Insect bioecology and nutrition for integrated pest management. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Antônio R. Panizzi, José R.P. Parra.
• Other Names: Panizzi, Antônio Ricardo; Parra, José Roberto P (José Roberto Postali)
• 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).
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 732 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 595.7; Insects -- Food; Insects -- Ecology; Insects -- Integrated control; Insects -- Nutrition; NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439837092; 1439837090
• Related ISBNs: 9781439837085; 1439837082
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.