Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations by S. Ahmed, L.B. Brattsten.

Thanks to the meticulous and enthusiastic work of insect collectors and taxonomists over the past hundred years and more, we have today a large amount of information on the feeding habits and life styles of sev­ eral hundred thousands of insect species. Insects that feed on plants during at least on...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, S. (Author), Brattsten, L.B (Author)
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Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
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505 0 |a The Perception of Plant Allelochemicals that Inhibit Feeding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Insect Feeding Behavior -- 3. The Contact Chemoreceptive System -- 4. Inhibitory Plant Allelochemicals -- 5. Summary -- 6. Acknowledgement -- 7. References -- Allelochemicals and Alimentary Ecology: Heterosis in a Hybrid Zone? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hybridization Studies and Experimental Approach -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Summary -- 6. Acknowledgement -- 7. References -- Enzymes Involved in the Metabolism of Plant Allelochemicals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cytochrome P-450 -- 3. Other Biological Oxidations -- 4. Biological Reductions -- 5. Hydrolases -- 6. Group Transfer Enzymes -- 7. Summary -- 8. Acknowledegment -- 9. References -- Consequences of Induction of Foreign Compound-Metabolizing Enzymes in Insects -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Induction of Cytochrome P-450-Dependent Monooxygenases -- 3. Induction of Glutathione Transferases -- 4. Induction of Esterases -- 5. Induction of Epoxide Hydrolases -- 6. Consequences of Enzyme Induction -- 7. Summary -- 8. Acknowledgement -- 9. References -- Adaptive Divergence of Chewing and Sucking Arthropods to Plant Allelochemicals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Plant Resistance to Chewing and Sucking Insects -- 3. Susceptibility Differences to Toxicants -- 4. The Aphid as a Model Phytophage of Phloem Chemicals -- 5. Adaptive Detoxification -- 6. Target Site Selectivities -- 7. Summary -- 8. Acknowledgement -- 9. References -- Fate of Ingested Plant Allelochemicals in Herbivorous Insects -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Terpenes -- 3. Steroids -- 4. Phenylpropanoids -- 5. Flavonoids -- 6. Amino acids -- 7. Cyanogenic Glycosides -- 8. Glucosinolates -- 9. Alkaloids -- 10. Summary -- 11. Acknowledgement -- 12. References -- Target Site Insensitivity in Insect-Plant Interactions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. TSI and Synthetic Insecticides -- 3. TSI in Natural Systems -- 4. Examples of TSI in Insect-Plant Interactions -- 5. Coevolutionary Consequences of TSI -- 6. Summary -- 7. Acknowledgement -- 8. References -- Behavioral Adaptations in Insects to Plant Allelochemicals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Avoiding Defenses in Time -- 3. Avoiding Defenses in Space -- 4. Mechanisms to Avoid Triggering Defenses -- 5. Overwhelming Plant Defenses -- 6. Blocking Plant Defenses -- 7. The Cost of Avoiding Plant Defenses -- 8. Summary -- 9. Acknowledgement -- 10. References -- Devising Pest Management Tactics Based on Plant Defense Mechanisms, Theoretical and Practical Considerations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Strategies to Devising Pest Management Schemes -- 3. Key Processes in Plant-Insect Encounters -- 4. Manipulating Plant-Insect Interactions -- 5. Can Pest Management Tactics Bases on Plant Defenses Favor Stability? -- 6. Summary -- 7. Acknowledgement -- 8. References. 
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