Agricultural Acarology brings to the notice of agricultural researchers in general, and plant protection specialists and students of entomological sciences in particular, the diversity of the problems created by phytophagous mites, and the ecological perspective needed for their management in tropical and subtropical agriculture, The book brings to the fore an unified view of the dynamics of mite phytophagy on agricultural crops in general, and the specialized ...
Insect-Plant Interface: Ecological Significance and Defence Chemistry of Plants
What attracts an insect to a plant is a fascinating topic but is still mostly unknown. Yet an understanding of the insect-plant relationship is essential to formulate any conceptual approach towards elucidating the subtleties and subterfuges of the functional aspect of this relationship. Do insects, for example, only damage the plants often altruistically or there is also reciprocacity between plants and insects? Given a certain amount of mutualism between ...
