The Host-Plant in Relation to Insect Behaviour and Reproduction [Paperback]

Preference to oviposition and antibiosis mechanism to jassids (Amrasca devastans Dist.) in cotton (Gossypium sp.).- Studies on the induction of food preference in alfalfa ladybird, Subcoccinella 24-punctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).- Feeding and nutrition of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), with special reference to amino acids.- The ability of Locusta migratoria L. to perceive plant surface waxes.- Antifeedant properties of seedling grasses.- A critical review of the methodology and interpretation of experiments designed to assay the phagostimulatory activity of chemicals to phytophagous insects.- Some new aspects of host-plant relation to behaviour and reproduction of spider mites (Acarina: Tetranychidae).- The oviposition of the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella Hbn., Lep., Phyticidae) influenced by olfactory stimuli and antennectomy.- The importance of stimulus patterns for host-plant recognition and acceptance.- Comparative studies on induction of food choice preferences in lepidopterous larvae.- Host-plant factors regulating wing production in Myzus persicae.- Behavioural responses to host-plant odours in adult cabbage root fly [Erioischia brassicae (Bouch?)].- Small ermine moths of the genus Yponomeuta and their host relationships (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae).- Chemical and behavioral factors influencing food selection of Leptinotarsa beetle.- Interactions between the host-plant and mating upon the reproductive activity of Acanthoscelides obtectus females (Coleoptera, Bruchidae).- Insecthost-plant relationship  co-evolution or sequential evolution ?.- The role of volatile oil composition for trunk pest resistance in coniferous plants. Experiments on lumber.- Host-plant finding by flying aphids.- Colonization sites of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) on different plant species and varieties.- The influence of linoleic and linolenie acids on the development and on the lipid metabolism of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decl30