The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction

The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction edited by T. Jermy.

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Jermy, T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1976.
Edition:1st ed. 1976.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant science.
Botany.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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