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Title Insect bioecology and nutrition for integrated pest management / edited by Antônio R. Panizzi, José R.P. Parra
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 732 pages) : illustrations
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)
Summary "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 entomological concepts within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM). It specifically addresses bioecology and insect nutrition in modern agriculture. Written for graduate students and professionals in entomology, this book covers neotropical information in three sections: General aspects: basic bioecology and insect nutrition, artificial diets, insect/plant interactions, insect symbionts, the interface of chemical ecology with the food, and insect cannibalism. Specific aspects: specific feeding guilds of insects including ants, social bees, leaf chewers, seed suckers, seed chewers, root feeders, gall makers, detritivorous feeders, pests of storage grains, fruit flies, aphids, endo- and ectoparasitoids, predators, crisopids, and hematophagous insects. Applied aspects: host plant resistance and the design of IPM programs in the context of insect bioecology and nutrition. Much of the research on which these chapters were written was done in Brazil and based on its neotropical fauna. The complexity and diversity of the neotropics provides enough data that readers from all zoogeographical regions can readily translate the information in this book to their specific conditions. The book's value as an entry point for further research is enhanced by the inclusion of approximately 4,000 references."--Publisher
Notes "Embrapa."
Based on the book Ecologia nutricional de insetos e suas implicações no manejo de pragas
Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Insects -- Food.
Insects -- Ecology.
Insects -- Integrated control
Insects -- Nutrition
Insects -- Feeding and feeds.
NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
Insects -- Feeding and feeds
Insects -- Ecology
Insects -- Food
Form Electronic book
Author Panizzi, Antônio Ricardo.
Parra, José Roberto P. (José Roberto Postali)
ISBN 9781439837092
1439837090
9781138198500
1138198501