Rice

Rice
Author: Elaine T. Champagne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 716
Release: 2004
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Insect Sex Pheromone Research and Beyond

Insect Sex Pheromone Research and Beyond
Author: Yukio Ishikawa
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-03-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811530823

This book provides a complete overview of cutting-edge research on insect sex pheromones and pheromone communication systems. The coverage ranges from the chemistry, biosynthesis, and reception of sex pheromones to the control of odor-source searching behavior, and from molecules to the application of research findings to robotics. The book both summarizes the progress of studies conducted using Bombyx mori and several groups of moths and reviews sex pheromones of some non-lepidopteran insect groups of agricultural importance. Attention is drawn to recent findings on elaborate neural information processing in the brain in male moths and to the importance of olfactory receptors specifically tuned to sex pheromone molecules. Featuring contributions from leading experts on the topic, this book will be a unique and valuable resource for researchers and students in the fields of entomology, chemical ecology, insect physiology and biochemistry, evolution, biomimetics, and bioengineering. In addition to researchers, general insect lovers will find the book fascinating for its descriptions of the marvelous abilities of insects and the underlying mechanisms involved.

Latin American Development Priorities

Latin American Development Priorities
Author: Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-01-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139485075

Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The conventional wisdom in development agencies - that prioritization is impossible and that everything must be done - is simply not effective. Latin American Development Priorities shows how limited resources could be used for the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A panel of economists met over three days in San José to review proposals to tackle the ten most important challenges, which emerged from a survey by the Inter-American Development Bank. The expert panel was asked a question which appears simple but is actually very difficult to answer: What should Latin American governments do with an additional nominal $10 billion? Hard choices are needed if Latin America's problems are to be tackled effectively. This book provides the means to make those choices as objectively as possible.

ARS.

ARS.
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 728
Release: 1970
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: