Defesa induzida de plantas

INDUCED PLANT RESISTANCE TO HERBIVORY

Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory
Edited by

Andreas Schaller
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Editor Andreas Schaller University of Hohenheim Stuttgart, Germany

ISBN: 978-1-4020-8181-1

e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8182-8

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Cover pictures showing Pieris brassicae caterpillars, the parasitic wasp Cotesia glomerata, and a parasitized Manduca sexta larva were taken by Hans Smid and Tibor Bukovinszky (http: www.bugsinthepicture.com/), and Johannes Stratmann (University of South Carolina). Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com

In Memoriam Clarence A. (Bud) Ryan

Bud Ryan left us on October 7th, 2007. His sudden passing away is felt deeply by his family and friends. Bud has left us with a flourishing field of research but we must now continue along this road without him. Throughout his long career Bud gave the community many startling insights into nature. One of the first milestones in the long and unerring path to reveal the invisible secrets of the plant defense mechanism was the discovery, published in 1972, of wound-inducible proteinase inhibitors in potato. Much of Bud’s career was spent finding out how these proteins functioned in defense, how they were made, and how their genes were regulated. Constantly incorporating new ideas and technologies, Bud and his collaborators brought to light the first peptide hormone in plants (systemin) and found that jasmonates regulate proteinase