Download or read book Nutritional Ecology of Insects Mites Spiders and Related Invertebrates written by Frank Slansky and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1987-03-23 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates: an overview; Nutritional ecology of forb foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of insect folivores of woody plants: nitrogen, water, fiber, and mineral considerations; Nutritional ecology of grass foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of phytophagous mites; Nutritional ecology of lichen/moss arthropods; Nutritional ecology of arthropod gall makers; Nutritional ecology of bruchid beetles; Nutritional ecology of seed-sucking insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product and house dust mites; Ecology of nectar and pollen feeding in lepidoptera; Nutritional ecology of bees; Nutritional ecology of phloem-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of wood-feeding coleoptera, lepidoptera and hymenoptera; Nutritional ecology of termites; Nutritional ecology of terrestial insect predators; Nutritional ecology of aquatic insect predators; Nutritional ecology of phytoseiid mites; Nutritional ecology of spiders; Interrelationships of nutritional ecology of parasitoids; Conspecific tissues and secretions as sources of nutrition; Nutritional ecology of ectoparasitic insects; Nutritional ecology of blood-feeding diptera; Nutritional ecology of parasitic mites and ticks; Nutritional ecology of fungus-feeding arthropods; Nutritional ecology of soil arthropods; Nutritional ecology of dung and carrion-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of cockroaches; Nutritional ecology of ants; Nutritional ecology of wool- and fur-feeding insects.

Download or read book Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management written by Antônio Ricardo Panizzi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of insect nutritional ecology has been defined by how insects deal with nutritional and non-nutritional compounds, and how these compounds influence their biology in evolutionary time. In contrast, Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management presents these entomological concepts within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM). It specifically addresses bioecology and insect nutrition in modern agriculture. Written for graduate students and professionals in entomology, this book covers neotropical information in three sections: General Aspects: Basic bioecology and insect nutrition; artificial diets; insect/plant interactions; insect symbionts; the interface of chemical ecology with the food; and insect cannibalism Specific Aspects: Specific feeding guilds of insects including ants, social bees, leaf chewers, seed suckers, seed chewers, root feeders, gall makers, detritivorous feeders, pests of storage grains, fruit flies, aphids, endo- and ectoparasitoids, predators, crisopids, and hematophagous insects Applied Aspects: Host plant resistance and the design of IPM programs in the context of insect bioecology and nutrition Much of the research on which these chapters were written was done in Brazil and based on its neotropical fauna. The complexity and diversity of the neotropics provides enough data that readers from all zoogeographical regions can readily translate the information in this book to their specific conditions. The book’s value as an entry point for further research is enhanced by the inclusion of approximately 4,000 references.

Download or read book Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients written by Aaron T. Dossey and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients: Production, Processing and Food Applications describes how insects can be mass produced and incorporated into our food supply at an industrial and cost-effective scale, providing valuable guidance on how to build the insect-based agriculture and the food and biomaterial industry. Editor Aaron Dossey, a pioneer in the processing of insects for human consumption, brings together a team of international experts who effectively summarize the current state-of-the-art, providing helpful recommendations on which readers can build companies, products, and research programs. Researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and anyone interested in insect mass production and the industrial use of insects will benefit from the content in this comprehensive reference. The book contains all the information a basic practitioner in the field needs, making this a useful resource for those writing a grant, a research or review article, a press article, or news clip, or for those deciding how to enter the world of insect based food ingredients. - Details the current state and future direction of insects as a sustainable source of protein, food, feed, medicine, and other useful biomaterials - Provides valuable guidance that is useful to anyone interested in utilizing insects as food ingredients - Presents insects as an alternative protein/nutrient source that is ideal for food companies, nutritionists, entomologists, food entrepreneurs, and athletes, etc. - Summarizes the current state-of-the-art, providing helpful recommendations on building companies, products, and research programs - Ideal reference for researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and anyone interested in insect mass production and the industrial use of insects - Outlines the challenges and opportunities within this emerging industry

Download or read book Edible Insects written by Arnold van Huis and published by Bright Sparks. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.

