Insect Chemoreception Fundamental and Applied /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ryan, Michael F. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Sciences.

 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. 

 Fundamental Aspects -- Plant Chemicals -- Pheromones -- The Chemoreceptive Organs: Structural Aspects -- Electrophysiology of Chemoreception -- Biochemistry of Chemoreception -- and Overview -- Applied Aspects -- Plant Chemicals in Pest Control -- Host Plant Resistance -- Pheromones in Plant Protection -- Genetic Engineering.