Host Plant Selection By Phytophagous Insects

Author : Elizabeth A. Bernays,Reginald F. Chapman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 326 pages
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Release : 2007-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780585304557

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Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects by Elizabeth A. Bernays,Reginald F. Chapman Pdf

For more than 20 years insect/plant relations have been a focus for studies in ecology and evolution. The importance of insects as crop pests, and the great potential of insects for the biological control of weeds, have provided further impetus for work in this area. All this attention has resulted in books on various aspects of the topic, and reviews and research papers are abundant. So why write another book? It seems to us that, in the midst of all this activity, behavior has been neglected. We do not mean to suggest that there have not been admirable papers on behavior. The fact that we can write this book attests to that. But we feel that, too often, behavior is relegated to a back seat. In comparison to the major ecological and evolutionary questions, it may seem trivial. Yet the whole process of host-plant selection and host-plant specificity amongst insects depends on behavior, and selection for behavioral differences must be a prime factor in the evolution of host-plant specificity. In writing this book, we hope to draw attention to this central role of behavior and, hopefully, encourage a few students to attack some of the very difficult questions that remain unanswered.

Author : Elizabeth A. Bernays,Reginald F. Chapman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1475770030

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Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects by Elizabeth A. Bernays,Reginald F. Chapman Pdf

Author : Elizabeth A. Bernays,Reginald F. Chapman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780585304557

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Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects by Elizabeth A. Bernays,Reginald F. Chapman Pdf

For more than 20 years insect/plant relations have been a focus for studies in ecology and evolution. The importance of insects as crop pests, and the great potential of insects for the biological control of weeds, have provided further impetus for work in this area. All this attention has resulted in books on various aspects of the topic, and reviews and research papers are abundant. So why write another book? It seems to us that, in the midst of all this activity, behavior has been neglected. We do not mean to suggest that there have not been admirable papers on behavior. The fact that we can write this book attests to that. But we feel that, too often, behavior is relegated to a back seat. In comparison to the major ecological and evolutionary questions, it may seem trivial. Yet the whole process of host-plant selection and host-plant specificity amongst insects depends on behavior, and selection for behavioral differences must be a prime factor in the evolution of host-plant specificity. In writing this book, we hope to draw attention to this central role of behavior and, hopefully, encourage a few students to attack some of the very difficult questions that remain unanswered.

Author : T. Jermy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461342748

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The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction by T. Jermy Pdf

Preference to oviposition and antibiosis mechanism to jassids (Amrasca devastans Dist.) in cotton (Gossypium sp.).- Studies on the induction of food preference in alfalfa ladybird, Subcoccinella 24-punctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).- Feeding and nutrition of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), with special reference to amino acids.- The ability of Locusta migratoria L. to perceive plant surface waxes.- Antifeedant properties of seedling grasses.- A critical review of the methodology and interpretation of experiments designed to assay the phagostimulatory activity of chemicals to.

Author : R.F. Chapman,E.A. Bernays,J.G. Jr. Stoffolano
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461246442

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Perspectives in Chemoreception and Behavior by R.F. Chapman,E.A. Bernays,J.G. Jr. Stoffolano Pdf

In the study of the physiological basis of animal behavior Vince Dethier has been a pioneer, a guiding star. Although his own work has centered on the blowfly and the caterpillar, his interests and influence have spread far beyond the insects. The breadth of this impact is indicated by the contributions from colleagues and former students in this volume. These papers were originally presented at a meeting to honor Vince's 70th birthday held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in May 1985. It was attended by friends and col leagues of all ages from many parts of the world. However, the picture presented by these papers is not the whole story. What it does not show is the extent of Vince's interest and influence beyond the rigorous, though friendly, atmosphere of the research laboratory. His idyllic summers in Maine have produced studies on the natural history of feeding by insects culminating in The Tent Makers, with more to come. In these studies we see his real love and, dare we say, understanding of the insect. Vince Dethier is not concerned simply with reaching the established scientist. In To Know a Fly he reaches out to those just beginning, perhaps even to those who will never begin, and provides insight both to the experimentalist's approach and to the fun of research. His sense of fun and his elegant, fluent writing have given us, too, his tongue-in-cheek fictional writings for children of all ages.

