The diversification of flowering plants angiosperms during the cretaceous period is associated with speciation in insects. The threat posed by soybean aphid and stink bugs has the potential to rapidly increase. The overuse and misuse of insecticides some four decades ago created major environmental problems and was followed by the development of an integrated pest management approach to crop pests. Status of host plant resistance to insect pests in the. Insect plant interactions and host plant resistance ram singh and g. Plant breeding for pest and disease resistance sciencedirect. In addition, handling artificial infection and scoring germplasmbreeding lines for diseases resistance is much easier than dealing with insects. Ishs ishs brassica symposium ix crucifer genetics workshop host plant resistance to insect pests of cruciferous crops with special. Molecular host plant resistance to pests books in soils. Michael smith, who has been active in plant resistance research and has taught.
Host plant resistance to insects in searchworks catalog. The overuse and misuse of insecticides some four decades. The most attractive feature of hpr is that farmers virtually do not need any. This text presents a broad overview of host plant resistance to insect pests. Insect control by host plant resistance unl entomology. Insectresistant crop varieties suppress insect pest abundance or elevate the damage tolerance level of the plants. Developing hostplant resistance for hemipteran soybean pests. The economics of integrated pest management of insects. Unl library provides a good sources also for books and.
Biophysical bases of resistance in plants to insects pala ram ram singh and g. Concepts and applications book online at best prices in india on. Host plant resistance for insect control in some important crop plants. The effects of plant biochemicals on insect growth and nutritional physiology john c. Feeding and nutrition of the pea aphid, acyrthosiphon pisum harris, with special reference to amino acids. Painter published his book insect resistance in crop plants in 1951. Experimental techniques in hostplant resistance akshay kumar. Biochemical bases of resistance in plants to insects ramesh arora and g. It shows how plants can defend themselves naturally and how insects have adapted to overcome these mechanisms through coevolution. To minimize the damage by hemipteran pests, hostplant resistance in. This approach utilizes a combination of host plant resistance and cultural, biological and chemical control methods. Show less studies in the agricultural and food sciences.
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