Download or read book Insects at Low Temperature written by Richard Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of insects at low temperature is a comparatively new field. Only recently has insect cryobiology begun to mature, as research moves from a descriptive approach to a search for underlying mechanisms at diverse levels of organization ranging from the gene and cell to ecological and evolutionary relationships. Knowledge of insect responses to low temperature is crucial for understanding the biology of insects living in seasonally varying habitats as well as in polar regions. It is not possible to precisely define low temperature. In the tropics exposure to 10-15°C may induce chill coma or death, whereas some insects in temperate and polar regions remain active and indeed even able to fly at O°C or below. In contrast, for persons interested in cryopreservation, low temperature may mean storage in liquid nitrogen at - 196°C. In the last decade, interest in adaptations of invertebrates to low temperature has risen steadily. In part, this book had its origins in a symposium on this subject that was held at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Louisville, Kentucky, USA in December, 1988. However, the emergence and growth of this area has also been strongly influenced by an informal group of investigators who met in a series of symposia held in Oslo, Norway in 1982, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1985 and in Cambridge, England in 1988. Another is scheduled for Binghamton, New York, USA (1990).

Download or read book Low Temperature Biology of Insects written by David L. Denlinger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low temperature is a major environmental constraint impacting the geographic distribution and seasonal activity patterns of insects. Written for academic researchers in environmental physiology and entomology, this book explores the physiological and molecular mechanisms that enable insects to cope with a cold environment and places these findings into an evolutionary and ecological context. An introductory chapter provides a primer on insect cold tolerance and subsequent chapters in the first section discuss the organismal, cellular and molecular responses that allow insects to survive in the cold despite their, at best, limited ability to regulate their own body temperature. The second section, highlighting the evolutionary and macrophysiological responses to low temperature, is especially relevant for understanding the impact of global climate change on insect systems. A final section translates the knowledge gained from the rest of the book into practical applications including cryopreservation and the augmentation of pest management strategies.

Download or read book Freezing and Survival of Insects at Low Temperature written by Nellie M. C. Payne and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Insects at Low Temperatures written by Richard Lee and published by . This book was released on 1991-02-14 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Insect Diapause written by David L. Denlinger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures the full scope of the literature, integrating ecological and molecular mechanisms that enable insects to enter a dormant state.

Download or read book Temperature Sensitivity In Insects And Application In Integrated Pest Management written by Guy J Hallman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on an array of integrated pest management tools (IPM) that exploit extreme temperatures, examining the biological basis for using temperature extremes in controlling insects and presenting practical IPM techniques that rely on temperature.

Download or read book Freezine and Survival of Insects at Low Temperature written by Nellie M.. Payne and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Insect Pest Control Procedure written by Toby Raphael and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Low Temperature Studies in Insects written by Richard M. Duffield and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hot Blooded Insects written by Bernd Heinrich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From one man's persistent and elegant probing of the temperature biology of bees, we have been led to a deeper understanding of the whole biology of many insect taxa, and of their interactions with ecological and environmental stresses: all who work at the interfaces of physiology, ecology and behaviour have cause to be grateful, and all should certainly read this book." (Trends in Ecology & Evolution) "An outstanding source of information, and can be read with profit and satisfaction by the professional biologist and interested amateur alike." (Nature)

Download or read book Climate Change and Insect Pests written by Christer Bjorkman and published by CABI. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures. Range expansions into new areas, further north and to higher elevations, are already well documented, as are physiological and phenological responses. It is anticipated that the damage by insects will increase as a consequence of climate change, i.e. increasing temperatures primarily. However, the evidence in support of this common “belief” is sparse. Climate Change and Insect Pests sums up present knowledge regarding both agricultural and forest insect pests and climate change in order to identify future research directions.

Download or read book Low Temperature Tolerance of Insects in Relation to the Influence of Temperature on Muscle Apyrase Activity written by John Alexander Mutchmor and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Insect Development written by P. A. Lawrence and published by Royal Entomological Society. This book was released on 1976 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Molecular Physiology of Insect Low Temperature Stress Responses written by Michael Robert Michaud and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A metabolomic analysis of the freeze tolerant midge, Belgica antarctica, revealed that freezing increased a number of different polyols in whole-body extracts, incuding glycerol, mannitol, and erythritol. Freezing also increased alanine, asparagine, and glycine. In addition, the frozen midge larvae accumulated Krebs cycle intermediates, indicating that aerobic respiration is considerably slowed. Membrane involvement in freezing was not conclusively supported, although there was a reduction in oleic acid levels. A comparison of the metabolic responses of this midge to heat, freezing and desiccation revealed that freezing and desiccation produced similar results, supporting the hypothesis that the cellular response to these two stressors is related.

Download or read book The Ecology of Insect Overwintering written by Simon R. Leather and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive account of the various forms of insect overwintering, highlighting areas of economic interest.

Download or read book Advances in Low Temperature Biology written by P.L. Steponkus and published by Elsevier Science. This book was released on 1992-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises studies of vitrification from both a biological and physical perspective, thermodynamics and modelling of intracellular ice formation, insect cold hardiness, cryostability of proteins, and adaptations in the photosynthetic activity of freezing-tolerant plants.