Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations

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)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Edition:1st ed. 1986.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant science.
Botany.
Evolutionary biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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