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Chemically Mediated Interactions between Plants and Other Organisms
. Ed(S): Cooper-Driver, Gillian A.; Swain, Tony; Conn, Eric E.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Cooper-Driver, Gillian A.; Swain, Tony; Conn, Eric E. Series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Chemical warfare between plants and their herbivores and pathogens was first brought to our attention by the publication 25 years ago of the paper by Fraenkel in Science. There, he pointed out that most plants have similar nutritional characteristics so that the selection of plants by insect herbivores must depend on the relative toxicity of secondary compounds. This led, rather gradually, to a host of papers on plant-herbivore interactions. More or less at the same time, insect physiologists and ecologists were starting to realise the importance of chemical communi cation systems in determining sexual and other characteristics of insect behaviour. ... Read more
Chemical warfare between plants and their herbivores and pathogens was first brought to our attention by the publication 25 years ago of the paper by Fraenkel in Science. There, he pointed out that most plants have similar nutritional characteristics so that the selection of plants by insect herbivores must depend on the relative toxicity of secondary compounds. This led, rather gradually, to a host of papers on plant-herbivore interactions. More or less at the same time, insect physiologists and ecologists were starting to realise the importance of chemical communi cation systems in determining sexual and other characteristics of insect behaviour. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Recent Advances in Phytochemistry
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781475796605
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V9781475796605
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