Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence

by Chadwick, Derek J.; Goode, Jamie A.

• ISBN13: 9780471988151
• ISBN10: 0471988154
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-28
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence Chair: John A. Pickett 1999 This book examines the sophisticated mechanisms that plants use to defend themselves against attack by insects and pathogens, focusing on the networks of plant signalling pathways that underlie these defences. In response to herbivory, plants release a complex blend of as many as 100 volatile chemicals, known as semiochemicals ('sign chemicals'). These act as an airborne SOS signal, revealing the presence of the herbivore to the predators and parasitoids that are its natural enemies. Plants also have endogenous defence mechanisms that can be induced in response to pathogens, and separate chapters deal with systemic acquired resistance, phytoalexins, and the interacting pathways in pathogen and pest resistance. The book discusses underlying biochemical mechanisms by which plant stress leads to the biosynthesis of chemical signals from pools of secondary metabolite precursors, or even from the primary metabolism source. Finally, consideration is given to the possibilities for exploiting these signalling pathways by plant molecular genetics. The use of plant signals and their analogues to switch on defence pathways in crop plants is covered in depth. Bringing together contributions from entomologists, chemical ecologists, molecular biologists and plant physiologists this book is truly interdisciplinary, and will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in agricultural pest control.

Author Biography

Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode are editors for Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence and other scientific titles.

Table of Contents

Symposium on Insect---plant interactions and induced plant defence, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 13--15 October 1998
Editors
Derek J. Chadwick
Jamie A. Goode
This symposium is based on a proposal made
John A. Pickett
Chairman's introduction	1	(2)
John A. Pickett
Evolutionary aspects of plant--carnivore interactions	3	(18)
Louise E. M. Vet
Discussion	13	(8)
Attraction of parasitic wasps by caterpillar-damaged plants	21	(18)
Ted C. J. Turlings
Maria Elena Fritzsche
Discussion	32	(7)
General discussion I	39	(121)
Specificity of herbivore-induced plant defences	43	(17)
Marcel Dicke
Discussion	54	(6)
Aphids, predators and parasitoids	60	(14)
Lester J. Wadhams
Michael A. Birkett
Wilf Powell
Christine M. Woodcock
Discussion	67	(7)
Functional interactions in the use of direct and indirect defences in native Nicotiana plants	74	(21)
Ian T. Baldwin
Discussion	87	(8)
Plant production of volatile semiochemicals in response to insect-derived elicitors	95	(15)
J. H. Tumlinson
P. W. Pare
W. J. Lewis
Discussion	105	(5)
Induced biosynthesis of insect semiochemicals in plants	110	(22)
Wilhelm Boland
Thomas Koch
Thomas Krumm
Jorn Piel
Andreas Jux
Discussion	126	(6)
Diversity and variability of terpenoid defences in conifers: molecular genetics, biochemistry and evolution of the terpene synthase gene family in grand fir (Abies grandis)	132	(18)
Jorg Bohlmann
Rodney Croteau
Discussion	146	(4)
The hydroxamic acid pathway	150	(10)
Alfons Gierl
Monika Frey
Discussion	157	(3)
General discussion II Volicitin and the induced volatile response	160	(106)
Cross-talk between the signal pathways for pathogen-induced systemic acquired resistance and grazing-induced insect resistance	166	(9)
G. W. Felton
J. L. Bi
M. C. Mathews
J. B. Murphy
K. Korth
S. V. Wesley
C. Lamb
R.A. Dixon
Discussion	171	(4)
The role of phytoalexins in plant protection	175	(16)
R. Hammerschmidt
E. K. Dann
Discussion	188	(3)
Octadecanoid and hexadecanoid signalling in plant defence	191	(14)
Elmar W. Weiler
Dietmar Laudert
Boguslawa A. Stelmach
Peter Hennig
Christian Biesgen
Ines Kubigsteltig
Induced plant defence responses: scientific and commercial development possibilities	205	(18)
Robert A. Dietrich
Kay Lawton
Leslie Friedrich
Rebecca Cade
Mike Willits
Klaus Maleck
Discussion	216	(7)
Future use of plant signals in agricultural and industrial crops	223	(16)
Richard Karban
Discussion	233	(6)
Genetics and evolution of insect resistance in Arabidopsis	239	(14)
Thomas Mitchell-Olds
Discussion	248	(5)
Exploiting insect responses in identifying plant signals	253	(13)
John A. Pickett
Keith Chamberlain
Guy M. Poppy
Christine M. Woodcock
Discussion	262	(4)
Final discussion	266	(4)
Index of contributors	270	(2)
Subject index	272