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Insect bioecology and nutrition for integrated pest management [electronic resource] / edited by Antônio R. Panizzi, José R.P. Parra.

"The field of insect nutritional ecology has been defined by how insects deal with nutritional and non-nutritional compounds, and how these compounds influence their biology in evolutionary time. In contrast, Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management presents these entomolo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Panizzi, Antônio Ricardo, Parra, José Roberto P. (José Roberto Postali)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Insects > Food.
Insects > Ecology.
Insects > Integrated control.
Insects > Nutrition.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to insect bioecology and nutrition for integrated pest management (IPM)
  • 2. Nutritional indices for measuring insect food intake and utilization
  • 3. The evolution of artificial diets and their interactions in science and technology
  • 4. Molecular and evolutionary physiology of insect digestion
  • 5. Insect-plant interactions
  • 6. Symbionts and nutrition of insects
  • 7. Bioecology and nutrition versus chemical ecology: the multitrophic interactions mediated by chemical signals
  • 8. Cannibalism in insects
  • 9. Implications of plant hosts and insect nutrition on entomopathogenic diseases
  • 10. Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera) functional groups: nutritional and applied implications
  • 11. Social bees (Bombini, Apini, Meliponini)
  • 12. Defoliators (Lepidoptera)
  • 13. Seed-sucking bugs (Heteroptera)
  • 14. Seed-chewing beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae)
  • 15. Rhizophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)
  • 16. Gall-inducing insects: from anatomy to biodiversity
  • 17. Detritivorous insects
  • 18. Insect pests in stored grain
  • 19. Fruit flies (Diptera)
  • 20. Sap-sucking insects (Aphidoidea)
  • 21. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera)
  • 22. Predatory bugs (Heteroptera)
  • 23. Predatory beetles (Coccinellidae)
  • 24. Green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): predatory lifestyle
  • 25. Hematophages (Diptera, Siphonaptera, Hemiptera, Phthiraptera)
  • 26. Plant resistance and insect bioecology and nutrition
  • 27. Insect bioecology and nutrition for integrated pest management (IPM)

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