Biochemical Interaction Between Plants and Insects

✍ Scribed by Paul Feeny (auth.), James W. Wallace, Richard L. Mansell (eds.)

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Leaves: 436
Series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 10
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Plant Apparency and Chemical Defense....Pages 1-40
Insect-Plant Interactions: Nutrition and Metabolism....Pages 41-92
Milkweed Cardenolides and Their Comparative Processing by Monarch Butterflies ( Danaus plexippus L.)....Pages 93-167
Toward a General Theory of Plant Antiherbivore Chemistry....Pages 168-213
Biochemical Parallelisms of Repellents and Attractants in Higher Plants and Arthropods....Pages 214-270
Cotton Plant and Insect Constituents That Control Boll Weevil Behavior and Development....Pages 271-350
Chemical Messengers in Insects and Plants....Pages 351-384
Secondary Plant Substances as Materials for Chemical High Quality Breeding in Higher Plants....Pages 385-405
Back Matter....Pages 406-425

✦ Subjects

Plant Sciences

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