Host plant-pest relationships

Figure 2 depicts just some of the known response-stimulus relationships for plant pests. Collection of the fundamental data and description of the responses with mathematical models can lead to a better understanding of pests in the field. If one knew the current environmental conditions, one could predict whether or not the potato leafhopper would increase during the next week. Final decisions would also be based on the known population dynamics of the pests of interest (see below), as well as the known interaction between the plant host and pest. 

A Stoessl, E. W. B. Ward and J. B. Stothers, "Biosynthetic Relationships of Sesqulterpenoidal Stress Compounds from the Solanaceae", in P. A. Hedln, ed.. Host Plant Resistance to Pests, Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC, 1977, pp. 61-77. 

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