Opender Koul

This handbook comprises seven chapters that deal specifically, as far as possible, with various aspects of insect toxins. Chapter 1 introduces the subject with an emphasis on definitions and the role of toxins as a whole. Avoidance of allelochemicals on the basis of their toxicity is an outcome of interactions at various physiological levels, and chapter 2 discusses the concepts and mechanisms involved in the process. In relation to the response of...