Insect Midgut and Insecticidal Proteins

An interdisciplinary review of insect midgut and insecticidal proteins

Tarlochan S. Dhadialla (Series edited by), Sarjeet S. Gill (Series edited by)

9780128001974, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 19 August 2014

436 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.62 kg

This volume of Advances in Insect Physiology contains comprehensive interdisciplinary reviews on basic and practical aspects relevant to Insect Midgut and Insecticidal Proteins.

1. Insect Gut Structure, Function, Development and Target of Biological Toxins

Paul J. Linser and Rhoel R. Dinglasan

2. Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Toxins and Mechanism of Action

Michael J. Adang, Neil Crickmore and Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

3. Lysinibacillus sphaericus: Toxins and Mode of Action, Applications for Mosquito Control and Resistance Management

Maria Helena Neves Lobo Silva Filha, Colin Berry and Lêda Regis

4. Discovery and Development of Insect-Resistant Crops Using Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis

Kenneth E. Narva, Nicholas P. Storer and Thomas Meade

5. Progress Towards RNAi – Mediated Insect Pest Management

James A. Baum and James K. Roberts

6. Detection and Mechanisms of Resistance Evolved in Insects to Cry Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

Yidong Wu

7. Photorhabdus Toxins

Richard H. ffrench-Constant and Andrea J. Dowling

8. Methods for Deployment of Spider Venom Peptides as Bioinsecticides Volker Herzig, Niraj S. Bende, Md. Shohidul Alam, H. William Tedford, Robert M. Kennedy and Glenn F. King

Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7], Animal physiology [PSVD]