Biology of the Insect Midgut

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

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.

• Lipid
• entomology
• enzymes
• insect
• physiology

`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.'
Zoologie

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

  M. J. Lehane

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

  P. F. Billingsley

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