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RECORD NUMBER: 2863 OF 4005Main Title | Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-Prey Foods [electronic resource] / | ||||
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Type | EBOOK | ||||
Author | Lundgren, Jonathan G. | ||||
Publisher | Springer Netherlands, | ||||
Year Published | 2009 | ||||
Call Number | QL360-599.82 | ||||
ISBN | 9781402092350 | ||||
Subjects | Life sciences ; Botany ; Plant diseases ; Zoology ; Invertebrates | ||||
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Collation | XXXVI, 454 p. online resource. | ||||
Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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Contents Notes | Glucophagy -- The Functions of Non-Prey Foods in the Diets of Entomophagous Species -- The Sugar Feeders -- Floral Nectar -- Extrafloral Nectar -- Honeydew -- Pollinivory -- The Pollen Feeders -- Adaptations to Pollen feeding -- Pollen Nutrition and Defense -- Granivory -- The Seed Feeders -- Adaptations to Granivory -- Seed Nutrition and Defense -- Seed-Associated Food Bodies -- Seed Preferences of Natural Enemies -- Fungi and Microorganisms -- Mycophagy -- Symbioses with Microorganisms -- Applied Aspects of Non-Prey Foods for Natural Enemies -- Non-Prey Foods and Biological Control of Arthropods -- Plant-Incorporated Pest Resistance and Natural Enemies -- Biological Control of Weed Seeds in Agriculture Using Omnivorous Insects -- Conclusions and the Relative Quality of Non-Prey Foods for Natural Enemies. There are very few natural enemies so maladapted as to rely on prey as their sole nutritional resource. The importance of non-prey sources of nutrition have received disproportionately less attention than prey when one considers how important non-prey foods are to the evolution and ecology of natural enemies. This book examines the intricate and diverse interactions between non-prey foods and natural enemies from both parties' perspectives, beginning at an organismal level and taking the reader on a journey that illustrates how these interactions are inextricably tied to the outcome of biological control programs targeting insects and weed seeds. |