Download or read book Nutritional Ecology of Insects Mites Spiders and Related Invertebrates written by Frank Slansky and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1987-03-23 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates: an overview; Nutritional ecology of forb foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of insect folivores of woody plants: nitrogen, water, fiber, and mineral considerations; Nutritional ecology of grass foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of phytophagous mites; Nutritional ecology of lichen/moss arthropods; Nutritional ecology of arthropod gall makers; Nutritional ecology of bruchid beetles; Nutritional ecology of seed-sucking insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product and house dust mites; Ecology of nectar and pollen feeding in lepidoptera; Nutritional ecology of bees; Nutritional ecology of phloem-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of wood-feeding coleoptera, lepidoptera and hymenoptera; Nutritional ecology of termites; Nutritional ecology of terrestial insect predators; Nutritional ecology of aquatic insect predators; Nutritional ecology of phytoseiid mites; Nutritional ecology of spiders; Interrelationships of nutritional ecology of parasitoids; Conspecific tissues and secretions as sources of nutrition; Nutritional ecology of ectoparasitic insects; Nutritional ecology of blood-feeding diptera; Nutritional ecology of parasitic mites and ticks; Nutritional ecology of fungus-feeding arthropods; Nutritional ecology of soil arthropods; Nutritional ecology of dung and carrion-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of cockroaches; Nutritional ecology of ants; Nutritional ecology of wool- and fur-feeding insects.

Download or read book Edible Insects written by Heimo Mikkola and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insect protein production through ‘mini-livestock farming’ has enormous potential to reduce the level of malnutrition in critical areas across the world. It has been estimated that insect eating is practised regularly by over two billion people, mostly in China and in most tropical countries in Africa, South America, and Asia. However, eating insects has been taboo in many western nations. Reasons for this are discussed in this book with examples from Finland and the UK. The enormous boom of insect farming in Finland started in September 2017 when the business type was legalized. However, a large part of the population found the insect food too expensive and exotic. UK research outlines a multitude of promising strategies to overcome ‘western’ resistance to eating insects. This book also includes a chapter on the potential of insect farming to increase global food security. It shows that Africa is a hotspot of edible insect biodiversity and there more than 500 species consumed daily. We have several examples of viable insect farming businesses that can fight poverty and malnutrition in developing countries and provide profit and wealth to rural farmers. The chapters of the book cover countries such as Cameroon, Ecuador, Finland, Ghana, India, Mexico, the UK, and the US.

Download or read book Urban Entomology written by Walter Ebeling and published by Division of Agricultural Sciences University of California. This book was released on 1975 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advances in Nutritional Research written by Harold H. Draper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 4 of Advances in Nutritional Research reflects the increased importance that recently has been attached to nutrition in many fields of clinical medicine. This heightened interest in nutrition stems from the demonstration that the intake of specific nutrients may have far-reaching consequences, not only for normal metabolism, but also for metabolic processes affecting clinical or subclinical disease. Conversely, many disease states have been shown to have previously unrecognized effects on nutrient function and metabolism. In addition to topics of obvious relevance to human clinical nutrition, this volume contains chapters dealing with the nutrition of cells grown in culture and of species that may provide insights into nutritional disorders of man. To gether with its predecessors, Volume 4 provides graduate students and estab lished investigators with authoritative accounts of the status of research on a range of topics of current interest in experimental and clinical nutrition. vii Contents Chapter 1. Vitamin-Responsive Genetic Abnormalities .......... . S. Harvey Mudd 1. Introduction.............................................. 1 2. Historical Perspective ...................................... 2 3. Genetic Abnormalities Currently Known to Be Vitamin Responsive. 3 4. Mechanisms Underlying Vitamin Responsiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1. Defects in the Processing of a Vitamin Prior to Its Interaction in Cofactor Form with a Particular Apoenzyme ........ 7 4.2. Defects in Particular Apoenzymes that Interact with the Cofactor Forms of Vitamins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . .

