Radiation, Radioactivity, and Insects focuses on the role of radiation and radioactivity in promoting the understanding of insects, including biochemistry, embryonic development, irradiation, and metabolism. The book first underscores the importance and dominance of insects in the animal kingdom, classification of insects, physiology and biochemistry, and embryonic development. The manuscript then examines the nongenetic effects of radiation, tagging, and insect control by irradiation. Topics include sex and genome number, nutritional status, mechanism of radiation damage, distribution and feeding studies, direct control by irradiation, and radiation effects. The publication takes a look at biochemistry, physiology, and insects and light, as well as amino acid metabolism, protein synthesis, permeability of the central nervous system, digestion and absorption, and elemental turnover. The manuscript then ponders on organophosphorus insecticides, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and miscellaneous insecticides. The book is a dependable source of data for entomologists, biologists, and readers who are interested in the role of radiation in advancing the understanding of insects.

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Information

Publisher

Academic Press

Year

2013

ISBN

9781483270814

Topic

Biological Sciences

Subtopic

Biology

Index

Biological Sciences

Front Cover
Radiation, Radioactivity, and Insects
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Glossary
Terms Used for Radiation and Radioactivity
Chapter 1. Insects
Chapter 2. Nongenetic Effects of Radiation
Chapter 3. Tagging
Chapter 4. Insect Control by Irradiation
Chapter 5. Biochemistry
Chapter 6. Physiology
Chapter 7. Insects and Light
Chapter 8. Organophosphorus Insecticides
Chapter 9. Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Chapter 10. Miscellaneous Insecticides
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