Novel Aspects of Insect-Plant Interactions

Novel Aspects of Insect-Plant Interactions

Pedro Barbosa (Editor), Deborah K. Letourneau (Editor)
Hardcover
362 pages
November 1988

Table of Contents

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THREE-TROPHIC-LEVEL INTERACTIONS.

Allelochemical Interactions among Plants, Herbivores, and Their Predators (D. Whitman).

Influences of Plant-Produced Allelochemicals on the Host and Prey Selection Behavior of Entomophagous Insects (D. Nordlund, et al.).

MICROORGANISMS AS MEDIATORS OF INTER-TROPHIC AND INTRA-TROPHIC INTERACTIONS.

Allelochemicals in Insect-microbe-plant Interactions;
Agents Provocateurs in the Coevolutionary Arms Race (M. Berenbaum).

Microbial Allelochemicals Affecting the Behavior of Insects, Mites, Nematodes, and Protozoa in Different Trophic Levels (M. Dicke).

THEORY AND MECHANISMS: PLANT EFFECTS VIA ALLELOCHEMICALS ON THE THIRD TROPHIC LEVEL.

Parasitoid-Host-Plant Interactions, Emphasizing Cotton (Gossypium) (H. Williams, et al.).

Natural Enemies and Herbivore-Plant Interactions: Influence of Plant Allelochemicals and Host Specificity (P. Barbosa).

KEY ROLES OF PLANT ALLELOCHEMICALS IN SURVIVAL STRATEGIES OF HERBIVORES.

Plant-Derived Defense in Chrysomelid Beetles (J. Pasteels, et al.).

Plant Allelochemistry and Mimicry (M. Bowers).

Potential Role of Plant Allelochemicals in the Development of Insecticide Resistance (L. Brattsten).

Index.