Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant DefenceDerek J. Chadwick, Jamie A. Goode Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence Chair: John A. Pickett, 1999 This book examines the sophisticated mechanisms that plants use to defend themselves against attack by insects and pathogens, focusing on the networks of plant signalling pathways that underlie these defences. In response to herbivory, plants release a complex blend of as many as 100 volatile chemicals, known as semiochemicals ('sign chemicals'). These act as an airborne SOS signal, revealing the presence of the herbivore to the predators and parasitoids that are its natural enemies. Plants also have endogenous defence mechanisms that can be induced in response to pathogens, and separate chapters deal with systemic acquired resistance, phytoalexins, and the interacting pathways in pathogen and pest resistance. The book discusses underlying biochemical mechanisms by which plant stress leads to the biosynthesis of chemical signals from pools of secondary metabolite precursors, or even from the primary metabolism source. Finally, consideration is given to the possibilities for exploiting these signalling pathways by plant molecular genetics. The use of plant signals and their analogues to switch on defence pathways in crop plants is covered in depth. Bringing together contributions from entomologists, chemical ecologists, molecular biologists and plant physiologists this book is truly interdisciplinary, and will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in agricultural pest control. |
Contents
John A Pickett | 1 |
Participants | 3 |
J Turlings and Maria Elena Fritzsche Attraction of parasitic wasps | 21 |
General discussion I | 39 |
Lester J Wadhams Michael A Birkett Wilf Powell and Christine M Woodcock | 60 |
Ian T Baldwin | 74 |
J H Tumlinson P W Paré and W J Lewis Plant production of volatile | 95 |
Wilhelm Boland Thomas Koch Thomas Krumm Jörn Piel | 110 |
G W Felton J L Bi M C Mathews J B Murphy K Korth S V Wesley | 166 |
R Hammerschmidt and E K Dann The role of phytoalexins in plant | 175 |
Elmar W Weiler Dietmar Laudert Boguslawa A Stelmach Peter Hennig | 191 |
Robert A Dietrich Kay Lawton Leslie Friedrich Rebecca Cade Mike Willits | 205 |
Richard Karban Future use of plant signals in agricultural and industrial | 223 |
Thomas MitchellOlds Genetics and evolution of insect resistance | 239 |
John A Pickett Keith Chamberlain Guy M Poppy and Christine M | 253 |
Final discussion | 266 |
Jörg Bohlmann and Rodney Croteau Diversity and variability of terpenoid | 132 |
Alfons Gierl and Monika Frey The hydroxamic acid pathway | 150 |
General discussion II Volicitin and the induced volatile response | 160 |
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