Plant defense : warding off attack by pathogens, herbivores and parasitic plants

Plant Defense provides comprehensive coverage of the range of different organisms that plants need to fend off, describes how plants coordinate their ddefenses against multiple attacks, explains the evolution of defense in plants, and how plant defences are exploited in crop protection strategies

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walters, Dale R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U. K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell , c2011
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why do plants need defenses?
  • 2. What defences do plants use?
  • 3. Sounding the alarm: signaling and communication in plant defense
  • 4. Plant defense in the real world: multiple attackers and beneficial interactions
  • 5. The evolution of plant defense
  • 6. Exploiting plant defense