Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management

Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management
ISBN-10
1439837090
ISBN-13
9781439837092
Category
Nature
Pages
750
Language
English
Published
2012-03-08
Publisher
CRC Press
Authors
Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, Jose R. P. Parra

Description

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 m

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