This chapter reviews the agricultural role of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) or mustard family.
The family includes many economically important edible and industrial oilseed, vegetable …

An undergraduate and postgraduate textbook covering the key principles, methodologies,
approaches and practical examples of insect pest management in agricultural, post harvest …

Insect feeding on plants causes a complex series of coordinated defence responses. Little is
known, however, about the time‐dependent aspect of induced changes. Here we present a …

When administered in artificial diets, the cysteine protease inhibitor (PI) oryzacystatin I (OC-I)
induced moderate but significant growth inhibition on the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum …

The plant stress, plant vigour and pulsed stress hypotheses describe the relationships
between drought stress, plant quality and herbivore performance. We used an aphid …

Nickeliferous soils are invaded predominantly by members of the Brassicaceae,
Cyperaceae, Cunoniaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Fabaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Euphorbiaceous …

Aphids represent the most destructive of chrysanthemum pests to cultivation. Reliable
variety sources of resistance and control methods are limited, so development of highly …

A diverse array of wild and weedy crucifers was screened under laboratory conditions for
their resistance to Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach)(Homoptera: Aphididae). Among these …

The generalist insect herbivore Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper) readily consumes
Arabidopsis and can complete its entire life cycle on this plant. Natural isolates (ecotypes) of …

A rapid, simple and reliable technique was developed for evaluating Brassica accessions in
the glasshouse for resistance to Brevicoryne brassicae, the cabbage aphid. Brassica …