Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones

• Pubblicazione: London, : Pitman; Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, 1984
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, charts
• Disciplina: 595.7/01927
• Soggetto topico: Insect hormones; Insects - Physiology; Mollusks - Physiology; Photoperiodism
• Note generali: "Symposium on Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 12-14 July 1983"--Contents page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Introduction: the links between 'wet' and 'dry' physiology; Unity and diversity in insect photoperiodism; Discussion; The circadian component in photoperiodic induction; Discussion; Photoperiod reception in spider mites: photoreceptor, clock and counter; Discussion; Long-night summation and programming of pupal diapause in the flesh-fly, Sarcophaga argyrostoma; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION; Effect of temperature on the photoperiodic clock in Megoura viciae ; Long- and short-day effects on diapause induction in Pyrrhocoris apterus; Genetic analysis of geographical variation in photoperiodic diapause and pupal eclosion rhythm in Drosophila littoralis; Discussion; Neuronal organization of a circadian clock in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae; Discussion; Circadian-clock control of hormone secretion in Samia Cynthia ricini; Discussion; Circadian control of haemolymph ecdysteroid titres and the ecdysis rhythm in Rhodnius prolixus; Discussion ; Photoperiodic regulation of prothoracicotropic hormone release in late larval, prepupal and pupal stages of Sarcophaga bullata; Discussion; Reproductive endocrinology and photoperiodism in a terrestrial slug; Discussion; Photoperiodicity, rhythmicity and endocrinology of reproduction in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis; Discussion; Physiological aspects of the two oscillators that regulate the timing of eclosion in moths; Discussion; A hormonal basis for the photoperiodic control of polymorphism in aphids; Discussion ; Environmental signals, the neuroendocrine system, and the regulation of larval diapause in the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella; Discussion; CONCLUDING GENERAL DISCUSSION; Models, hormone titres and clocks; Concluding comments; Index of contributors; Subject index
• Titolo autorizzato: Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones
• ISBN: 1-280-78413-X; 9786613694522; 0-470-72085-9; 0-470-71855-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996202092403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 104.