Pheromone Communication in Moths: Evolution, Behavior, and Application

Author:   Jeremy D. Allison ,  Ring T. Carde
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520278561


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   25 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeremy D. Allison ,  Ring T. Carde
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.451kg
ISBN:  

9780520278561


ISBN 10:   0520278569
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   25 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PART ONE 1 Reminiscence of the Early Days WENDELL L. ROELOFS 2 Pheromones: Reproductive Isolation and Evolution in Moths JEREMY D. ALLISON AND RING T. CARDE 3 Variation in Moth Pheromones: Causes and Consequences JEREMY D. ALLISON AND RING T. CARDE 4 Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera CHRISTER LOEFSTEDT, NIKLAS WAHLBERG, AND JOCELYN G. MILLAR 5 Sexual Selection MICHAEL D. GREENFIELD 6 Genetic Control of Moth Sex Pheromone Signal and Response KENNETH F. HAYNES 7 Contextual Modulation of Moth Pheromone Perception by Plant Odors TEUN DEKKER AND ROMINA B. BARROZO 8 Toward a Quantitative Paradigm for Sex Pheromone Production in Moths STEPHEN P. FOSTER 9 Molecular Biology of Reception WALTER S. LEAL 10 Moth Sex Pheromone Olfaction: Flux and Flexibility in the Coordinated Confl uences of Visual and Olfactory Pathways THOMAS C. BAKER AND BILL S. HANSSON 11 Moth Navigation along Pheromone Plumes RING T. CARDE 12 Male Pheromones in Moths: Reproductive Isolation, Sexy Sons, and Good Genes WILLIAM E. CONNER AND VIKRAM K. IYENGAR PART TWO 13 Small Ermine Moths: Role of Pheromones in Reproductive Isolation and Speciation MARJORIE A. LIENARD AND CHRISTER LOEFSTEDT 14 Possible Reproductive Character Displacement in Saturniid Moths in the Genus Hemileuca J. STEVEN McELFRESH AND JOCELYN G. MILLAR 15 The European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis: Exotic Pest and Model System to Study Pheromone Evolution and Speciation JEAN-MARC LASSANCE 16 Divergence of the Sex Pheromone Systems in Oriental Ostrinia species JUN TABATA AND YUKIO ISHIKAWA 17 Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebidae, Arctiinae): A Case Study of Sexual Selection VIKRAM K. IYENGAR AND WILLIAM E. CONNER 18 Pheromone Communication, Behavior, and Ecology in the North American Choristoneura genus PETER J. SILK AND ELDON S. EVELEIGH 19 The Endemic New Zealand Genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix: A Down-Under Story of Leafroller Moth Sex Pheromone Evolution and Speciation RICHARD D. NEWCOMB, BERND STEINWENDER, JEROME ALBRE, AND STEPHEN P. FOSTER 20 Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda ASTRID T. GROOT, MELANIE UNBEHEND, SABINE HAENNIGER, MARIA LAURA JUAREZ, SILVIA KOST, AND DAVID G. HECKEL 21 Pheromones of Heliothine Moths N. KIRK HILLIER AND THOMAS C. BAKER PART THREE 22 Monitoring for Surveillance and Management D. M. SUCKLING 23 Pheromones as Management Tools: Mass Trapping and Lure-and-Kill ALAN CORK 24 Mating Disruption of Moth Pests in Integrated Pest Management: A Mechanistic Approach MAYA EVENDEN INDEX

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This is not just a rehash of what is known, but brings new information, and challenges, to the reader... I will sum up by saying congratulations to the editors, Jeremy Allison and Ring Carde for their efforts, and to all who are reading this, Please Purchase this Book!! * Journal of Chemical Ecology *


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Jeremy D. Allison is Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada, Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Ring T. Carde is Distinguished Professor of Entomology and occupies the A.M. Boyce Chair at the University of California, Riverside.

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