Insect Midgut and Insecticidal Proteins

This volume of Advances in Insect Physiology contains comprehensive interdisciplinary reviews on basic and practical aspects relevant to Insect Midgut and Insecticidal Proteins.

Contains important, comprehensive and in-depth reviewsAn essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect biochemistsFirst published in 1963, this serial is ranked second in the highly competitive ISI category of Entomology

1. Insect Gut Structure, Function, Development and Target of Biological Toxins

Paul J. Linser and Rhoel R. Dinglasan

2. Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Toxins and Mechanism of Action

Michael J. Adang, Neil Crickmore and Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

3. Lysinibacillus sphaericus: Toxins and Mode of Action, Applications for Mosquito Control and Resistance Management

Maria Helena Neves Lobo Silva Filha, Colin Berry and Lêda Regis

4. Discovery and Development of Insect-Resistant Crops Using Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis

Kenneth E. Narva, Nicholas P. Storer and Thomas Meade

5. Progress Towards RNAi – Mediated Insect Pest Management

James A. Baum and James K. Roberts

6. Detection and Mechanisms of Resistance Evolved in Insects to Cry Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

Yidong Wu

7. Photorhabdus Toxins

Richard H. ffrench-Constant and Andrea J. Dowling

8. Methods for Deployment of Spider Venom Peptides as Bioinsecticides Volker Herzig, Niraj S. Bende, Md. Shohidul Alam, H. William Tedford, Robert M. Kennedy and Glenn F. King