Description

Since biotic agents that threaten domesticated plants are so numerous, pest resistance has historically been the most crucial feature in crop breeding. Despite the fact that some forest trees have fallen prey to some of the most spectacular and catastrophic epidemics known to man, the number of diseases and insects that affect them may be even greater than those that affect their agricultural counterparts. Crop varieties that are resistant to insects reduce the number of insect pests or improve the plants' ability to withstand harm. In other words, insect-resistant plants change how a plant pest interacts with its host. Depending on the type of resistance, many things can happen to the relationship between the insect and the plant. The ideas and procedures of traditional plant breeding as well as more current and cutting-edge biotechnology innovations are thoroughly covered in the book. The book is appropriate for use as a challenging text. It is assumed that you have a working grasp of insect pests, plant pathogens, and their genetics. Plant pathologists, entomologists, and geneticists working to create germplasm resistant to biotic stressors can use the book as a reference. It has been made an effort to use as many different agricultural plants and their hazardous parasites as feasible as examples.