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| Type: | Thesis |
| Title: | Oxidation of plant allelochemicals by phytophagous sucking insects / by Debrah F. Lorraine. |
| Author: | Lorraine, Debrah F. |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| School/Discipline: | Dept. of Crop Protection |
| Abstract: | Phytophagous sucking insects, aphids in particular, are common pests of plants. These insects secrete salivary enzymes into their food material. One plant defence mechanism is the induction and/or accumulation of deterrent phytochemicals. In the present study, a model enzyme system was chosen to mimic the oxidative activity of insect saliva. Isolation and sructural identification of the products of plant allelochemicals was achieved for several substrates. Insects were also exposed to individual plant chemicals in feeding "choice" tests. Preliminary examinations suggest that plants containing increased levels of phenolic allelochemicals show correlated increases in resistance to attack by aphids. |
| Dissertation Note: | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Crop Protection, 1996 |
| Subject: | Allelopathic agents. Aphididae Biological control. Phytophagous insects Biological control. Insect-plant relationships. |
| Description: | Addendum in pocket. Biblography: leaves 162-173. v, 177, [5] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
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