عنوان

Phytochemical Diversity and Redundancy in Ecological Interactions

1489917543

148991756X

9781489917546

9781489917560

b546647

Phytochemical Diversity and Redundancy in Ecological Interactions

[Book]

edited by John T. Romeo, James A. Saunders, Pedro Barbosa.

Boston, MA

Springer US : Imprint : Springer

1996

Recent advances in phytochemistry, 30.

Phytochemistry and Diversity: Adaptation or Random Variation? M.R. Berenbaum, A.R. Zanger. Diversity, Redundancy and Multiplicity in Chemical Defense Systems of Aspen; R.L. Lindroth, S.Y. Hwang. Diversity and Dynamics of Crucifer Defenses against Adults and Larvae of Cabbage Butterflies; J.A.A. Renwick. Defensive Chemicals in Grass-Fungal Endophyte Associations; M.R. Siegel, L.P. Bush. Multiple Defenses and Signals in Plant Defense against Pathogens and Herbivores; R. Hammerschmidt, J.C. Schultz. Phytochemistry of the Meliceae: So Many Terpenoids, So Few Insecticides; M.B. Isman, et al. The Role of Mixtures and Variation in the Production of Terpenoids in Conifer-Insect-Pathogen Interactions; R.G. Cates. Relationships between the Defense Systems of Plants and Insects: The Cyanogenic System of the Moth Zygaena trifolii; A. Nahrstedt. Polyphenol Oxidase as a Component of the Inducible Defense Response in Tomato against Herbivores; C.P. Constabel, et al. The Role of Benzoic Acid Derivatives in Systemic Acquired Resistance; S. Uknes, et al. Natural Products, Complexity, and Evolution; B.B. Jarvis, J.D. Miller. An Explanation of Secondary Product Redundancy; R.D. Firn, C.G. Jones. Index.

Diversity within and among living organisms is both a biological impera- tive and a biological conundrum. However, among the most compelling questions which arise among those interested in ecological phytochemistry is the extent, nature, and reasons for the diversity of chemieals in plants.

Biochemistry.

Life sciences.

Pharmacy.

edited by John T. Romeo, James A. Saunders, Pedro Barbosa.

James A Saunders

John T Romeo

Pedro Barbosa

[Book]

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