Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Far from being passive elements in the landscape, plants have developed many sophisticated chemical and mechanical means of deterring organisms that seek to prey on them. This volume draws together research from ecology, evolution, agronomy, and plant pathology to produce an ecological genetics perspective on plant resistance in both natural and agricultural systems. By emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary basis of resistance, the book makes an important contribution to the study of how phytophages and plants coevolve.
"Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens" not only reviews the literature pertaining to plant resistance from a number of traditionally separate fields but also examines significant questions that will drive future research. Among the topics explored are selection for resistance in plants and for virulence in phytophages; methods for studying natural variation in plant resistance; the factors that maintain intraspecific variation in resistance; and the ecological consequences of within-population genetic variation for herbivorous insects and fungal pathogens.
"A comprehensive review of the theory and information on a large, rapidly growing, and important subject."--Douglas J. Futuyma, State University of New York, Stony Brook

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1992
First published:	August 1992
Authors:	Robert S. Fritz
Dimensions:	229 x 157 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	600
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-26554-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant pathology & diseases Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Promotions
LSN:	0-226-26554-4
Barcode:	9780226265544

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