Insects on Plants

Insects on Plants
Author: Donald R. Strong
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 313
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Insect populations
ISBN: 9780632009091

The evolution of phytophagous insects; The major determinants of diversity; Community patterns through time: the dynamics of colonization and speciation; Species interactions in communities: the animals; Interactions involving the plants; Coevolution.

Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants

Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants
Author: Pierre Jolivet
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1998-05-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781574440522

One of the world's most insightful writers on the subject brings together an array of important and readable information on the ways in which insects and plants coexist in nature. Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants is a rare and expansive look at the intertwining of these two vastly different species. Its aim is to summarize in a simple and understandable way the basis of food selection among insects, and to review the various sides of their relationships with plants.

Biochemical Interaction Between Plants and Insects

Biochemical Interaction Between Plants and Insects
Author: James Wallace
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 146842646X

Botanists and zoologists have recognized for centuries the specificity of various insects for plants, and entomolo gists have long been aware that insects defend themselves from predators by emitting repulsive odors. Only recently have chemists and biologists established a joint endeavor for studying the chemical relationships between plants and insects. The present symposium volume of the Phytochemical Society of North America's RECENT ADVANCES IN PHYTOCHEMISTRY consists of eight papers dealing with phytochemical relation ships between plants and their insect herbivores. The fifteenth P.S.N.A. annual symposium and meeting was held in August, 1975, on the campus of The University of South Florida, Tampa. The chemical defenses of apparent and unapparent plants were contrasted by Feeny. Rodreguiz and Levin illustrated parallel defense mechanisms of plants and insects and then Hendry, Kostelc, Hindenlang, Wichmann, Fix and Koreniowski discussed chemical messengers for both plants and insects. Subsequently Beck and Reese reviewed plant contributions to insect nutrition and metabolism. Indepth studies for the monarch butterfly-milkweed interaction were presented by Roeske, Seiber, Brower, and Moffitt and for the cotton boll weevil-cotton plant relationship by Hedin, Thompson, and Gueldner. In the latter portion of the symposium Rhoades and Cates presented a general theory concerning the coevolu tion of insects and plant antiherbivore chemistry.

Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects

Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects
Author: F. L. Wäckers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2005-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0511123760

This book, first published in 2005, addresses food-mediated interactions, focusing on how plants employ foods to recruit arthropod 'bodyguards' as a protection against herbivores.

Chemical Ecology of Insects

Chemical Ecology of Insects
Author: Jun Tabata
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2018-01-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351230867

Insects have evolved very unique and interesting tactics using chemical signals to survive. Chemical ecology illustrates the working of the biological network by means of chemical analyses. Recent advances in analytical technology have opened the way to a better understanding of the more complicated and abyssal interactions of insects with other organisms including plants and microbes. This book covers recent research on insects and chemical communications and presents the current status about challenges faced by chemical ecologists for the management of pests in agriculture and human health.

Pollinators of Native Plants

Pollinators of Native Plants
Author: Heather Holm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780991356300

"This comprehensive, essential book profiles over 65 perennial native plant species of the Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeast and southern Canada plus the pollinators, beneficial insects and flower visitors the plants attract ... Readers learn to attract and identify pollinators and beneficial insects as well as customize their landscape planting for a particular type of pollinator with native plants. The book includes information on pollination, types of pollinators, pollinator conservation as well as pollinator landscape plans."--

Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects

Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects
Author: Elizabeth A. Bernays
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2007-08-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0585304556

For more than 20 years insect/plant relations have been a focus for studies in ecology and evolution. The importance of insects as crop pests, and the great potential of insects for the biological control of weeds, have provided further impetus for work in this area. All this attention has resulted in books on various aspects of the topic, and reviews and research papers are abundant. So why write another book? It seems to us that, in the midst of all this activity, behavior has been neglected. We do not mean to suggest that there have not been admirable papers on behavior. The fact that we can write this book attests to that. But we feel that, too often, behavior is relegated to a back seat. In comparison to the major ecological and evolutionary questions, it may seem trivial. Yet the whole process of host-plant selection and host-plant specificity amongst insects depends on behavior, and selection for behavioral differences must be a prime factor in the evolution of host-plant specificity. In writing this book, we hope to draw attention to this central role of behavior and, hopefully, encourage a few students to attack some of the very difficult questions that remain unanswered.

The Chemistry of Plants and Insects

The Chemistry of Plants and Insects
Author: Margareta Séquin
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1782624481

This book explains the natural chemical compounds that determine the fascinating interactions between plants and insects providing a gentle and absorbing introduction to organic chemistry.

Pollinators, Predators & Parasites

Pollinators, Predators & Parasites
Author: Clarke Scholtz
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 1271
Release: 2021-03-10
Genre:
ISBN: 1775846326

Pollinators, parasites, purifiers, predators, decomposers – insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative book is structured around southern Africa’s 13 distinct biomes; it reflects the essential role insects play in most ecological processes such as pollination, predation, parasitism, soil modification and nutrient recycling; details how they serve as food for multitudes of other organisms, including bacteria and fungi, as well as specially adapted plants, insect-feeding arthropods, reptiles, birds and mammals; depicts the insects and phenomena described in some 2,000 photographs that accompany the accessible text; highlights the crucial role insects play as ecosystem service providers, giving intimate insight into the beauty and importance of insects in the natural world. Includes a guide to each of the 25 insect orders found in southern Africa, with images showing their diagnostic characters. This key publication detailing the latest research in the field of entomology will appeal to academics and nature enthusiasts alike.

Garden Insects of North America

Garden Insects of North America
Author: Whitney Cranshaw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2017-12-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0691167443

This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass—from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps—and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden. Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen—on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants. An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists. Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other “bugs” one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada—all in one handy volume Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause