University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-565) and indexes.

Ecological genetics of plant-phytophage interactions / Robert S. Fritz, Ellen L. Simms -- Resistance variation in natural and managed systems / George G. Kennedy, James D. Barbour -- Uses of quantitative genetics for studying the evolution of plant resistance / Simms, Mark D. Rausher -- Quantification of chemical coevolution / May R. Berenbaum, Arthur R. Zangerl -- Evolution of herbivore virulence to plant resistance: influence of variety mixtures / Lawrence R. Wilhoit -- Insect distribution patterns and the evolution of host use / Diana Pilson -- Plant variation and the evolution of phenotypic placticity in herbivore performance / Arthur E. Weis -- Diversity in plant pathogenic fungi as influenced by host characteristics / James V. Groth, Barbara J. Christ -- Plant variation: its effects on populations of herbivorous insects / Richard Karban.

The importance of deterrence: responses of grazing animals to plant variation / A. Joseph Pollard -- Community structure and species interactions of phytophagous insects on resistant and susceptible host plants / Fritz -- Effects of plant variation on herbivore-natural enemy interactions / J. Daniel Hare -- The selective impact of herbivores / Robert J. Marquis -- Evolution of disease resistance in natural plant populations / Helen M. Alexander -- Disease and plant population genetic structure / Matthew A. Parker -- Theory and pattern in plant defense allocation / Zangerl, Fahkri A. Bazzaz -- Costs of plant resistance to herbivory / Simms -- Toward community genetics / Janis Antonovics.

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 Annotation: Published: May 2014.

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