Insect Chemoreception: Fundamental and Applied / Edition 1

Insect Chemoreception: Fundamental and Applied / Edition 1

by M.F. Ryan
ISBN-10:
140200270X
ISBN-13:
9781402002700
Pub. Date:
01/31/2002
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
ISBN-10:
140200270X
ISBN-13:
9781402002700
Pub. Date:
01/31/2002
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
Insect Chemoreception: Fundamental and Applied / Edition 1

Insect Chemoreception: Fundamental and Applied / Edition 1

by M.F. Ryan

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Overview

In this time of edited volumes when the list of individual contributors may reach double figures, it is appropriate to question the usefulness of a volume, with such a broad scope, by a single author. The answer is simple. For years he has believed that the rather sharp distinction between fundamental and applied aspects of this discipline, has ill-served the significance of each; and has diminished the incidence of fruitful synergies. Yet the need for these was never greater, and this case may be developed by a single author with experience of each aspect. The inclusion of a Chapter on Genetic Engineering may raise some doubts, but it is enabled by the chosen title “Chemoreception”, as distinct from Chemoperception: the latter implies detection of a chemical, followed by a behavioural response. But the former broader category subsumes Chemoperception and allows for the reception of a chemical toxin so potent as to prelude a behavioural or physiological response, other than death. Accordingly, chemical toxins are a legitimate inclusion. In which event, their delivery through a GM plant is as appropriate for study as their application in a spray.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781402002700
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 01/31/2002
Edition description: 2002
Pages: 330
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Introduction and Overview. Part I: Fundamental Aspects. 2. Plant Chemicals. 3. Pheromones. 4. The Chemoreceptive Organs: Structural Aspects. 4. Electrophysiology of Chemoreception. 6. Biochemistry of Chemoreception. Part II: Applied Aspects. 7. Plant Chemicals in Pest Control. 8. Host Plant Resistance. 9. Pheromones in Plant Protection. 10. Genetic Engineering. References. Species Index. Subject Index.
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