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Insect Chemoreception

Fundamental and Applied

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Authors:
  1. Michael F. Ryan

    1. Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    Pages 1-24

  3. Fundamental Aspects

    1. Plant Chemicals

      Pages 27-72

    2. Pheromones

      Pages 73-112

    3. The Chemoreceptive Organs: Structural Aspects

      Pages 113-139

    4. Electrophysiology of Chemoreception

      Pages 140-173

    5. Biochemistry of Chemoreception

      Pages 174-189

  4. Applied Aspects

    1. Plant Chemicals in Pest Control

      Pages 193-222

    2. Host Plant Resistance

      Pages 223-255

    3. Pheromones in Plant Protection

      Pages 256-279

    4. Genetic Engineering

      Pages 280-306

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 307-330
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, USA

    Michael F. Ryan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Insect Chemoreception

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamental and Applied

  • Authors: Michael F. Ryan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47581-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0270-0Published: 31 January 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-3930-6Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47581-8Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 330

  • Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Sciences

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