The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction
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The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction

The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction


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Preference to oviposition and antibiosis mechanism to jassids (Amrasca devastans Dist.) in cotton (Gossypium sp.).- Studies on the induction of food preference in alfalfa ladybird, Subcoccinella 24-punctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).- Feeding and nutrition of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), with special reference to amino acids.- The ability of Locusta migratoria L. to perceive plant surface waxes.- Antifeedant properties of seedling grasses.- A critical review of the methodology and interpretation of experiments designed to assay the phagostimulatory activity of chemicals to phytophagous insects.- Some new aspects of host-plant relation to behaviour and reproduction of spider mites (Acarina: Tetranychidae).- The oviposition of the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella Hbn., Lep., Phyticidae) influenced by olfactory stimuli and antennectomy.- The importance of stimulus patterns for host-plant recognition and acceptance.- Comparative studies on induction of food choice preferences in lepidopterous larvae.- Host-plant factors regulating wing production in Myzus persicae.- Behavioural responses to host-plant odours in adult cabbage root fly [Erioischia brassicae (Bouché)].- Small ermine moths of the genus Yponomeuta and their host relationships (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae).- Chemical and behavioral factors influencing food selection of Leptinotarsa beetle.- Interactions between the host-plant and mating upon the reproductive activity of Acanthoscelides obtectus females (Coleoptera, Bruchidae).- Insect—host-plant relationship — co-evolution or sequential evolution ?.- The role of volatile oil composition for trunk pest resistance in coniferous plants. Experiments on lumber.- Host-plant finding by flying aphids.- Colonization sites of scale insects(Homoptera: Coccoidea) on different plant species and varieties.- The influence of linoleic and linolenie acids on the development and on the lipid metabolism of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say).- The importance of the co-evolutive point of view in the investigation of the reproductive relations between insects and host-plants.- Finding of feeding and egg-laying sites by the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria L..- Mouth parts and receptors involved in feeding behaviour and sugar perception in the African army worm, Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae).- Systemic damage caused by Trioza apicalis on carrot.- Influence of the nectariless character in cotton on harmful and beneficial insects.- The effects of qualitative and quantitative changes of diet on egg production in Locusta migratoria migratorioides.- The value of artificial feeding techniques in aphid-host-plant studies.- Distribution of adult insects in relation to the host-plants.- Hosts and non-hosts in subspecies of Aulacorthumsolani (Kaltenbach) and intraspecific hybridizations (Homoptera: Aphididae).- Host selection of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn.) populations in Hungary.- Physico-chemical aspects of the effects of certain phytochemicals on insect gustation.- Ethology of Dasyneura brassicae Winn. (Dipt., Cecidomyidae). I. Laboratory studies of olfactory reactions to the host-plant.- Host detection by wild and lab-cultured olive flies.- The role of the host-plant in the reproduction of Eurygaster maura L. and E. austriaca Schrk..- Effects of certain allelochemics on the growth and development of the black cutworm.- Inhibitory action of chestnut-leaf extracts (Castanea sativa Mill.) on oviposition and oogenesis of the sugar beet moth (Scrobipalpa ocellatella Boyd.; Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae).- Various host-insect interrelations in host-finding and colonization behavior of bark beetles on coniferous trees.- Investigations on the influence of fruit odour on the orientation of codling moth (Laspeyresia pomonella L.).- Oviposition behaviour of Ceutorrhynchus maculaalba Herbst. (Col.: Curculionidae).- The role of graminaceous host-plants in the induction of aestivation-diapause in the larvae of Chilo zonellus Swinhoe and Ghilo argyrolepia Hamps..- The influence of phytohormones and growth regulating substances on insect development processes.- On the variability of chemosensory information.- Influence of induction of host preference on chemoreception of Manduca sexta: behavioral and electrophysiological studies.- The effect of the amputation of head appendages on the oviposition of the bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).- A preliminary study of host selection and acceptance behaviour in the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae L..- Host selection and colonization by some spruce bark beetles.- The olfactory component in host-plant selection in the adult Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say).- Host selection by bark beetles in the mixed-conifer forests of California.- Research on the effect of alpha-tocopherol (Vit. E) on the growth and reproduction of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say).- General conclusions.- Author index.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781461342762
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 322
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1461342767
  • Publisher Date: 13 Oct 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 170 mm


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