Insect-Plant Interactions (Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)

The authoritative overviews in this volume provide a wealth of practical information on current approaches to the study of insect-plant interactions.

Methods described include direct behavioral observation; assays of host finding, oviposition, and feeding behavior of insect herbivores; post-ingestion physiological effects; measurement of food quality and sensory responses of insects to plant stimuli; chemical isolation and identification of active phytochemicals; evaluation of plant resistance to insects; and the biochemistry of allelochemic interactions.