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Volume 30

Phytochemical Diversity and Redundancy in Ecological Interactions

Edited by


John T. Romeo
University of South Florida 
Tampa, Florida
James A. Saunders
USDA 
Beltsville, Maryland
Pedro Barbosa
University of Maryland 
College Park, Maryland

PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON



CONTENTS

Phytochemical Diversity: Adaptation or Random Variation?
May R. Berenbaum and Arthur R. Zangerl

Diversity, Redundancy, and Multiplicity in Chemical Defense Systems of Aspen
Richard L. Lindroth and Shaw-Yhi Hwang

Diversity and Dynamics of Crucifer Defenses against Adults and Larvae of Cabbage Butterflies
J.A.A. Renwick

Defensive Chemicals in Grass-Fungal Endophyte Associations
Malcolm R. Siegel and Lowell P. Bush

Multiple Defenses and Signals in Plant Defense against Pathogens and Herbivores
Ray Hammerschmidt and Jack C. Schultz

Phytochemistry of the Meliaceae: So Many Terpenoids, So Few Insecticides
Murray B. Isman, Hideyuki Matsuura, Shawna MacKinnon, Tony Durst, G. H. Neil Towers, and John T. Arnason

The Role of Mixtures and Variation in the Production of Terpenoids in Conifer-Insect-Pathogen Interactions
Rex G. Cates

Relationships between the Defense Systems of Plants and Insects: The Cyanogenic System of the Moth Zygaena trifolii
Adolf Nahrstedt

Polyphenol Oxidase as a Component of the Inducible Defense Response in Tomato against Herbivores
C. Peter Constabel, Daniel R. Bergey, and Clarence A. Ryan

The Role of Benzoic Acid Derivatives in Systemic Acquired Resistance
Scott Uknes, Shericca Morris, Bernard Vernooij, and John Ryals

Natural Products, Complexity, and Evolution
Bruce B. Jarvis and J. David Miller

An Explanation of Secondary Product "Redundancy"
Richard D. Fim and Clive G. Jones
 



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