Note: Front Cover -- Advances in Botanical Research -- ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH -- Advances in Botanical ResearchInsect-Plant: Interactions in a Crop Protection PerspectiveVolume EditorNicolas SauvionINRA,UM ... -- Contents -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- One - Plant-Insect Interactions: A Palaeontological and an Evolutionary Perspective -- 1. PALAEO-ENTOMOLOGY OR HOW WE CAN RECONSTRUCT THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS -- 2. THE FIRST STEPS IN THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS -- 3. THE APPEARANCE OF ENTOMOPHILOUS POLLINATION -- 4. FUNCTIONAL GROUPS OF INSECT POLLINATORS AND POLLINATION SYNDROMES -- 5. THE MUTUALISM BETWEEN PLANTS AND POLLINATING INSECTS AND THE RADIATION OF ANGIOSPERMS -- 6. THE ENTOMOPHILOUS POLLINATION: A NEVER-ENDING SOURCE OF PROBLEMS FOR PLANTS -- 7. THE ROLE OF FLOWER MORPHOLOGY IN ENTOMOPHILOUS POLLINATION -- 8. CONSTANTLY EVOLVING INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Two - Evolution of Plant-Insect Interactions: Insights From Macroevolutionary Approaches in Plants and Herbivorous ... -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RECONSTRUCTING THE HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATIONS WITH PLANTS -- 2.1 Phylogenetic History of Plant-Insect Interactions and Evolution of Host Range -- 2.2 Diversification Dynamics of Herbivorous Insects -- 2.3 Historical Biogeography of Herbivorous Insects -- 3. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES -- 3.1 General Trends -- 3.2 Word of Caution -- 3.3 Perspective - Integrating Fossil and Phylogenetic Evidence Into Macroevolutionary Studies on Insect-Plant Evolution -- 3.4 Other Perspectives -- REFERENCES -- Three - From Plant Exploitation to Mutualism -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DEFENCE AGAINST PREDATORS -- 2.1 Sequestration or Metabolism? -- 2.1.1 Example of Metabolism Excretion -- 2.1.2 Example of Toxic Compounds Sequestration. , 2.1.3 Example of Precursor Sequestration and De Novo Biosynthesis -- 2.2 Energy Cost of Chemical Defence -- 2.3 Modes of Action of Secondary Metabolites on Predators -- 2.3.1 Toxicity -- 2.3.2 Antiappetence -- 2.3.3 Adherent Products -- 2.4 Diversity of Chemical Defence Types -- 2.4.1 Defence Against Insect Predators -- 2.4.2 Defence Against Noninsect Predators -- 3. HOST PLANT MANIPULATION -- 3.1 Insect-Induced Effects on Plants -- 3.1.1 Remodelling From Ultrastructure to Anatomy -- 3.1.2 Interaction With Primary Metabolism -- 3.1.3 Interaction With Secondary Metabolites -- 3.2 Mechanisms Involved in Plant Manipulation -- 3.2.1 Effectors -- 3.2.2 Plant Growth Regulators -- 3.2.3 Behaviour and Cooperation With Conspecifics -- 3.2.4 Cooperation With Other Organisms -- 3.2.4.1 Fungal Contribution to Manipulating Tree Defences -- 3.2.4.2 Modulation of the Fungal Contribution to Manipulating Tree Defences -- 3.3 Outcomes of the Interaction -- 3.3.1 Consequences for Plant Vigour and Survival -- 3.3.2 Costs and Benefits for the Insects -- 3.3.3 Modulation of Plant Manipulation -- 3.3.3.1 Host-Related Factors Including Host Resistance -- 3.3.3.2 Site-Related Factors -- 4. MUTUALISM: A RESULT OF COEVOLUTION? GENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS -- 4.1 Pollination Mutualisms -- 4.1.1 From Generalists to Specialists -- 4.1.2 Overview of Obligate Pollination Mutualisms -- 4.2 The Fig/Pollinator Mutualism -- 4.2.1 Origin, Diversity, Biogeography -- 4.2.2 Monoecy, Dioecy and How to Protect Seeds -- 4.2.3 Coadaptation and Cospeciation -- 4.3 Obligate Pollination Mutualisms Interacting With Other Trophic Levels -- 4.3.1 A Community of Parasites on the Fig-Fig Wasp Mutualism -- 4.3.2 A Community of Predators on the Fig-Fig Wasp Mutualism -- 4.3.3 Towards a Network of Interactions -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. , Four - Food Webs and Multiple Biotic Interactions in Plant-Herbivore Models -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FOOD WEBS -- 3. FUNCTIONAL TYPES OF ORGANISMS/CLASSIFICATION OF SPECIES WITHIN FOOD WEBS -- 3.1 Trophic Levels -- 3.2 Functional Groups -- 3.3 Herbivorous or Phytophagous Guilds -- 3.4 Bird Guilds -- 4. TROPHIC CASCADES FROM PLANTS TO INSECT PREDATORS -- 4.1 Trophic Cascade Concept -- 4.2 Complexity Within Tritrophic Systems -- 4.2.1 Predator Level -- 4.2.2 Herbivorous/Phytophagous Levels -- 4.2.3 Multiple Interactions at Primary Producer Level -- 4.2.4 Multiple Trophic Interactions Around Vine -- 4.3 Trophic Cascade Control -- 4.3.1 Biotic Controls -- 4.3.2 Controls by Physical and Chemical Factors of the Environment -- 5. APPLICATIONS OF TROPHIC CASCADES FOR MANAGEMENT -- 6. NONTROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN FOOD WEBS -- 6.1 Positive Interactions of Plants Against Herbivory -- 6.2 Susceptibility to Herbivory Due to Plant Neighbourhood -- 6.3 Plant Competition and Herbivory -- 6.4 Competition Between Herbivores -- 6.5 Behaviour-Mediated Trophic Cascades -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Five - Chemical Signatures in Plant-Insect Interactions -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PLASTICITY AND SPECIFICITY OF THE CHEMICAL INFORMATION -- 2.1 Plasticity and Specificity in Pheromone Communication -- 2.2 Relevant Examples of Intraspecific Variation in Moth Sexual Communication -- 2.1.1 Pheromone Races of Ostrinia nubilalis (Fig. 1A) -- 2.1.2 Geographic Variation in Spodoptera frugiperda (Fig. 1B) -- 2.1.3 Within-Population Variation in Heliothis virescens (Fig. 1C) -- 2.1.4 Phenotypic Plasticity in Heliothis subflexa Due To Varying Chemical Environments (Fig. 1D) -- 2.1.5 Phenotypic Plasticity in Mamestra brassicae Due To Varying Light Regimes (Fig. 1E) -- 2.3 Plasticity and Specificity in Plant Volatile Organic Compounds -- 2.3.1 Major Groups of Plant Volatiles. , 2.3.2 Plant Physiological Functions of VOCs and Diel Periodicity -- 2.3.3 Genotypic Diversity of Plant VOCs -- 2.3.4 Relationship of Plant VOCs With Climate Changes and Pollution -- 2.3.5 Mechanism of Plant-Plant Communication -- 3. PLANT-INSECT CHEMICAL INTERACTION IN REPRODUCTION -- 3.1 Host Plant Chemical Signal and Reproduction -- 3.2 Species for Which the Host Plant Is the "Rendezvous" Place -- 3.3 Species for Which Host Plants Are Sex Pheromone Precursor -- 4. PLANT-INSECT CHEMICAL INTERACTION IN HOST FINDING FOR OVIPOSITION -- 4.1 Case of Insects That Do Not Mate on the Host Plant -- 4.2 Case of Specialized Insects that Mate and Oviposit on the Host Plant -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Six - The Plant as a Habitat for Entomophagous Insects -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PLANT: PLACE OF PREDATION AND PARASITISM -- 2.1 In-flight Search for Host and Prey -- 2.2 Searching for Hosts While on Plants and Host Acceptance -- 2.3 Learning and Memory Involved in Host Searching -- 3. THE PLANT, PLACE OF DEVELOPMENT -- 3.1 Effects of Plant Physical Traits on Entomophagous Insect Development -- 3.2 Effects of Plant Defensive Chemistry on Entomophagous Insect Development -- 4. EFFECTS OF NATURAL ENEMIES ON PLANT DEFENCE TRAITS -- 5. THE PLANT AS FOOD SOURCE -- 5.1 Characteristics and Use of Pollen -- 5.2 Characteristics and Use of Floral Nectar -- 5.3 Characteristics and Use of Extrafloral Nectar -- 5.4 Characteristics and Use of Honeydew -- 6. THE ROLES OF LOCAL PLANT COMPOSITION AND LANDSCAPE COMPLEXITY ON DIVERSITY, ABUNDANCE AND THERMOTOLERANCE OF ENTOMOPHAGOUS ... -- 6.1 Insect Communities and Biomes -- 6.2 Landscape-Scale Habitat Complexity and Fragmentation -- 6.3 Local-Scale Plant Heterogeneity -- 6.4 Plant-Made Microclimate and Consequences on the Third Trophic Level -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES. , Seven - Influence of Microbial Symbionts on Plant-Insect Interactions -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DIVERSITY OF INSECT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF INSECT HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS -- 2.1 Diversity of the Symbionts Associated With Herbivorous Insects -- 2.2 Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Insects: Identification and Localization -- 2.3 Symbiont Transmission and Acquisition at the Inter-generational Level -- 3. DIRECT EFFECTS OF SYMBIONTS IN PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS -- 3.1 Influence on Insect Nutrition and Metabolism -- 3.2 Influence on Insect Immunity and Plant Exploitation -- 3.3 Influence on Plant Nutritional Status and Morphology -- 3.4 Impact on Plant Secondary Metabolism/Plant Immunity -- 3.5 Genes Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer That Influence Plant-Insect Interactions -- 4. INDIRECT EFFECT OF SYMBIONTS IN PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS: INSECT- AND PLANT-MEDIATED INDIRECT EFFECTS -- 4.1 Impact on Insect Reproduction -- 4.2 Interactions With Natural Enemies of Herbivores: Protection Versus Attraction -- 4.3 Interactions With Plant Pathogens: Influence of Insect Symbionts on Plant Pathogen Transmission -- 5. ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION AND INSECT DIVERSIFICATION AND SPECIALIZATION -- 5.1 Ecological Diversification and Plant Specialization -- 5.2 Reproductive Isolation and Speciation -- 5.3 Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Insect-Microbe Interactions -- 6. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Eight - How Host Plant and Fluctuating Environments Affect Insect Reproductive Strategies? -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EFFECT OF HOST PLANT QUALITY ON MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTION -- 2.1 Effects of the Host Plant Quality on Larval Development and Consequences on Female Reproductive Output -- 2.1.1 Host Plant and Clutch Size -- 2.1.2 Host Plant and Egg Size -- 2.2 Effect of Host Plant on Male Reproductive Output. , 2.2.1 Male Attractiveness and Competitive Ability.

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