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Biology of the Insect Midgut

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. M. J. Lehane

    1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

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  2. P. F. Billingsley

    1. Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Structural Biology of the Midgut

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Structure and ultrastructure of the insect midgut

      • P. F. Billingsley, M. J. Lehane
      Pages 3-30

    3. Midgut development

      • K. M. Baldwin, R. S. Hakim, M. J. Loeb, S. Y. Sadrud-Din
      Pages 31-54

    4. Midgut endocrine cells

      • F. Sehnal, D. Žitňan
      Pages 55-85

    5. The peritrophic matrix

      • R. L. Tellam
      Pages 86-114

    6. Structural macromolecules of the cell membranes and the extracellular matrices of the insect midgut

      • N. J. Lane, R. Dallai, D. E. Ashhurst
      Pages 115-150

  3. Digestion and Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Digestive enzymes

      • W. R. Terra, C. Ferreira, B. P. Jordão, R. J. Dillon
      Pages 153-194

    3. Mechanisms controlling the synthesis and secretion of digestive enzymes in insects

      • M. J. Lehane, H. M. Müller, A. Crisanti
      Pages 195-205

    4. Compartmentalization of digestion

      • W. R. Terra, C. Ferreira, J. E. Baker
      Pages 206-235

    5. Ion transport in Lepidoptera

      • U. Klein, A. Koch, D. F. Moffett
      Pages 236-264

    6. Amino acid absorption

      • V. F. Sacchi, M. G. Wolfersberger
      Pages 265-292

    7. Lipid and sugar absorption

      • S. Turunen, K. Crailsheim
      Pages 293-320

  4. The Midgut as a Target for Control Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321
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    2. Immune intervention against blood-feeding insects

      • P. Willadsen, P. F. Billingsley
      Pages 323-344

    3. Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins: action on the insect midgut

      • P. V. Pietrantonio, S. S. Gill
      Pages 345-372

    4. Antinutritive plant defence mechanisms

      • G. W. Felton, J. A. Gatehouse
      Pages 373-416

  5. The Midgut as an Environment for Other Organisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 417-417
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    2. Microbial symbioses in the midgut of insects

      • A. E. Douglas, C. B. Beard
      Pages 419-431
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About this book

Entomological research benefits from a great diversity of technical approaches - from the molecular to the descriptive - and these are applied to an even greater diversity of insect species. As a consequence, common themes and trends in entomological research can often be overlooked as each researcher focuses on his or her own area of interest. The purpose of this volume is to bring together diverse areas of research under one common theme.
The book is divisible into four conceptual areas: the structural biology of the midgut; digestion and transport; the insect midgut as a target for control strategies; and the idgut as an environment for other organisms. Each chapter is written by scientists active in the reviewed research area and a truly international team of contributors has been chosen by the editors.
Biology of the Insect Midgut will be of immense use to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers in entomology, physiology and pest control.

Reviews

`This book provides an in-depth review of the physiology of the insect midgut. The volume is timely as there has recently been an upsurge in interest in insect digestive physiology.'
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

    M. J. Lehane

  • Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

    P. F. Billingsley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biology of the Insect Midgut

  • Editors: M. J. Lehane, P. F. Billingsley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1519-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-61670-9Published: 31 October 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7179-6Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1519-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 486

  • Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Biochemistry, general, Animal Physiology

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