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xvii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Springer Nature Book Archives Millennium (2000-2004)
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW. 1 -- FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS. 1 -- Historical 1 -- Insect phylogeny 2 -- Insect system s 2 -- Insect senses 4 -- Plant/insect relationships 7 -- APPLIED ASPECTS 8 -- APPLIED ASPECT S 8 -- First generation insecticides 9 -- Second generation insecticides 9 -- Organochlorines 9 -- Organophosphates 10 -- Carbamates 10 -- Pyrethroid insecticides 10 -- Avermectins 12 -- Chitin inhibitors 13 -- Third generation insecticides 13 -- Fourth generation insecticides 14 -- ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES 15 -- Insect resistance 15 -- Mortality of beneficial and innocuous insects and wildlife 16 -- Target pest resurgence 16 -- Secondary pest outbreak 16 -- M ortality of wild life 16 -- Contamination of food 17 -- Cancer 18 -- The present position 19 -- Risk assessment 20 -- REFERENCES 23 -- PART I - FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS -- 2. PLANT CHEMICALS 27 -- CHEMICAL DEFENCE BY NUTRIENTS 28 -- CHEMICAL DEFENCE BY ALLELOCHEMICALS: STRUCTURAL CATEGORIES 29 -- Phenolics 29 -- Terpenoids 31 -- Monoterpenes 33 -- -- -- -- Sesquiterpenes 35 -- Diterpenes 35 -- Triterpenes 36 -- Alkaloids 36 -- Sequestration 37 -- Effects on insects 38 -- Effects on insects 38 -- Polyacetylenes and other compounds 39 -- ALLELOCHEMICALS: FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES 40 -- Allomones 40 -- Jasmonic acid 43 -- Proteinase inhibitors 44 -- Kairomones 46 -- Kairomones 46 -- Synomone 47 -- Antimones 48 -- TRITROPHIC INTERACTIONS 48 -- Evolutionary aspects 49 -- Blend composition 51 -- Comparison of direct and indirect defence 51 -- MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS 52 -- Nitrogen-fixers 54 -- Endophytes 54 -- Phylloplane microflora 54 -- Plant pathogens 55 -- Insect mutualists 55 -- Insect pathogens 55 -- Insect pathogens. 55 -- THE CONCEPT OF COEVOLUTION 56 -- Specific reciprocal coevolution 57 -- Diffuse coevolution 57 -- Escape and radiation coevolution 58 -- Diversifying coevolution 59 -- Objections. 59 -- FATE IN INSECTS OF ALLELOCHEMICALS 61 -- Evacuation 61 -- Evacuation 61 -- Metabolism 61 -- Metabolism 61 -- Cytochrome P-450-dependent polysubstrate monooxygenases -- (PSM Os) 62 -- Esterases and transferases 63 -- Reductases 64 -- Sequestration 65 -- Pheromone precursors 67 -- REFERENCES 69 -- -- -- -- 3. PHEROMONES 73 -- PHEROMONE-PRODUCING GLANDS 73 -- Coleoptera 73 -- Lepidoptera 75 -- CHEMICAL STRUCTURES AND NOMENCLATURE OF PHEROMONES 77 -- Pheromones of female Lepidoptera 79 -- Pheromones of male Lepidoptera, and of other Orders 79 -- SEX PHEROMONES 81 -- Female sex pheromones 82 -- Specificity 82 -- Male sex pheromones 83 -- Sex-pheromone biosynthesis 84 -- The blend 86 -- Perception of the blend 86 -- Significance of the blend 87 -- Genetics of the blend 87 -- Hormonal regulation of sex-pheromone production 88 -- Melanization and reddish coloration hormone (MRCH) 89 -- Orientation to pheromone source 90 -- AGGREGATION PHEROMONES 92 -- Synergism 95 -- Chiral specificity 97 -- Aphid aggregation pheromones 97 -- OVIPOSITION PHEROMONES 97 -- SPACING (EPIDEICTIC) PHEROMONES 98 -- PHEROMONES OF SOCIAL INSECTS 99 -- Multifunctionality 100 -- Kin recognition , , , , , ,, 101 -- Kin recognition 101 -- Overlapping defence and sex attractant functions 103 -- Alarm pheromones 104 -- Alarm pheromone glands 105 -- Dispersal and attack 105 -- Chemistry of the compounds 105 -- Function-shift in pheromone evolution 107 -- REFERENCES-109 -- REFERENCES 109 -- 4. THE CHEMORECEPTIVE ORGANS: STRUCTURAL ASPECTS 113 -- THE SENSORY NEURON 115 -- ASSOCIATED CELLS 117 -- SYSTEMATICSOFSENSILLA 11 -- SYSTEMATICS OF SENSILLA 119 -- -- -- -- EVOLUTION OF SENSILLA 121 -- r 12 -- Collembola 121 -- Collembolat 122 -- Odonata 122 -- Lepidoptera 123 -- SENSILLA OF IMATURE INSECTS 125 -- Aporous mechanosensilla 125 -- Thermo-hygrosensilla 125 -- Chemosensilla 126 -- Gustatory chemosensilla 126 -- Olfactory chemosensilla-, -,,,, , ,,, ,,,,, 126 -- Olfactory chemosensilla 126 -- The sensory neuron , 126 -- Associated cells 127 -- Morphogenesis and moulting 127 -- Sensillar distribution 128 -- Antenna 128 -- Maxillae 128 -- Labium 128 -- Labium 128 -- Clypeo-labrum 128 -- Mandibles 129 -- Embryological development of sensilla 129 -- SENSILLAR ACCESS 131 -- Dimensional movement 131 -- SIGNIFICANT ORGANELLES 132 -- SIGNIFICANT ORGANELLES 132 -- EXTERNAL MORPHOMETRY 134 -- EXTERNAL MORPHOMETRY 134 -- Morphological correlates 135 -- Internal morphometry 135 -- REFERENCES 138 -- 5. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF CHEMORECEPTION 140 -- THE NEURON 140 -- The action potential 140 -- Channel characteristics 141 -- Channel characteristics 14 -- Stimulus-response relationships 141 -- Central processing 142 -- THE INSECT ANTENNA 143 -- THE ELECTROANTENNOGRAM 144 -- Relationship of EAG to olfactory stimulation 145 -- Uses of the EAG 146 -- CIRCUITRY OF THE SENSILLUM 148 -- Ionic currents of the sensillum 150 -- -- -- -- Sensillar action potentials 150 -- Relationships between EAG and single unit recordings 152 -- PERIPHERAL CODING.. 152 -- Cross-fibre patterning 152 -- Labelled lines 154 -- Temporal patterns 155 -- Variance 156 -- PROCESSING BY TH CNS 157 -- PROCESSING BY TH CNS 157 -- The antennal lobe: morphology 157 -- Formation of glomeruli 159 -- The antennal lobe: functional aspects 160 -- Food odours 163 -- Oscillations in the antennal lobe 164 -- Neurotransmitters 166 -- Memory 169 -- Neural elements 169 -- REFERENCES 171 -- 6. BIOCHEMISTRY OF CHEMORECEPTION 174 -- MEMBRANE STRUCTURE 174 -- RECEPTORS 175 -- Receptor binding studies 175 -- Specific binding , 176 -- Receptor families 176 -- G-protein coupled receptors 176 -- Ligand-gate ion channels 178 -- Uptake transporters 178 -- APPROACHES TO AN INSECT OLFACTORY RECEPTOR.. 178 -- G-PROTEINS AND THE INSECT ANTENNA 178 -- Pheromone-bindingproteins 180 -- Localization of a PBP 181 -- Isolation and characterization of a PBP. 182 -- Sequencing PBP 182 -- Probing cloned PBPs 183 -- Improved binding assay 184 -- A different perspective 185 -- Scarab beetles 185 -- General odourant binding proteins and Drosophila 186 -- REFERENCES 188 -- -- -- -- PART II- APPLIED ASPECTS -- 7. PLANT CHEMICALS IN PEST CONTROL 193 -- NATURAL INSECTICIDES AND GROWTH INHIBITORS. 193 -- Rotenoids 193 -- Rotenoids 193 -- Tobacco alkaloids 194 -- Other alkaloids 195 -- Unsaturated isobutylamides 196 -- Terpenoids 198 -- Monoterpenes 198 -- Sesquiterpenes 199 -- Diterpenes 200 -- Triterpenoids 201 -- Quassinoids 203 -- Insecticidal adjuvants 204 -- Plant juvenoids 204 -- Phytoecdysones204 204 -- NATURAL REPELLENTS 205 -- -- ANTIFEEDANTS 206 -- Bioassays 206 -- Alkaloids 207 -- Terpenoids 209 -- Monoterpenes 209 -- Sesquiterpenes 209 -- Diterpenes 210 -- Triterpenes 212 -- Flavonoids 215 -- WHOLE PLANTS 216 -- REFERENCES 218 -- REFERENCES 218 -- 8. HOST PLANT RESISTANCE. 