Induced Responses to Herbivory (Interspecific Interactions)

Karban, Richard/ Baldwin, Ian T.

University of Chicago Press（1997/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 330 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780226424958
• DDC分類 591.54

Full Description

Plants face a daunting array of creatures which eat them, bore into them and use virtually every plant part for food or shelter. However, plants are far from defenceless under attack. Although they cannot flee their attackers, they can produce defences, such as thorns, and can actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals which inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Research on these induced responses to herbivory has proceeded since the 1980s, and this comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of a rapidly-developing field provides state-of-the-discipline reviews, and highlights areas of research which might be productive. This overview should appeal to a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology and agriculture.

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