Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: The Biosynthesis and Detection of Pheromones and Plant Volatiles (Hardcover, New)

Part 1: PHEROMONE PRODUCTION
Biosynthesis and detection of pheromones and plant volatiles - Introduction and Overview.
Biology and ultrastructure of sex pheromone producing tissue .
Biochemistry of female moth sex pheromones.
Molecular Biological Investigations of Pheromone Desaturases,
PBAN regulation of pheromone biosynthesis in female moths.
Biosynthesis and endocrine regulation of pheromone production in Coleoptera.
Molecular Biology of Pheromone Production in Bark Beetles.
Biosynthesis and ecdysteroid regulation of housefly sex pheromone production.
Genetic studies on pheromone production in Drosophila.
Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis, transport and emission in cockroaches.
Pheromone biosynthesis in social insects.
Alkaloid-derived pheromones and sexual selection in Lepidoptera.

Part 2: PHEROMONE DETECTION
The biochemical design of pheromone and odor detection
The biochemistry of odor detection and its future prospects
Biochemical Diversity in Odor Detection: OBPs, ODE, and SNMPs. Proteins that make sense.
The peripheral pheromone olfactory system in insects: targets for species-selective control agents
Biochemistry and diversity of insect odorant-binding proteins.
Biochemistry and evolution of OBP and CSP proteins.
Diversity and Expression of Odorant Receptors in Drosophila
Transduction Mechanisms of Olfactory Sensory Neurons
The external and internal environmental factors influencing the biochemical design of pheromone and odor detection
The Biomechanical Design of an Insect Antenna as an Odor Capture Device
Olfactory landscapes and deceptive pollination: signal noise and convergent evolution in floral Scent
Physiology and genetics of odor perception in Drosophila
Plasticity and coding mechanisms in the insect antennal lobe