Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schaller, Andreas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Flowering plants dominate much of the Earth's surface and yet, as sessile organisms, they must constantly resist attack by numerous voracious herbivores. Survival in the face of an abundance of insect predators relies on sophisticated resistance systems allowing plants to escape from herbivory...