Techniques for Evaluating Insect Resistance in Crop Plants

By Charles M. Smith

This comprehensive book is the first illustrated volume to provide detailed discussions of all plant genera regarding techniques developed to evaluate plant resistance to insects. Many of the book's references have never before appeared in a volume on this subject. The authors systematically discuss techniques used to evaluate different types of insect behavior and plant morphological and phytochemical factors responsible for plant resistance and susceptibility to insects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873718569
• ISBN13: 9780873718561
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.7"