Historical overview of host plant resistance; Crop plant and insect diversity; Secondary plant metabolites for insect resistance; Insect - plant interactions; H

What is plant resistance to insects? How is plant resistance to insects obtained? How can plant resistance to insects be utilized?

Introduction; Insect-plant interaction; Host-plant selection in Phytophagous insects; Mechanisms of resistance; Biochemistry of resistance; Factors affecting ex

The earliest land-plants evolved around 450 million years ago from aquatic plants devoid of vascular systems. The diversification of flowering plants (angiosper

This book reviews and synthesizes the recent advances in exploiting host plant resistance to insects, highlighting the role of molecular techniques in breeding