▪ Abstract Tremendous strides have been made regarding our understanding of how host
plant chemistry influences the interactions between herbivores and their natural enemies …

▪ Abstract The host plants of arthropod pests may affect parasitoids and predators directly or
indirectly, through multitrophic interactions. Direct plant effects may involve simple …

Plants may also be resistant to arthropods via the tolerance category of resistance, as
defined in Chapter 1, by possessing the ability to withstand or recover from damage caused …

The current concepts of host plant resistance to insects are reviewed in this book. The broad
coverage includes crop plant and insect diversity, mechanisms of insect-plant interactions …

This book is divided into 3 sections as follows: what is plant resistance to insects?; how is
plant resistance to insects obtained?; and how can plant resistance to insects be utilized …

We examined the indirect effects of insectivorous birds on plant growth through consumption
of leaf—chewing insects in a Missouri Ozark deciduous forest. Over a period of 2 yr, we …

This paper demonstrates the necessity to consider plants as an essential and interactive
component of biological control practices. Plants not only possess direct chemical and …

Plants may defend themselves by promoting the effectiveness of enemies of herbivores,
which is termed. In the past 10 years it has become known that plants may respond to being …

Transgenic cotton that produced one or more insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt) was planted on over 15 million hectares in 11 countries in 2009 and has contributed to a …

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostellaLinnaeus (Yponomeutidae), remains one of the
most serious pests of crucifers in many parts of the world, particularly in South East Asia …