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The Biosynthesis and Detection of Pheromones and Plant Volatiles
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Edited By
Gary Blomquist, University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A.
Richard Vogt, University of South Carolina, Columbia, U.S.A.
Description
A valuable new reference on insect behavior, this exceptional new text delves into the primary sensory communication system used by most
insects -- their sense of smell. This important text covers how insects produce pheromones and how they detect pheromones and plant
volatiles. Since insects rely on pheromone detection for both feeding and breeding, a better understanding of insect olfaction and pheromone
biosynthesis could help curb the behavior of pests without the use of harmful pesticides and even help to reduce the socio-economic impacts
associated to human-insect interactions.
Audience
Chemical ecologists, neurobiologists, biologists, chemists, physiologists, entomologists, biochemists, and, molecular biologists
Contents
Part 1: PHEROMONE PRODUCTION
Biosynthesis and detection of pheromones and plant volatiles - Introduction and Overview.
Biology and ultrastructure of sex pheromone producing tissue .
Biochemistry of female moth sex pheromones.
Molecular Biological Investigations
of Pheromone Desaturases,
PBAN regulation of pheromone biosynthesis in female moths.
Biosynthesis and endocrine regulation of pheromone
production in Coleoptera.
Molecular Biology of Pheromone Production in Bark Beetles.
Biosynthesis and ecdysteroid regulation of housefly
sex pheromone production.
Genetic studies on pheromone production in Drosophila.
Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis, transport and
emission in cockroaches.
Pheromone biosynthesis in social insects.
Alkaloid-derived pheromones and sexual selection in Lepidoptera.
Part 2: PHEROMONE DETECTION
The biochemical design of pheromone and odor detection
The biochemistry of odor detection
and its future prospects
Biochemical Diversity in Odor Detection: OBPs, ODE, and SNMPs. Proteins that make sense.
The peripheral pheromone
olfactory system in insects: targets for species-selective control agents
Biochemistry and diversity of insect odorant-binding proteins.
Biochemistry and evolution of OBP and CSP proteins.
Diversity and Expression of Odorant Receptors in Drosophila
Transduction Mechanisms
of Olfactory Sensory Neurons
The external and internal environmental factors influencing the biochemical design of pheromone and odor
detection
The Biomechanical Design of an Insect Antenna as an Odor Capture Device
Olfactory landscapes and deceptive pollination: signal
noise and convergent evolution in floral Scent
Physiology and genetics of odor perception in Drosophila
Plasticity and coding mechanisms
in the insect antennal lobe
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Hardbound, 768 pages, publication date: OCT-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-107151-6
ISBN-10: 0-12-107151-0
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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