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Induced responses to herbivory [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin



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Autore: Karban Richard Visualizza persona
Titolo: Induced responses to herbivory [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
Disciplina: 571.96
Soggetto topico: Animal-plant relationships
Herbivores - Ecology
Plant defenses
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: WI 3100
Altri autori: BaldwinIan T  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-300) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 An Introduction to the Phenomena and Phenomenology of Induction -- 2 How a Plant Perceives Damage and Signals Other Ramets, and the Specificity of These Processes -- 3 Mechanisms of Induced Responses -- 4 Induced Resistance against Herbivores -- 5 Induced Defense and the Evolution of Induced Resistance -- 6 Using Induced Resistance in Agriculture -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced responses to herbivory has flourished, and here Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin present the first comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of this rapidly developing field. They provide state-of-the-discipline reviews and highlight areas where new research will be most productive. Their comprehensive overview will be welcomed by a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology, and agriculture.
Titolo autorizzato: Induced responses to herbivory  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-226-42497-9
1-281-22371-9
9786611223717
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451279303321
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Serie: Interspecific interactions.