Insect-Plant Interactions

✍ Scribed by Susan B. Opp, Ronald J. Prokopy (auth.), James R. Miller, Thomas A. Miller (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 348
• Series: Springer Series in Experimental Entomology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The authoritative overviews in this volume provide a wealth of practical information on current approaches to the study of insect-plant interactions. Methods described include direct behavioral observation; assays of host finding, oviposition, and feeding behavior of insect herbivores; post-ingestion physiological effects; measurement of food quality and sensory responses of insects to plant stimuli; chemical isolation and identification of active phytochemicals; evaluation of plant resistance to insects; and the biochemistry of allelochemic interactions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Approaches and Methods for Direct Behavioral Observation and Analysis of Plant-Insect Interactions....Pages 1-22
Assessing Host-Plant Finding by Insects....Pages 23-63
The Definition and Measurement of Oviposition Preference in Plant-Feeding Insects....Pages 65-94
Assays for Insect Feeding....Pages 95-119
Postingestive Effects of Phytochemicals On Insects: On Paracelsus and Plant Products....Pages 121-153
Bioassays for Measuring Quality of Insect Food....Pages 155-189
Nutritional and Allelochemic Insect-Plant Interactions Relating to Digestion and Food Intake: Some Examples....Pages 191-223
Chemical Methods for Isolating and Identifying Phytochemicals Biologically Active in Insects....Pages 225-249
Techniques for Evaluating Plant Resistance to Insects....Pages 251-284
Electrophysiological Recording and Analysis of Insect Chemosensory Responses....Pages 285-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-342

✦ Subjects

Zoology; Ecology; Agriculture; Forestry