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Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-Prey Foods [electronic resource] /by Jonathan G. Lundgren.

by Lundgren, Jonathan G [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Progress in Biological Control: 7Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.Description: online resource.ISBN: 9781402092350.Subject(s): Life sciences | Botany | Plant diseases | Zoology | Invertebrates | Life Sciences | Invertebrates | Plant Pathology | Zoology | Plant SciencesDDC classification: 592 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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