"Combining breadth of coverage with detail, this logical and cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with a broad range of examples and practical applications. It explores cutting-edge topics in the field, drawing on and highlighting the links between theory and the latest empirical studies. The sections are structured around a series of key topics, including behavioral ecology; species interactions; population ecology; ..."
"Combining breadth of coverage with detail, this logical and cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with a broad range of examples and practical applications. It explores cutting-edge topics in the field, drawing on and highlighting the links between theory and the latest empirical studies. The sections are structured around a series of key topics, including behavioral ecology; species interactions; population ecology; ..."
"Planthoppers include some of the most devastating pests of major agricultural crops throughout the world. One species, the rice brown planthopper, is among the most economically important pests in Asia. In past decades, government policies encouraged the control of rice planthoppers with synthetic pesticides, a tactic which promoted insecticide resistance and often led to the pesticide-induced resurgence of pest populations. To ..."
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"This enzyme is responsible for antianeurin activity and avitaminosis syndromes
in mammals that consume the plant (Evans et al., 1950). The enzyme causes
catalytic decomposition of thiamine by nucleophilic displacement of the
methylene on the pyrimidine moiety, producing pyrimidine and thiazole, at a pH
optimum of 7-8 (W. C. Evans, 1976). Thiaminase activity is present in all parts of
the plant, but each is quantitatively different ..."