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Insect-Plant Biology (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Insect-Plant Biology (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues,
consuming about 10 per cent of plant annual production in natural
habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural systems,
despite sophisticated control measures. Plants possess defences
that are effective against almost all herbivorous insect species.
Host-plant specialization, observed in over 80 percent of these
animals, appears to be an effective adaptation to breach these
defence systems. The mechanisms underlying plant defence to
invading herbivores on the one side, and insect adaptations to
utilize plants for nutrition, defence and shelter on the other, are
the main subjects of this book. For plants exposed to insect
herbivores, these mechanisms include the activation of defence
systems and the emission of chemical signals which may attract
natural enemies of the invading herbivores and may even be
exploited by neighbouring plants to induce an early defence.
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