Download or read book Host Plant Resistance to Insects written by Niranjan Panda and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical overview of host plant resistance; Crop plant and insect diversity; Secondary plant metabolites for insect resistance; Insect - plant interactions; Host plant selection; Mechanisms of resistance; Factors affecting expression of resistance; Screening for insect resistance; Plant resistance and insect pest management; Genetics of resistance to insects; Breeding for resistance to insects.