Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects

by Elizabeth A. Bernays and Reginald F. Chapman

Book Overview

For more than 20 years insect/plant relations have been a focus for studies in ecology and evolution. The importance of insects as crop pests, and the great potential of insects for the biological control of weeds, have provided further impetus for work in this area. All this attention has resulted in books on various aspects of the topic, and reviews and research papers are abundant. So why write another book? It seems to us that, in the midst of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0412031310
• ISBN13: 9780412031311
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher