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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226265544
ISBN-139780226265544
eBay Product ID (ePID)91207
Product Key Features
Number of Pages600 Pages
Publication NamePlant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens : Ecology, Evolution, and Genetics
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLife Sciences / Botany, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year1992
TypeTextbook
AuthorEllen L. Simms
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight31.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN91-005060
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal581.29
Table Of ContentPart 1. Analysis and Inheritance of Resistance Variation Chapters by George G. Kennedy and James D. Barbour; John A. Barrett; Ellen L. Simms and Mark A. Rausher; and Mary R. Berenbaum and Arthur R. Zangerl Part 2. Evolutionary Responses to Plant Resistance by Herbivores and Pathogens Chapters by Lawrence Wilhoit; Diana Pilson; Arthur E. Weis; and James Groth and Barbara Christ Part 3. Population and Community Responses to Plant Resistance Variation Chapters by Richard Karban; A. Joseph Pollard; Robert S. Fritz; and J. Daniel Hare Part 4. Evolution of Plant Resistance Robert J. Marquis; Helen M. Alexander; Matthew A. Parker; Arthur R. Zangeri and Fahkri A. Bazzaz; Ellen L. Simms; and Janis Antonovics References
SynopsisFar 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
LC Classification NumberSB750.P56 1992
