Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management

ISBN-13: 9781439837085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 750 str.

Antonio Ricardo Panizzi; Jose R. P. Parra

Opis

As the only reference to address bioecology and insect nutrition specifically and put the concepts in the framework of integrated pest management (IPM), this text covers the basics of insect nutrition and explains how the knowledge can be applied to IPM."

Spis treści

GENERAL ASPECTS: Introduction to bioecology and insect nutrition as a basis for integrated pest management. Nutritional indexes to measure food consumption and utilization by insects. The evolution of insect artificial diets and their interactions with science and technology. Insect/plant interactions. Symbionts and insect nutrition. Bioecology and nutrition vs. chemical ecology: multitrophic interactions mediated by chemical signals. Insect cannibalism. SPECIFIC ASPECTS: Ants. Social bees. Defoliators. Seed-sucking bugs. Seed-chewing beetles. Root-feeding beetles. Gall-makers insects. Detritivorours insects. Insect feeding on storaged grains. Fruit flies. Sieve feeding aphids. Parasitoids. Predatory bugs. Predatory beetles. Predatory lacewings. Hematophagous insects. APPLIED ASPECTS: Host plant resistance and insect bioecology and nutrition. Bioecology and insect nutrition for IPM.

O autorze

Antônio R. Panizzi is a research entomologist at the National Wheat Center in Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.

José Roberto Postali Parra is a Professor of the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Agricultural Zoology at the College of Agriculture at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.