Download or read book Heat Treatment for Insect Control written by Dave Hammond and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stored product insects and other pests represent a major hygiene and safety issue to many industries, from food production to building infestation, and issues for timber pallets and packaging. Beds bugs are rapidly becoming a public health issue in hotels, hostels and houses in many parts of the world. While fumigation has been one of the prevalent routes for pest control, there remain issues with the toxicity of the chemicals used and potential exposure to humans therefore heat treatment has proven to be a successful alternative when used correctly. It is well known that excessive heat is dangerous to life. There is a difference between the amount of heat required to kill microbes such as bacteria and viruses and that required to kill larger life forms such as insects or mammals. This book focuses on the use of heat to kill insects and mites in food production, storage and other facilities. Heat Treatment for Insect Control examines how controlled heat treatment kills all stages of pest insect life across species and without causing damage to surrounding structures or electronics. The advantages of heat treatment include no health & safety hazards, a completely controllable and environmentally friendly process, reduced treatment time of fumigation (hours verses days), as well as no factory shutdown or exclusion of staff from adjacent areas during treatment. Part I reviews the principles of heat treatment, with chapters covering the fundamentals, planning, best practice and costs of integrated pest management. Part II looks at heat treatment applications in food production, storage, food materials and fresh produce. Part III examines the other applications in clothing, small rooms, buildings, and transportation. - Provides a comprehensive and systematic reference on the heat treatment for insect control - Reviews the development of heat treatment processes and technology as part of integrated pest management approaches

Download or read book Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding written by Reg F. Chapman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book to deal comprehensively with insect feeding was published by C. T. Brues in 1946. His Insect Dietary was an account of insect feeding habits. Since that time there has been a revolution in biology, and almost all aspects of our understanding of insect feeding have expanded to an extent and into areas that would have been unthinkable in Brues' day. Yet, our book does not replace Insect Dietary but, instead, complements it, because our aim is to bring together information on the mechanisms by which food quality and quantity are regulated. We deliberately focus attention on the feeding process; to include food-finding would have required a much larger book and would have moved the focus away from more proximate mechanisms. This book is dedicated to the late Vincent G. Dethier. As a pioneer in studying the physiological basis of animal behavior, he focused on regulation of feeding in flies and caterpillars. His work on the blowfly, together with that by his many students and co-workers, still provides the most completely described mechanism of insect feeding. The citation of his work in almost every chapter in this book illustrates the importance of his findings and ideas to our current understanding of regulation of insect feeding. The authors in this book provide many innovative and stimulating ideas typifying Dethier's approach to the study of feeding be havior.

Download or read book Insect Physiology and Biochemistry written by and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded and updated, this second edition of a bestselling book challenges conventional entomological wisdom with the latest research and analytical interpretations. Encouraging independent evaluation of the data and allowing for the extrapolation of major concepts across species, this indispensable text establishes a thorough understanding of the

Download or read book Current Topics in Insect Endocrinology and Nutrition written by Govindan Bhaskaran and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Food Defect Action Levels written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Insect Diets written by Allen Carson Cohen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Allen Carson Cohen's new edition of Insect Diets: Science and Technology continues to provide a current, integrated review of the field of insect diets. It reaffirms and expands upon the belief that the science of diet development and the technology of diet application in rearing programs require formal foundations and guidelines. Cohen argues

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Download or read book Regulation Digestion Nutrition Excretion written by G. A. Kerkut and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, seven of the chapters deal with feeding and diet, which is reasonable since insects consume an estimated l5-20% of all the world's planted crops. Many insects even have a specialized larval feeding stage that usually occupies a different ecological niche to the adult and so does not compete for the adult's food stock. Other chapters describe the means by which insects maintain their water balance, nitrogen balance and temperature balance under a range of conditions. These involve regulation by hormonal and behavioural systems that are also described here. The l4 chapters are all extensively illustrated and referenced and therefore provide excellent summaries of current knowledge. They will be of great value to entomologists, zoologists and biologists in general.

Download or read book Ecological Entomology written by Carl B. Huffaker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-12-07 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring completely updated chapters, additional authors, and an increased emphasis on alternatives to traditional pesticides, the second edition of Ecological Entomology is the field's leading reference on the role of insects in ecosystems. The authors cover insect growth and development, what they eat, how they reproduce, and how they move in various environments. The book also examines how insects interact with the plant community and how to control insect populations naturally.