Author : Sami Ahmad
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323158244

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Herbivorous Insects by Sami Ahmad Pdf

Herbivorous Insects: Host-Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms addresses mechanisms of searching behavior leading ultimately to host location of herbivorous insects. It is divided into four sections, wherein the first two sections deal with neurophysiology and the diversity of behavioral induction cues. The third section covers the searching mechanisms as affected by insects' breadth of diet. The last part examines the evolutionary analysis of the behavioral and physiological adaptations in insect/host plant relations. This book starts with an introduction to the chemical sensory system as it relates to host selection in general. This is followed by considerable discussions on host-seeking behavior and allied patterns in behavior. This text also includes the study of oviposition behavior in butterflies belonging to Papilionidae. The third section presents host selection and colonization by three insects within the saprophage-predator continuum, namely, Hylurgopinus rufipes, Scolytus multistriatus, and Pissodes strobi. The behaviors by which certain oligophagous insects locate and select food plants are also considered. The concluding part addresses the unifying theme and the diversity of responses of phytophagous insects to plants. The book provides direction toward developing a unifying theme and improving the ability to unravel the complexities of insect/plant interactions. Behaviorists, ecologists, entomologists, evolutionary biologists, and physiologists will find this book invaluable.

Author : T. N. Ananthakrishnan
Publisher : Oxford & IBH Publishers
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Animal chemical ecology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073142931

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Chemical Ecology of Phytophagous Insects by T. N. Ananthakrishnan Pdf

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Author : T. N. Ananthakrishnan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D01271430X

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Functional Dynamics of Phytophagous Insects by T. N. Ananthakrishnan Pdf

Author : William J. Bell,Ring T. Cardé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 523 pages
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Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489933683

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Chemical Ecology of Insects by William J. Bell,Ring T. Cardé Pdf

Our objective in compiling a series of chapters on the chemical ecology of insects has been to delineate the major concepts of this discipline. The fine line between presenting a few topics in great detail or many topics in veneer has been carefully drawn, such that the book contains sufficient diversity to cover the field and a few topics in some depth. After the reader has penetrated the crust of what has been learned about chemical ecology of insects, the deficiencies in our understanding of this field should become evident. These deficiencies, to which no chapter topic is immune, indicate the youthful state of chemical ecology and the need for further investigations, especially those with potential for integrating elements that are presently isolated from each other. At the outset of this volume it becomes evident that, although we are beginning to decipher how receptor cells work, virtually nothing is known of how sensory information is coded to become relevant to the insect and to control the behavior of the insect. This problem is exacerbated by the state of our knowledge of how chemicals are distributed in nature, especially in complex habitats. And finally, we have been unable to understand the significance of orientation pathways of insects, in part because of the two previous problems: orientation seems to depend on patterns of distri bution of chemicals, the coding of these patterns by the central nervous system, and the generation of motor output based on the resulting motor commands.

Author : Elizabeth A. Bernays
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351361439

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Insect-Plant Interactions (1990) by Elizabeth A. Bernays Pdf

Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and evolution. Articles are selected from areas of particular current interest or subjects that would especially benefit from a new review. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary selection in each volume will help readers to enter new fields of insect-plant interactions. Volume II contains six very different articles.

Author : Niranjan Panda
Publisher : Allanheld & Schram
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015007461570

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Principles of Host-plant Resistance to Insect Pests by Niranjan Panda Pdf

Introduction; Insect-plant interaction; Host-plant selection in Phytophagous insects; Mechanisms of resistance; Biochemistry of resistance; Factors affecting expression of resistance; Resistance programme; Genetics of resistance; Plant resistance in pest management.

