This book investigates the induced responses of plants to herbivores and to diseases. Plant pathologists and entomologists will find that their disciplines have a lot in common when it comes to the interest in the transduction signals of plants that mediate induced responses. Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores will allow these two disciplines to converse and learn from their similarities and differences.

Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores: Biochemistry, Ecology, and Agriculture

Part 1: Biochemistry and Mechanisms

Herbivore Saliva and its Effects on Plant Defense Against Herbivores and Pathogens
The Role of Salicylic Acid in Disease Resistance
A Survey of Plant Defense Responses to Pathogens
Genes Involved in Plant-Pathogen Interactions
The Role of Hydrolytic Enzymes in Multigenic and Microbially-Induced Resistance
     in Plants
Jasmonic Acid-Signaled Responses in Plants
A Survey of Herbivore-Inducible Defensive Proteins and Phytochemicals
Induced Plant Volatiles: Biochemistry and Effects on Parasitoids

Part 2: Ecology and Evolution

Specificity of Induced Responses to Arthropods and Pathogens
The Influence of Induced Plant Resistance on Herbivore Population Dynamics
Locally-Induced Responses in Plants: The Ecology and Evolution of
     Restrained Defense
Induced Plant Defense: Evolution of Induction and Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity
Behavioral Responses of Predatory and Herbivorous Arthropods to Induced Plant
     Volatiles: From Evolutionary Ecology to Agricultural Applications

Part 3: Agriculture and Applications

Implementation of Elicitor Mediated Induced Resistance in Agriculture
Jasmonic Acid Mediated Interactions Between Plants, Herbivores, Parasitoids, and
     Pathogens: A Review of Field Experiments in Tomato
Microbe-Induced Resistance Against Pathogens and Herbivores: Evidence for
     Effectiveness in Agriculture
Commercial Development of Elicitors of Induced Resistance to Pathogens
Implications of Induced Resistance to Pathogens and Herbivores for Biological
     Weed Control
Subject and Taxonomic Index