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Vimses contain either RNA or DNA, and this nucleic acid composition forms the basis for thek classification. Although vimses ate known to infect bactetia, insects, plants, animals, and humans, this discussion is restticted to the important vimses of vertebrates. The relevant vimses ate summarized in Table 2, using the nomenclature and taxonomy recommended by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Vimses (4,5). 

The soil and plants employed on the cover are critical to success. A mixture of grasses native to the area is preferred to provide effective water removal from the cover in all years in spite of temporary changes in local conditions. Native grasses have already proven their ability to withstand local climate variations, insects, plant disease, periodic fire, and other factors. A mixture of native grasses assures an active vegetative cover during years when insects, plant disease, or other factors reduce the vigor of one or more species.11-38... 

Waterman PG, Mole S (1989) Extrinsic factors influencing production of secondary metabolites in plants. In Bernays EA (ed) Insect-plant interactions. CRC, Boca Raton, FL, pp 107-164 Weidner K, Lages BG, da Gama BAP, Molis M, Wahl M, Pereira RC (2004) Effect of mesograz-ers and nutrient levels on induction of defenses in several Brazilian macroalgae. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 283 113-125... 

Yu SJ (1983) Induction of detoxifying enzymes by allelochemicals and host plants in the fall armyworm. Pestic Biochem Physiol 19 330-336 Yu SJ (1984) Interactions of allelochemicals with detoxification enzymes of insecticide-susceptible and resistant fall armyworms. Pestic Biochem Physiol 22 60-68 Yu SJ (1986) Consequences of induced foreign compound-metabolizing enzymes in insects. In Brattsten LB, Ahmad S (eds) Molecular aspects of insect-plant associations. Plenum, New York, pp 153-174... 

Attractive Compounds. Despite the fact that defence chemistry and insect-plant interactions have been extensively investigated in many leaf beetle species, not too much is known about the chemical background of intraspecific communication. 

Rothschild M, Moore B (1987) Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht... 

Southwood TR. (1984). Insect-plant adaptations. Ciba Found Symp. 102 138-51. 

Thiram was genotoxic to insects, plants, fungi, and bacteria it induced sister chromatid exchange and unscheduled DNA synthesis in cultured human cells. Despite established genotoxicity in vitro, it showed no clastogenic and/or aneugenic activity in vivo after oral administration to mice at the maximum tolerated dose. ... 

The peculiar observation that particular combinations of 6-glucosidases from various related species, or combinations of 6-glucosidases and substrate substitutes, frequently prevented expected hydrolysis (Table li), gave the first indication that the interaction of plant enzymes could be of importance in the Passiflora-Heliconius system. The same inhibitory interaction has since been observed in insect-plant glucosidase combinations (17). 

The diet exhibits little variability and is well characterized. In this case study, the dietary fractions for insects, plants, and soil are treated as constants. 

Rotschild, M. 1973. Secondary plant substances and warning coloration in insects. In Insect-Plant Relationships (Van Emden, H. F., ed.), pp. 59-83. Oxford Oxford University Press. 

M. Boppre and D. Schneider, Proc. 5th Int. Symp. Insect-Plant Relationships, p. 373. Pudoc, Wageningen, 1982. 

The next challenge is to get the desired gene into the new cell. The target cell may be a bacterium, a yeast cell, or a cell from an insect, plant, or mammal. Scientists use delivery systems, called vectors, suited for the cell type, to get the combination of gene and promoter (sometimes called a cassette ) into the target cell, so that DNA will be copied each time the cell divides. The most commonly used vector to get a gene into bacteria is a plasmid, a small circular piece of DNA that is copied every time the bacterium divides into two, though it does not become part of the bacterial DNA. Plasmids have been developed that work as vectors for yeast, plant, and mammal cells. 

Nucleus—Membrane-bound body containing the genetic material in eukaryotic cells (yeast, insects, plants, and animals). 

Feeding. The feeding behavior of phytophagous Insects has been studied much more widely than other aspects of the Insect/plant relationship. The reason for this probably lies In the relative ease with which bloassays can be performed and the results Interpreted. Many Insects can be reared on artificial diets, and the effects of added plant constituents can readily be determined. Some early studies by Dethler (29) demonstrated a correlation between larval food choice and the presence of specific chemicals In the umbelliferous host plants of Paplllo polyxenes. However, many of the compounds typically found In the Umbelliferae are also present in other... 

The Insect community feeding on cruciferous crops has been widely studied over a long period of time. The reason for this Interest stems not only from the commercial Importance of these crops, but also from the fact that much Is known about the chemistry of the Insect-plant relationships. Furthermore, at least two of the major chemicals Involved are commercially available. 

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