Insect-Plant Biology

Louis Schoonhoven: PhD Groningen State University (1962) Staff scientist Wageningen University (1962) Postdocs/sabbaticals Philadelphia, Princeton, London. Professor of Animal Physiology (Wageningen) (1972-1985) Dean of Faculty of Agriculture (1982-1985) Professor of Entomology (Wageningen) (1985-1991). Elected member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982) Teaching courses in Scandinavia, China, Brazil, Kenya. Editor-in-Chief Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1972-2002).BIOL15ANIBJoop van Loon: PhD Wageningen University (1988). Research scientist, Wageningen University (1981) Research scientist, Foundation for Agricultural Plant Breeding (SVP-DLO), Wageningen (1986). Assistant professor, Wageningen University (1989). Associate professor, Wageningen University (- present). Co-editor Entomologia Experimentalis et applicata (2000) Visiting professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2004).Marcel Dicke: PhD Wageningen University (1988). Assistant Professor, Wageningen University (1985). Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Professor of Insect-Plant Interactions, especially Tritrophic Interactions (1997). Professor of Entomology and head of Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University (2003). Member of editorial boards of Journal of Chemical Ecology (1999), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (1995), Journal of Ethology (1999-present), Ecological Entomology (2001), Insect Science (2005). Netherlands Zoology Prize (Netherlands Society for Zoology 1992), Belgacom Prize (Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences, 1996), VICI grant (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO, 2002).

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Herbivorous insects: something for everyone ; 3. Plant structure: the solidity of anti-herbivore protection ; 4. Plant chemistry: endless variety ; 5. Plants as insect food: not the ideal ; 6. Host-plant selection: how to find a host plant ; 7. Host-plant selection: when to accept a plant ; 8. Host-plant selection: variation is the rule ; 9. The endocrine system of herbivores listens to host-plant signals ; 10. Ecology: living apart together ; 11. Evolution: insects and plants forever in combat ; 12. Insects and flowers: mutualism par excellence ; 13. Insects and plants: how to apply our knowledge ; Appendix A: Further reading ; Appendix B: Structural formulae ; Appendix C: Methodology ; Taxonomic index ; Author index ; Subject index