Author : Peter Price
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461587323

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Evolutionary Strategies of Parasitic Insects and Mites by Peter Price Pdf

This volume contains the invited lectures presented in a symposium entitled "Evolutionary strategies of parasitic insects and mites" at the national meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2-5 December, 1974. The intent was to bring together biologists who have worked on arthropods that are either plant or animal parasites in order to foster consideration of general aspects of the parasitic way of life. There seems to be a deficiency of ecological and evolutionary concepts relating to parasitism, in contrast to the burgeoning literature on predation, and it appeared that an amalgamation of studies on plant and animal parasites might help development of some generalities. Since parasities are far more numerous than predators in the world fauna, or in any particular community, emphasis on their study is justified. I freely admit that para sitoids have been usefully regarded as predators by ecologists, and many concepts on predation have been derived from their study. Also, in whichever category one places the parasitoids, that is the one which contains the most species. However, from an evolu tionary point of view they show many characteristics that must be regarded as those of a parasite. Notably, they are small, highly specific to their host, highly coevolved with it, as a result many species can coexist, and their adaptive radiation has produced the majority of the species diversity seen on Earth today.

Author : Jermy T.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:775642098

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Host Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction by Jermy T. Pdf

Author : Steph B.J. Menken,J.H. Visser,Paul Harrewijn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401116541

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Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships by Steph B.J. Menken,J.H. Visser,Paul Harrewijn Pdf

The papers in this book are organized as follows: insect-plant communities, host-plant selection, genetics and evolution, host-plant resistance and application of transgenic plants, and multitrophic interactions. Besides seven invited papers and a paper with concluding remarks, this volume also contains the short communications of all 115 oral presentations and posters. Included too, are the summaries of four European Science Foundation workshops held over the past two years, where European scientists discussed the state-of-the-art and the future of major topics in insect-plant interactions in order to develop better integrated research programs. The field of insect-plant interactions nowadays includes almost all of biology, as well as parts of chemistry and physics. It takes a central position in biology because insects are the most abundant animal group, half of them are herbivores and they dominate all terrestrial ecosystems. Knowledge of insect-plant interactions is thus fundamental to an understanding of the evolution of life on Earth. Two major topics of worldwide concern give this field an extra dimension. First, large amounts of food crops are still lost due to insect pests. With the increasing concern for environmental pollution and the subsequent plans to drastically reduce pesticides, integrated pest management and development of resistant crops become a major focus in agriculture. The importance of the study of insect-plant relationships is thus continuously augmented. Clearly, successful pest control demands sufficient fundamental knowledge of pest-host interactions. Second, such work can contribute towards stopping or even counterbalancing the threatening biodiversity crisis thanks to an understanding of how the interaction of insects and plants has influenced and still influences the diversification and speciation (evolution) of both groups. These problems should, of course, be approached at a multitrophic level.

Author : Louis M. Schoonhoven,Joop J. A. van Loon,Marcel Dicke
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198525943

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Insect-Plant Biology by Louis M. Schoonhoven,Joop J. A. van Loon,Marcel Dicke Pdf

"Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues, consuming about 10% of plant annual production in natural habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural systems, despite sophisticated control measures. Plants are generally remarkably well-protected against insect attack, with the result that most insects are highly specialized feeders. The mechanisms underlying plant resistance to invading herbivores on the one side, and insect food specialization on the other, are the main subjects of this book. For insects these include food-plant selection and the complex sensory processes involved, with their implications for learning and nutritional physiology, as well as the endocrinological aspects of life cycle synchronization with host plant phenology. In the case of plants exposed to insect herbivores, they include the activation of defence systems in order to minimize damage, as well as the emission of chemical signals that may attract natural enemies of the invading herbivores and may be exploited by neighbouring plants that mount defences as well." "Insect-Plant Biology discusses the operation of these mechanisms at the molecular and organismal levels, in the context of both ecological interactions and evolutionary relationships. In doing so, it uncovers the highly intricate antagonistic and mutualistic interactions that have evolved between plants and insects. The book concludes with a chapter on the application of our knowledge of insect-plant interactions to agricultural production." "This multidisciplinary approach will appeal to students in agricultural entomology, plant sciences, ecology, and indeed anyone interested in the principles underlying the relationships between the two largest groups of organisms on earth: plants and insects."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved