Effects of Herbivory on Plant and Insect Growth

Tang, Jennie Y.

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Title:	Effects of Herbivory on Plant and Insect Growth
Author(s):	Tang, Jennie Y.
Doctoral Committee Chair(s):	Evan DeLucia
Department / Program:	Plant Biology
Discipline:	Plant Biology
Degree Granting Institution:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree:	Ph.D.
Genre:	Dissertation
Subject(s):	Biology, Plant Physiology
Abstract:	Different types of feeding behavior have variable effects on photosynthesis, and water stress may be an important factor. Physiological tradeoffs may partly explain reductions in photosynthesis that follow herbivory. Finally, the carbohydrate content of high starch foliage was similar to that of elevated CO2 foliage and appears to stimulate compensatory feeding. Plant responses to herbivory are complex and spatially distinct. The relationship between plants and insects may be altered by global change.
Issue Date:	2007
Type:	Text
Language:	English
Description:	121 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87055
Other Identifier(s):	(MiAaPQ)AAI3301231
Date Available in IDEALS:	2015-09-28
Date Deposited:	2007