Unl library provides a good sources also for books and. This book presents a broad overview of host plant resistance to insect pests. Feeding and nutrition of the pea aphid, acyrthosiphon pisum harris, with special reference to amino acids. This approach utilizes a combination of host plant resistance and cultural, biological and chemical control methods. The most attractive feature of hpr is that farmers virtually do not need any. Molecular host plant resistance to pests books in soils. It also describes screening and breeding for insect resistance. Concepts and applications book online at best prices in india on. Ishs ishs brassica symposium ix crucifer genetics workshop host plant resistance to insect pests of cruciferous crops with special. Experimental techniques in hostplant resistance akshay kumar. Insectresistant crop varieties suppress insect pest abundance or elevate the damage tolerance level of the plants.
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Painter published his book insect resistance in crop plants in 1951. Insect pests of cereal crop plants are among the most destructive and devastating factors limiting world food production. To minimize the damage by hemipteran pests, hostplant resistance in. The overuse and misuse of insecticides some four decades. In addition, handling artificial infection and scoring germplasmbreeding lines for diseases resistance is much easier than dealing with insects. The overuse and misuse of insecticides some four decades ago created major environmental problems and was followed by the development of an integrated pest management approach to crop pests. Host plant resistance to insects in searchworks catalog. The threat posed by soybean aphid and stink bugs has the potential to rapidly increase. Status of host plant resistance to insect pests in the. Host plant resistance for insect control in some important crop plants. This text presents a broad overview of host plant resistance to insect pests. The diversification of flowering plants angiosperms during the cretaceous period is associated with speciation in insects.
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