Advances in Insect Physiology
- 1st Edition, Volume 67 - October 15, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Russell Jurenka
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 3 1 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 3 1 5 - 5
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including Insecticidal RNAi delivered as biopesticide, Cry toxins, Vip3 insecticidal proteins: Structure and Mode of Action, New plant/other bacteria toxins, Engineered insecticidal proteins, Resistance to insecticidal proteins, and Photorhabdus toxins across Gram-negative bacteria. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series
- Updated release includes the latest information on the Insecticidal proteins and RNAi in the control of Insects
Researchers and students of Entomology, insect pathology, microbial pathogenesis, insect biochemistry, insect physiology, and molecular biology
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One: Social dominance, aggression, and physiology in Polistes paper wasps
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Variation in nest founding strategies across species/populations
- 3 Morphological variation among foundresses
- 4 Social interactions among foundresses
- 5 Visual signals mediating aggression
- 6 Links between behavioral and reproductive dominance among foundresses
- 7 Physiological correlates and mediators of dominance rank
- 8 Physiological consequences of aggressive outcomes
- 9 Conclusions and future directions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Osmoregulation in aquatic insects: A review
- Abstract
- 1 Quid agimus: Why is aquatic insect osmoregulation important?
- 2 Evolutionary history
- 3 Early history
- 4 Morphology
- 5 Saline tolerant insects
- 6 Osmoregulatory traits across taxa
- 7 Plasticity
- 8 Major ion toxicity
- 9 Mechanisms of ion toxicity
- 10 Energetics of osmoregulation
- 11 Salinity interactions with other abiotic factors
- 12 Unanswered questions and future directions
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 67
- Published: October 15, 2024
- No. of pages (Hardback): 92
- No. of pages (eBook): 310
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443343148
- eBook ISBN: 9780443343155
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Russell Jurenka
Dr. Russell Jurenka is a professor in the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University.
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Professor, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, USARead Advances in Insect Physiology on ScienceDirect