Mechanisms and deployment of resistance in trees to insects /
Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects is a worldwide synthesis of tree resistance to insects. The contributions are by senior scientists and represent all the major forested regions of the world. The book constitutes a comprehensive treatment of the state of our knowledge on pa...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
[2002]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- 1. Resistance in trees to insects
- An overview of mechanisms and interactions
- 2. Mechanisms of resistance in conifers and bark beetle attack strategies
- 3. Mechanisms of resistance in trees to defoliators
- 4. Mechanisms of Resistance in Conifers against shoot infesting insects. The case of the white pine weevil Pissodes strobi (Peck): (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
- 5. Host tree resistance to wood-boring insects
- 6. Plant resistance against gall-forming insects: the role of hypersensititiy
- 7. The resistance of hybrid willows to specialist and generalist herbivores and pathogens: the potential role of secondary chemistry and parent host plant status
- 8. Deploying pest resistance in genetically-limited forest plantations: developing ecologically-based strategies for managing risk
- 9. Deployment of tree resistance to insects in short-rotation
- 10. Strategies for Deployment of Insect Resistant Ornamental Plants
- 11. Possibilities to utilize tree resistance to insects in forest pest management in central and western Europe
- 12. Deployment of tree resistance to pests in Asia
- 13. Using Resistance in Tropical Forest Plantations
- Index.