Plant Resistance to Arthropods Molecular and Conventional Approaches /

Arthropod resistant crops reduce pesticide pollution, alleviate hunger and improve human nutrition. Plant Resistance to Arthropods - Molecular and Conventional Approaches synthesizes new information about the environmental advantages of plant resistance, transgenic resistance, the molecular bases of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Smith, C. Michael (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Antixenosis - Adverse Effects of Resistance on Arthropod Behavior
  • Antibiosis - Adverse Effects of Resistance on Arthropod Biology
  • Tolerance - The Effect of Plant Growth Characters on Arthropod Resistance
  • Locating Sources of Resistance
  • Techniques to Measure Resistance
  • Factors Affecting the Expression of Plant Resistance to Arthropods
  • Inheritance of Arthropod Resistance
  • Constitutive and Induced Resistance Genes
  • Transgenic Arthropod Resistance
  • Arthropod Biotypes
  • Plant Resistance in Arthropod Pest Management Systems.