Current Topics in Insect Endocrinology and Nutrition : A Tribute to Gottfried S. Fraenkel
New York: Plenum Press, 1981.
Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Item #4747
ISBN: 0306406217
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, DJ protector glued to endpapers, otherwise light wear; DJ spine label. Solid copy. ; Proceedings of a symposium held during the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Denver, Colo., Nov. 1979. Contents: The metamorphosis of arthropodin / J.H. Willis, J.C. Regier and B.A. DeBrunner -- Recent results on the neuroendocrine system of Leucophaea / Berta Scharrer -- Regulation of corpus allatum activity in last instar Manduca sexta / Govindan Bhaskaran -- An in vitro approach for investigating the regulation of the corpora allata during larval-pupal metamorphosis / N.A. Granger, W.E. Bollenbacher and L.I. Gilbert -- A minimal model of metamorphosis : fat body competence to respond to juvenile hormone / J.G. Kunkel -- The physiology of pupal diapause in flesh flies / D.L. Denlinger -- Blood borne factors controlling pupariation in flies / Jan Zdarek -- Hormonal control of pupal ecdysis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta / J.W. Truman and P.H. Taghert -- Essential fatty acids for mosquitoes, other insects and vertebrates / R.H. Dadd -- Effects of dietary carbohydrate and lipid on nutrition and metabolism of metazoan parasites with special reference to parasitic Hymenoptera / S.N. Thompson -- Dietary modulation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in Drosophila / B.W. Geer ... [et al.] -- Resolution and partial characterization of the digestive proteinases from larvae of the black carpet beetle / J.E. Baker -- Insect dietetics : complexities of plant-insect interactions / J.C. Reese -- Techniques and applications of measurements of consumption and utilization of food by phytophagous insects / Marcos Kogan and J.R.P. Parra.; Ex-Library; 362 pages.
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