Breeding Insect Resistant Crops for Sustainable Agriculture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arora, Ramesh (Editor), Sandhu, Surinder (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Applied ecology.; Plant breeding.; Transgenic organisms.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Applied Ecology.; Transgenics.

This book reviews and synthesizes the recent advances in exploiting host plant resistance to insects, highlighting the role of molecular techniques in breeding insect resistant crops. It also provides an overview of the fascinating field of insect-plant relationships, which is fundamental to the stu...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Insect-Plant Inter-Relationships
• Chapter 2. Insect Pests and Crop Losses
• Chapter 3. Advances in Breeding for Insect Resistance
• Chapter 4. Advances in Breeding for Resistance to Hoppers in Rice
• Chapter 5.  Identification and Utilization of Resistance to Insect Pests in Grain Legumes: Progress and Limitations
• Chapter 6. Breeding for Aphid Resistance in Rapeseed Mustard
• Chapter 7. Breeding for Resistance to Insect Pests in Maize
• Chapter 8. Breeding for Insect Resistance in Sorghum and Millets
• Chapter 9. Incorporating Resistance to Insect-Pests in Cotton Cultivars-An Arduous Journey
• Chapter 10. Breeding Avenues in Fruit Crops for Imparting Resistance against Insect Pests
• Chapter 11. Breeding for Stem borer and Gall midge Resistance in Rice
• Chapter 12.  Breeding for Insect Resistance in Mung bean and Urd bean
• Chapter 13.  Insect Biotypes and Host Plant Resistance.