Walters, Dale.
Plant Defense - 1st ed. - Singapore : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - 248 p. ;
Plant Defense provides an overview of all major aspects of plant defence, including defence against pathogens, parasites, and invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores. The book looks at defense mechanisms including structural and chemical defences, and constitutive and inducible defences. Including details of how plants 'sense' attack and how this is communicated within the plant and also to neighbouring plants, how plants coordinate defence responses to simultaneous multiple attacks, and the energy and resources expended by a plant in maintaining and implementing its defence systems.
1405175893 (paperback) 9781405175890 (paperback)
Agriculture
Plant
632 Walters 24555 1st 2011 Agriculture
Plant Defense - 1st ed. - Singapore : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - 248 p. ;
Plant Defense provides an overview of all major aspects of plant defence, including defence against pathogens, parasites, and invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores. The book looks at defense mechanisms including structural and chemical defences, and constitutive and inducible defences. Including details of how plants 'sense' attack and how this is communicated within the plant and also to neighbouring plants, how plants coordinate defence responses to simultaneous multiple attacks, and the energy and resources expended by a plant in maintaining and implementing its defence systems.
1405175893 (paperback) 9781405175890 (paperback)
Agriculture
Plant
632 Walters 24555 1st 2011 Agriculture