Insect Chemoreception

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160,49 

Fundamental and Applied

ISBN: 140200270X
ISBN 13: 9781402002700
Autor: Ryan, M F
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: XVIII, 330 S., 40 s/w Illustr.
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2002
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

Encompasses the major topics relating to Insect Chemoreception. This account of the major aspects of sustainable insect pest control addresses topics such as plant/insect interactions, pheromones, ultrastructure, and more. It is useful for students and researchers in insect chemoreception, chemical ecology and sustainable pest control.

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Beschreibung

In this time of edited volumes when the list of individual contributors may reach double figures, it is appropriate to question the usefulness of a volume, with such a broad scope, by a single author. The answer is simple. For years he has believed that the rather sharp distinction between fundamental and applied aspects of this discipline, has ill-served the significance of each; and has diminished the incidence of fruitful synergies. Yet the need for these was never greater, and this case may be developed by a single author with experience of each aspect. The inclusion of a Chapter on Genetic Engineering may raise some doubts, but it is enabled by the chosen title "Chemoreception", as distinct from Chemoperception: the latter implies detection of a chemical, followed by a behavioural response. But the former broader category subsumes Chemoperception and allows for the reception of a chemical toxin so potent as to prelude a behavioural or physiological response, other than death. Accordingly, chemical toxins are a legitimate inclusion. In which event, their delivery through a GM plant is as appropriate for study as their application in a spray.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. 1. Introduction and Overview. Part I: Fundamental Aspects. 2. Plant Chemicals. 3. Pheromones. 4. The Chemoreceptive Organs: Structural Aspects. 4. Electrophysiology of Chemoreception. 6. Biochemistry of Chemoreception. Part II: Applied Aspects. 7. Plant Chemicals in Pest Control. 8. Host Plant Resistance. 9. Pheromones in Plant Protection. 10. Genetic Engineering. References. Species Index. Subject Index.

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