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BL
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719639
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b539331
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| Main Entry
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Dale R. Walters.
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| Title & Author
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Plant defense : : warding off attack by pathogens, pests and vertebrate herbivores\ Dale R. Walters.
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
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(xi, 236 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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1444328557
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: 9781444328554
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| Contents
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PLANT DEFENSE; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Why Do Plants Need Defenses?; Chapter 2 What Defenses Do Plants Use?; Chapter 3 Sounding the Alarm: Signaling and Communication in Plant Defense; Chapter 4 Plant Defense in the Real World: Multiple Attackers and Beneficial Interactions; Chapter 5 The Evolution of Plant Defense; Chapter 6 Exploiting Plant Defense; Index.
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| Abstract
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Plant Defense provides an overview of all major aspects of plant defence, including defence against pathogens, parasites, and invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores. The book looks at defense mechanisms including structural and chemical defences, and constitutive and inducible defences.
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Plants -- Disease and pest resistance.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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| LC Classification
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SB750.D354 2011
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Dale Walters
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