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Table of contents (128 papers)
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Host-Plant Selection
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Genetics and Evolution
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Host-Plant Resistance and Application of Transgenic Plants
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About this book
The field of insect-plant interactions nowadays includes almost all of biology, as well as parts of chemistry and physics. It takes a central position in biology because insects are the most abundant animal group, half of them are herbivores and they dominate all terrestrial ecosystems. Knowledge of insect-plant interactions is thus fundamental to an understanding of the evolution of life on Earth.
Two major topics of worldwide concern give this field an extra dimension. First, large amounts of food crops are still lost due to insect pests. With the increasing concern for environmental pollution and the subsequent plans to drastically reduce pesticides, integrated pest management and development of resistant crops become a major focus in agriculture. The importance of the study of insect-plant relationships is thus continuously augmented. Clearly, successful pest control demands sufficient fundamental knowledge of pest-host interactions. Second, such work can contribute towards stopping or even counterbalancing the threatening biodiversity crisis thanks to an understanding of how the interaction of insects and plants has influenced and still influences the diversification and speciation (evolution) of both groups. These problems should, of course, be approached at a multitrophic level.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships
Editors: S. B. J. Menken, J. H. Visser, P. Harrewijn
Series Title: Series Entomologica
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2099-9Published: 31 December 1992
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4723-4Published: 29 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1654-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 424
Topics: Animal Ecology, Life Sciences, general