Plant resistance to insects : a fundamental approach
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Plant resistance to insects : a fundamental approach
Wiley, c1989
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Okayama University Institute of Plant Science and Resources Branch Library
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
The text discusses how to identify and develop plant materials with resistance to insect pests, covering terminology and categories of resistance and presenting techniques for studying plant resistance. Consideration is also given to potentially resistant material, with examination of the molecular biology and genetics of insect resistance in crop plants and insect genes capable of overcoming resistance to form insect biophytes. The closing chapter presents hitherto unpublished information on the use of transgenic plants with insect resistance and assesses the ways that insect resistant cultivars work with other management techniques to suppress insect populations. The text will be of interest to plant breeders, pest managers, agriculture and horticulture scientists.
Table of Contents
- What is plant resistance to insects? antixenosis - the effect of plant resistance on insect behavior
- antibiosis - the effect of plant resistance on insect biology
- tolerance - the effect of plant growth characteristics on resistance to insects
- how is plant resistance to insects obtained? - location of sources of plant resistance to insects
- techniques to measure plant resistance to insects
- factors affecting the expression of plant resistance to insects
- genetics and inheritance of plant resistance to insects
- insect biotypes that overcome plant resistance
- how can plant resistance to insects be utilized? Use of plant resistance in insect pest management systems.
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