Chemical Ecology Insect-Plant Interactions

"Chemical Ecology, a textbook by Jamin Ali and Ri Zhao Chen (Jilin Agricultural Univ., China), examines fundamental ideas, concepts, methods, and uses of chemical ecology. The book first introduces the reader to the field's development and ecological significance before going over key ecological ideas like semiochemicals, chemoreception, plant-insect dynamics, plant defenses against herbivores, herbivores' host plant selection, and chemical defense mechanisms. After tracing the field's historical development to the present, this dissertation concludes with a chapter on the applicability of chemical ecology in agriculture, and another that presents and explains several methods of this interdisciplinary field and its success stories. A thorough and current list of references is included with each chapter. This title is structured so that it begins with fundamental concepts and then gradually advances to increasingly difficult ideas. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals working in any area related to chemical ecology will find this well-researched work a very valuable resource. Ecologists, biologists, plant biologists, entomologists, and anyone involved in forestry, agriculture, or pest management should have this volume in their library as a required and useful reference."

-- J. M. Gonzalez, Austin Achieve Public Schools