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Informationen zum Autor Dale R. Walters is based in the Crop and Soil Systems Research Group at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh, UK, where he is Professor of Plant Pathology. Klappentext Despite the research effort put into controlling pathogens, pests and parasitic plants, crop losses are still a regular feature of agriculture worldwide. This makes it important to manage the crop appropriately in order to maximise yield. Understanding the relationship between the occurrence and severity of attack, and the resulting yield loss is an important step towards improved crop protection. Linked to this is the need to better understand the mechanisms responsible for reductions in growth and yield in affected crops. Physiological Responses of Plants to Attack is unique because it deals with the effects of different attackers - pathogens, herbivores, and parasitic plants, on host processes involved in growth, reproduction, and yield. Coverage includes effects on photosynthesis, partitioning of carbohydrates, water and nutrient relations, and changes in plant growth hormones. Far from being simply a consequence of attack, the alterations in primary metabolism reflect a more dynamic and complex interaction between plant and attacker, sometimes involving re-programming of plant metabolism by the attacker. Physiological Responses of Plants to Attack is written and designed for use by senior undergraduates and postgraduates studying agricultural sciences, applied entomology, crop protection, plant pathology and plant sciences. Biological and agricultural research scientists in the agrochemical and crop protection industries, and in academia, will find much of use in this book. All libraries in universities and research establishments where biological and agricultural sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this exciting book on their shelves. Zusammenfassung Despite the research effort put into controlling pathogens! pests and parasitic plants! crop losses are still a regular feature of agriculture worldwide. This makes it important to manage the crop appropriately in order to maximise yield. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi 1 The Interaction Between a Plant and Its Attacker 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Different types of attacker 1 1.3 Symptoms exhibited by plants following attack 20 1.4 Conclusions 21 Recommended reading 21 References 22 2 Growth, Development and Yield of Infected and Infested Plants and Crops 24 2.1 Introduction 24 2.2 Effects of pathogens on growth, development and yield 24 2.3 Effects of nematodes on growth, development and yield 29 2.4 Effects of herbivores on growth, development and yield 30 2.5 Effects of parasitic plants on growth, development and yield 36 2.6 Conclusions 37 Recommended reading 38 References 38 3 Photosynthesis in Attacked Plants and Crops 41 3.1 Introduction 41 3.2 Photosynthesis in diseased plants 41 3.3 Photosynthesis in plants infected with nematodes 61 3.4 Photosynthesis in plants infested with insects 65 3.5 Photosynthesis in plants infected with parasitic plants 73 3.6 The caring robber? hardly! 80 3.7 Conclusions 81 Recommended reading 81 References 81 4 Respiration in Plants Interacting with Pathogens, Pests and Parasitic Plants 88 4.1 Introduction 88 4.2 Effects of attack on respiration 90 4.3 Photorespiration in attacked plants 105 4.4 Conclusion 108 Recommended reading 109 References 109 5 Effects on Carbohydrate Partitioning and Metabolism 114 5.1 Introduction 114 5.2 Carbohydrate partitioning and metabolism in plants infected by pathogens 114 5.3 Carbohydrate metabolism and partitioning i...
