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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edward E. Farmer (Professor in Plant Molecular Biology, Professor in Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.404kg ISBN: 9780198777830ISBN 10: 0198777833 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 07 January 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction: The leaf and the pressures it faces 2: Leaf colour patterning and leaf form 3: Structural defences and specialised defence cells 4: Chemical defences 5: Inducible defences and the jasmonate pathway 6: Top-down pressures and indirect defences 7: Release and escape from herbivory 8: Escape in space : The cliff trees of SocotraReviewsAn essential resource for graduate students and faculty and valuable for upper-division undergraduates. Choice Leaf Defence provides an excellent review of the rapidly evolving literature in this field. Ian T. Baldwin, Nature Review In a very succinct yet comprehensive format, Farmer explores the remarkably diverse means by which leaves defend themselves against herbivores ... As a guide, Farmer is engaging, authoritative and didactic ... [His] text is an enjoyable read for anyone interested in plant defences with an evolutionary perspective, accessible to a general audience from students studying ecological courses to interested biologists and biochemists. Maria Jose Endara and Natasha L. Wiggins, Edinburgh Journal of Botany Leaf Defence ... definitively provides the perfect read for beginners in the field to get up to date and, more importantly, sparks interest that will motivate to follow through with some of the questions. However, it also provides a very helpful overall conceptual framework that integrates and balances the very diverse scientific approaches and views in the field, which will make the volume also valuable to experienced researchers as a guideline and reference. The structure of the book is ingenious in its simplicity and logic. Andre Kessler, Quarterly Review of Biology An essential resource for graduate students and faculty and valuable for upper-division undergraduates. Choice Author InformationEdward E. Farmer a is professor in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne where he leads an international research team focussed on understanding leaf defence mechanisms. His work has led to the discovery of mechanisms that allow leaves to respond to attack and also allow damaged tissues communicate their health status to other parts of the plant. Professor Farmer has travelled widely to study the defence features of plants in tropical, desert and mountain habitats and has also focussed attention on the often unique defence features of island floras. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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