Insect Biology in The Future
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Insect Biology in The Future

VBW 80

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Insect Biology in The Future

VBW 80

About this book

Insect Biology in the Future: ""VBW 80"" contains essays presented to Sir Vincent Wigglesworth during his 80th year. Wigglesworth is fairly designated as the founding father and remarkable leader of insect physiology. His papers and other works significantly contribute to this field of study. This book, dedicated to him, underlines the value of insect material in approaching a wide spectrum of biological issues. The essays in this book tackle the insects' physiology, including their evolution and dominance. The papers also discuss the various avenues of water loss and gain as interrelated components of overall water balance in land arthropods. This reference suggests possible areas for further research mainly at the whole animal level. It also describes the fat body, hemolymph, endocrine control of vitellogenin synthesis, reproduction, growth, hormones, chemistry, defense, and survival of insects. Other topics of importance include cell communication and pattern formation in insects; plant-insect interaction; and insecticides.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780124543409
eBook ISBN
9780323141857
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Entomology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTRIBUTORS
  6. PREFACE
  7. Chapter 1: WIGGLESWORTH’S CONTRIBUTION TO INSECT BIOLOGY AND THE STATE OF THE ART
  8. Chapter 2: INSECTS AND INSECT PHYSIOLOGY IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS
  9. Chapter 3: THE COMPONENTS OF WATER BALANCE
  10. Chapter 4: INSECT CUTICLE THROUGH THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE — DISTINGUISHING FACT FROM ARTIFACT
  11. Chapter 5: CUTICLE WATER RELATIONS: TOWARDS A NEW CUTICLE WATERPROOFING MODEL
  12. Chapter 6: WATER AND IONS IN THE GUT
  13. Chapter 7: WATER TRANSPORT BY ELECTROOSMOSIS
  14. Chapter 8: EPITHELIAL TRANSPORT AND CONTROL IN RECTA OF TERRESTRIAL INSECTS
  15. Chapter 9: THE CONTROL OF WATER RELATIONS IN INSECTS
  16. Chapter 10: THE FAT BODY AS A PROTEIN FACTORY
  17. Chapter 11: THE CELL BIOLOGY OF FAT BODY DEVELOPMENT
  18. Chapter 12: HORMONAL MODULATION OF CARBOHYDRATE AND LIPID METABOLISM IN FAT BODY
  19. Chapter 13: HEMOLYMPH AS A DYNAMIC TISSUE
  20. Chapter 14: LIPID–PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN INSECTS
  21. Chapter 15: ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF VITELLOGENIN SYNTHESIS
  22. Chapter 16: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION IN RHODNIUS AND OTHER INSECTS: SOME QUESTIONS
  23. Chapter 17: REGULATION OF THE CORPORA ALLATA IN ADULT FEMALE INSECTS
  24. Chapter 18: GROWTH IN INSECTS
  25. Chapter 19: ECLOSION HORMONE: ITS ROLE IN COORDINATING ECDYSIAL EVENTS IN INSECTS
  26. Chapter 20: THE HORMONAL CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS OF A LEPIDOPTERAN EPIDERMAL CELL
  27. Chapter 21: MORPHOGENESIS IN TISSUE CULTURE: CONTROL BY ECDYSTEROIDS
  28. Chapter 22: HORMONAL CONTROL OF RNA SYNTHESIS IN WING EPIDERMIS
  29. Chapter 23: HORMONE ACTION — A SEARCH FOR TRANSDUCING MECHANISMS
  30. Chapter 24: POSITIONAL INFORMATION AS A REGULATOR OF GROWTH IN THE IMAGINAL WING DISC OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
  31. Chapter 25: PHYSICAL AND PATTERN CONTINUITY IN THE INSECT EPIDERMIS
  32. Chapter 26: THE GENETICS OF PATTERN FORMATION
  33. Chapter 27: CELL COMMUNICATION AND PATTERN FORMATION IN INSECTS
  34. Chapter 28: PHEROMONES AND THEIR CHEMISTRY
  35. Chapter 29: INSECT ANTIFEEDANTS FROM PLANTS
  36. Chapter 30: CHEMISTRY OF PLANT/INSECT INTERACTIONS
  37. Chapter 31: NEURAL MECHANISMS
  38. Chapter 32: NEURONAL GUIDANCE AND PATHFINDING IN THE DEVELOPING SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM OF INSECTS
  39. Chapter 33: PHEROMONE COMMUNICATION IN MOTHS SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
  40. Chapter 34: THE COMPOUND EYE
  41. Chapter 35: EPITHELIAL PHYSIOLOGY OF INSECT SENSILLA
  42. Chapter 36: FUNCTIONAL ORGANISATION OF ARTHROPOD NEUROGLIA
  43. Chapter 37: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF INSECT MUSCLES
  44. Chapter 38: PACEMAKER NEURONES AND RHYTHMIC BEHAVIOR
  45. Chapter 39: CHEMISTRY, DEFENSE, AND SURVIVAL: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED TOPICS
  46. Chapter 40: THE FUTURE FOR INSECTICIDES
  47. Chapter 41: THE FUTURE OF TSETSE BIOLOGY
  48. Chapter 42: SCIENCE OF A PEST: RESEARCH ON THE AFRICAN ARMYWORM AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, NAIROBI
  49. THE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS OF V.B. WIGGLESWORTH FROM 1925 TO 1979
  50. INDEX