The ecology of agricultural pests : biochemical approaches /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1996.
Description:xiv, 517 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Systematics Association special volume series ; 53
Systematics Association special volume ; 53.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2531948
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Other authors / contributors:Symondson, W. O. C. (William O. C.)
Liddell, J. Eryl.
Systematics Association.
ISBN:0412621908 : £75.00 : Formerly CIP
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - Biochemical approaches to understanding agricultural pests / M. F. Claridge
  • 1. Biochemical systematics: principles and perspectives for pest management / S. B. J. Menken and L. E. L. Raijmann
  • 2. Combined use of biochemical, immunological and molecular assays for infection, species identification and resistance detection in field populations of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) / J. Hemingway, G. J. Small, S. W. Lindsay and F. H. Collins
  • 3. Studies of interactions between alfalfa weevil strains, Wolbachia endosymbionts and parasitoids / T. H. Hsaio
  • 4. Biomechanical approaches to the study of ecological genetics: the role of selection and gene flow in the evolution of insecticide resistance / J. C. Daly and S. Trowell
  • 5. A molecular and ecological investigation of the large arionid slugs of North-West Europe: the potential for new pests / L. R. Noble and C. S. Jones
  • 6. Systematics of brown planthopper and related species using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA / P. L. Jones, P. Gacesa and R. K. Butlin
  • 7. Application of novel molecular markets (DNA) in agricultural entomology / H. D. Loxdale, C. P. Brookes and P. J. de Barro
  • 8. Location of resistance to Breviocoryne brassicae in wild brassica species / R. A. Cole and T. Fenning
  • 9. The use of DNA markers in population genetics and ecological studies of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae) / D.-X. Zhang and G. M. Hewitt
  • 10. The use of DNA analysis and the polymerase chain reaction in the study of introduced pests in New Zealand / K. F. Armstrong and S. D. Wratten
  • 11. Serological analysis of arthropod predation: past, present and future / M. H. Greenstone
  • 12. Serological diagnosis of parasitism: a monoclonal antibody-based immunodot assay for Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) / M. K. Stuart and M. H. Greenstone
  • 13. Polyclonal, monoclonal and engineered antibodies to investigate the role of predation in slug population dynamics / W. O. C. Symondson and J. E. Liddell
  • 14. The potential of combinatorial antibody libraries in pest-predator relationship studies / J. E. Liddell and W. O. C. Symondson
  • 15. Serological analysis of predators of Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) eggs in sorghum - pigeonpea intercropping at JCRISAT, India: a preliminary field study / L. Sigsgaard
  • 16. Using gut content immunoassays to evaluate predaceous biological control agents: a case study / J. R. Hagler and S. E. Naranjo
  • 17. An environmental risk assessment for release of an exotic microporidium for European corn borer control in North America / D. W. Ragsdale and C. T. Oien
  • 18. Progress in quantifying predation using antibody techniques / K. D. Sunderland
  • 19. Electrophoretic approaches to predator-prey interactions / M. G. Solomon, J. D. Fitzgerald and R. A. Murray
  • 20. Genetics of esterases in laboratory and feral cotton boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis Boheman / C. J. Biggers, B. R. Jones, H. R. Bancroft and L. A. Dickey
  • 21. Practical applications for techniques to determine the nutritional state and age of field-caught tsetse flies / P. A. Langley
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