on 2012. Early Herbivory-induced Responses in Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
