Insect Chemoreception: Fundamental and Applied - Couverture rigide

Ryan, M.F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 140200270X ISBN 13 : 9781402002700

Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

In this time of edited volumes when the list of individual contributors may reach double figures, it is appropriate to question the usefulness of a volume, with such a broad scope, by a single author. The answer is simple. For years he has believed that the rather sharp distinction between fundamental and applied aspects of this discipline, has ill-served the significance of each; and has diminished the incidence of fruitful synergies. Yet the need for these was never greater, and this case may be developed by a single author with experience of each aspect. The inclusion of a Chapter on Genetic Engineering may raise some doubts, but it is enabled by the chosen title "Chemoreception", as distinct from Chemoperception: the latter implies detection of a chemical, followed by a behavioural response. But the former broader category subsumes Chemoperception and allows for the reception of a chemical toxin so potent as to prelude a behavioural or physiological response, other than death. Accordingly, chemical toxins are a legitimate inclusion. In which event, their delivery through a GM plant is as appropriate for study as their application in a spray.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140200270X
• ISBN 13: 9781402002700
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 348
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