
Biochemical Interaction Between Plants and Insects
James Wallace(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 25. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 425 pages
978-1-4684-2648-9 (ISBN)
Description
Botanists and zoologists have recognized for centuries the specificity of various insects for plants, and entomolo- gists have long been aware that insects defend themselves from predators by emitting repulsive odors. Only recently have chemists and biologists established a joint endeavor for studying the chemical relationships between plants and insects. The present symposium volume of the Phytochemical Society of North America's RECENT ADVANCES IN PHYTOCHEMISTRY consists of eight papers dealing with phytochemical relation- ships between plants and their insect herbivores. The fifteenth P.S.N.A. annual symposium and meeting was held in August, 1975, on the campus of The University of South Florida, Tampa. The chemical defenses of apparent and unapparent plants were contrasted by Feeny. Rodreguiz and Levin illustrated parallel defense mechanisms of plants and insects and then Hendry, Kostelc, Hindenlang, Wichmann, Fix and Koreniowski discussed chemical messengers for both plants and insects. Subsequently Beck and Reese reviewed plant contributions to insect nutrition and metabolism.
Indepth studies for the monarch butterfly-milkweed interaction were presented by Roeske, Seiber, Brower, and Moffitt and for the cotton boll weevil-cotton plant relationship by Hedin, Thompson, and Gueldner. In the latter portion of the symposium Rhoades and Cates presented a general theory concerning the coevolu- tion of insects and plant antiherbivore chemistry.
Indepth studies for the monarch butterfly-milkweed interaction were presented by Roeske, Seiber, Brower, and Moffitt and for the cotton boll weevil-cotton plant relationship by Hedin, Thompson, and Gueldner. In the latter portion of the symposium Rhoades and Cates presented a general theory concerning the coevolu- tion of insects and plant antiherbivore chemistry.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
21 s/w Abbildungen
XII, 425 p. 21 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-2648-9 (9781468426489)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-2646-5
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James W. Wallace
Biochemical Interaction Between Plants and Insects
Book
06/1976
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
€109.13
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Content
1. Plant Apparency and Chemical Defense.- 2. Insect - Plant Interactions: Nutrition and Metabolism.- 3. Milkweed Cardenolides and Their Comparative Processing by Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.).- 4. A General Theory of Plant Antiherbivore Chemistry.- 5. Biochemical Parallelisms of Repellants and Attractants in Higher Plants and Arthropods.- 6. Cotton Plant and Insect Constituents that Control Boll Weevil Behavior and Development.- 7. Chemical Messengers in Insects and Plants.- 8. Secondary Plant Substances as Materials for Chemical High Quality Breeding in Higher Plants.