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Yellow Biotechnology II

Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection and Industry

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  • © 2013

Overview

  • Covers trends in modern biotechnology
  • All aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated
  • More information as well as the electronic version available at springer.com
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology (ABE, volume 136)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

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Insect derived enzymes – a treasure for white biotechnology and food biotechnology. Insect-derived chitinases. Cellulases from insects. Optimization of Insect Cell Based Protein Production Processes - Expression Systems, Online Monitoring, Scale-Up. Insect antenna-based biosensors for in situ detection of volatiles. Y-linked markers for improved population control of the tephritid fruit fly pest, Anastrepha suspensa. Transgenic Approaches to Western Corn Rootworm Control. Tribolium castaneum as a model for high-throughput RNAi screening. Aphid-proof plants: Biotechnology-based approaches for aphid control.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bioresources Project Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology, Giessen, Germany

    Andreas Vilcinskas

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