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Insect Diets

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Insect Diets book

Science and Technology

Insect Diets

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Insect Diets book

Science and Technology
ByAllen Carson Cohen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2003
eBook Published 20 October 2003
Pub. location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203488690
Pages 344 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429205385
SubjectsEnvironment & Agriculture
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Cohen, A. (2003). Insect Diets. Boca Raton: CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203488690

Many of the advances in entomology during the past century can be attributed to the ability to rear insects successfully on artificial diets. Reliance upon these diets dictates that we understand how and why diets work and why they fail. Insect Diets: Science and Technology explains the intricacies and dynamics of this complex and misunderstood asp

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|15 pages

The scope of insect diet science and technology

chapter 2|4 pages

Diet terminology and history of insect diet science

chapter 3|26 pages

Function of insect diet components

chapter 4|28 pages

What makes a diet successful or unsuccessful?

chapter 5|40 pages

Chemistry and physics of insect diets

chapter 6|8 pages

Dealing with changes

chapter 7|27 pages

Insect feeding biology and the logic of metabolic systems

chapter 8|14 pages

Order in nature and complexity in insect diets

chapter 9|12 pages

Nutritional ecology and its links with artificial diets

chapter 10|10 pages

How to develop artificial diets

chapter 11|11 pages

Development of problem-solving strategies, quality assessment, and quality control standards

chapter 12|26 pages

Equipment used for processing insect diets

chapter 13|24 pages

Microbes in the diet setting

chapter 14|9 pages

Safety and good insectary practices

chapter 15|8 pages

Future prospects for insect diets

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