BookIndrakant K. Singh, Archana Singh, editors.
Summary: As food producers, plants are constantly under attack by insects. Over the course of evolution, plants have not only developed a sophisticated defense apparatus but have also refined biochemical defense mechanisms to protect themselves, thereby maintaining the ecological balance. Plant-pest interactions induce an elaborate array of reactions involving the release of volatile compounds, effector and signaling molecules, trans-membrane proteins, and a variety of enzymes and hormones. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the strategies that plants employ against insects and other pests to ensure their continued survival. Addressing an important gap in the literature, it shares the latest findings in the field of plant-pest interactions for a broad audience. Providing an overview of the current state of knowledge on plant-pest interactions and their role in the genetic improvement of crops, it offers an essential guide for researchers and professionals in the fields of agriculture, plant pathology, entomology, cell biology, molecular biology and genetics.
Contents:
1. Role of Herbivore-Associated Modulator Patterns (HAMPs) in Modulating Plant Defences
2. Transcriptomics studies revealing enigma of Insect-Plant interaction
3. Plant-Insect Interaction: A Proteomic approach in Defense Mechanism
4. Role of miRNA in plant defense against insects
5. Role of MAPKs during plant insect interaction
6. Thioredoxins as molecular players in plants, pests and pathogens
7. Plant volatiles and their role in insect olfaction
8. Direct and indirect defense against Insects
9. Signalling during Insect-Plant interaction
10. Role of Phytohormones in Plant defense against Insects: signalling and crosstalk
11. Plant proteinase inhibitor and protease Interactionduring Insect-Plant communication
12. Natural insecticidal proteins and their potential in future IPM
13. Deciphering the role of phytoanticipins, phytoalexins, and polyphenols in plant-insect defense
14. Microbial influence on plant-insect interaction
15. Microbe-plant insect Interactions: A Comparative dissection of Interactome
16. Simplified perspective of complex Insect-plant interactions
17. Molecular, biochemical aspect of Insect-Plant Interaction: A perspective for pest management
18. Molecular, biochemical aspect of Insect-Plant Interaction: A perspective for pest management.