223 -- CLASSIFICATION OF RESISTANCE 223 -- -- CONSTRAINTS ..224 -- Nitrogen 224 -- Carbon 225 -- Carbon 225 -- MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE 226 -- ANTIXENOSIS 227 -- Oviposition 227 -- Penetration and feeding 228 -- Trichomes and glands 230 -- Physical properties 230 -- Chemical properties 230 -- Surface waxes 233 -- -- -- -- Nutrients, 233 -- ANTIBIOSIS 234 -- Toxins 234 -- ANTIXENOSIS AND ANTIBIOSIS 240 -- TOLERANCE 241 -- INDUCED RESISTANCE 241 -- Phenological synchronization 242 -- Plant physiology 242 -- Compensatory mechanisms 242 -- Allelochemical concentrations 243 -- Synthesis of phytoalexins 243 -- Overview of resistance mechanisms 244 -- INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE 244 -- Hessian fly 246 -- The brown planthopper .247 -- Other genetic relationships 248 -- STRATEGIES FOR PRACTICAL USE 248 -- Constraints.. 249 -- Principles 249 -- REFERENCES 251 -- 9. PHEROMONES IN PLANT PROTECTION .256 -- TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS 256 -- M icrocapsules 256 -- Laminate flakes 258 -- Hollow fibres 260 -- Twist-tie ropes 261 -- Traps 261 -- Design 261 -- Location 263 -- BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 264 -- Insect age and mated status 265 -- Host plants and pathogens 265 -- Temperature 265 -- Daylength and light intensity 266 -- Wind speed 266 -- Wind speed 266 -- Significance for the male response 266 -- USES OF PHEROMONES 267 -- Surveying and monitoring 267 -- Pea moth 267 -- -- -- -- Mass trapping 269 -- Mating disruption. 272 -- USA 273 -- EUgypAt 274 -- Egypt 274 -- Other applications 276 -- Regulatory constraints 277 -- REFERENCES-278 -- REFERENCES , 278 -- 10. GENETIC ENGINEERING ..280 -- VIRUSES 280 -- VIRUSES 280 -- FUNGI 281 -- BACTERIA ..281 -- Gene transfer systems for crops 281 -- BTTOXINS 282 -- Insect-tolerant transgenic tomato 283 -- DNA manipulations 283 -- Insect resistant Btk-enriched cotton 285 -- Transgenic insect resistant tobacco (I) 286 -- Transgenic insect resistant tobacco (II) 288 -- Transgenic insect resistant rice 289 -- OTHER TOXINS 289 -- Lectins 289 -- Vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vips) 290 -- Cholesterol oxidase 290 -- FIELD EFFICACY OF BT-ENGINEERED SPECIES 291 -- Resistance 292 -- Bt gene flow 292 -- Consequences of pollen dispersal 293 -- Tritrophic effects 294 -- Future monitoring of transgenic flow 295 -- Side effects of marker genes 295 -- NOVEL POSSIBILITES 296 -- Plantibodies 296 -- Engineered arthropods 296 -- THE SOCIAL DIMENSION 298 -- Europe 298 -- North America 299 -- Third World perspectives 300 -- Biotechnology 300 -- Sustainable ecology 302 -- REFERENCES 304 |
| Notes |
Errata slip for p. 142 inserted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Insects -- Physiology.
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Insects -- Sense organs.
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Chemical senses.
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Pests -- Control.
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| LC no. |
2002280014 |
| ISBN |
140200270X |
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