The authoritative overviews in this volume provide a wealth of practical information on current approaches to the study of insect-plant interactions. Methods described include direct behavioral observation; assays of host finding, oviposition, and feeding behavior of insect herbivores; post-ingestion physiological effects; measurement of food quality and sensory responses of insects to plant stimuli; chemical isolation and identification of active phytochemicals; evaluation of plant resistance to insects; and the biochemistry of allelochemic interactions.

Contributions by: M. Berenbaum, S. Finch, J.L. Frazier, F.J. Hanke, F.E. Hanson, I. Ishaaya, M. Kogan, I. Kubo, A.C. Lewis, S.B. Opp, R.J. Prokopy, M.C. Singer, W.M. Tingey, H.F. van Emden