Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships / Edition 1

by Erich Stïdler, Martine Rowell-Rahier, Robert Baur

Overview

The 9th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships (SIP-9) was once more, following the tradition established in 1958, a forum for investigators in both basic and applied entomology interested in the important and fascinating field of interactions between plants and insects. We were pleased and honoured to organise this symposium, which took place June 24—30, 1995 in Gwatt on the shores of the Lake of Thun in Switzerland. 168 participants from 26 countries from all over the world actively took part in the symposium by contributing 12 key-note lectures and a total of 141 oral presentations and posters. The favourable response and the lively interaction of the participants in all symposium activities is the clearest indication of the success of SIP-9. The organisers appreciated the enthusiasm and the willingness to collaborate shown by all participants. The following volume contains written contributions (72) of only half of all presentations. This is due to the fact that we decided to produce not only an account of the proceedings but also to publish all contributions as a special volume of the journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. This procedure was last adopted in 1978 for SIP-4, organised by Reginald F. Chapman and Elizabeth A. Bernays, and ensures a wide distribution of the papers within the scientific community and easy access through libraries. Inevitably we had to employ the same review procedure as applicable for the manuscripts regularly submitted to Entomologia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792341277
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	08/31/1996
Series:	Series Entomologica , #53
Edition description:	Reprinted from ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA, 80:1, 1996
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Sensory-physiology. Behaviour. Techniques for Sensory Physiology and Behaviour. Insect Ecophysiology. Plant Variability. Plant Resistance. Interactions & Mutualism. Evolution. Conclusion. General Index. Index of Authors.

Editorial Reviews

Oral lectures and poster presentations are among the 72 contributions from investigators of both basic and applied entomology. They cover sensory-physiology, behavior, techniques for studying those aspects, insect ecophysiology, plant variability, plant resistance, interactions and mutualism, and evolution. Among the specific topics are optical and chemical stimuli control pollen feeding in the hoverfly, the early appearance of foraging flight associated with starvation in an aphid, the computer (Windows) display and analysis of electrophysiological data, trade-offs in larval performance on normal and novel hosts, the effect of color and glucosinolates on the interaction between oilseed rape and pollen beetles, biological and chemical characteristics of a genetic resistance of melon to the melon aphid, and the chemoecology of larvae of the European apple sawfly. Reprinted from Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata v.80, no.1 (1996). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

‘This book will help to area of research. A general index, author index and list of participants are very useful. This book will help to further studies in a field which is so important to provide sufficient food for the increasing human population.'
Entology, 104:6 (1998)

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