The Host-plant in relation to insect behaviour and reproduction : [proceedings of the symposium held at the Biological Research Institute in Tihany, 11 to 14 June, 1974

Front Matter....Pages 1-12 Preference to Oviposition and Antibiosis Mechanism to Jassids ( Amrasca Devastans Dist.) in Cotton ( Gossypium sp.)....Pages 13-22 Studies on the Induction of Food Preference in Alfalfa Ladybird, Subcoccinella 24-Punctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)....Pages 23-28 Feeding and Nutrition of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon Pisum (Harris), with Special Reference to Amino Acids....Pages 29-34 The Ability of Locusta Migratoria L. to Perceive Plant Surface Waxes....Pages 35-40 Antifeedant Properties of Seedling Grasses....Pages 41-46 A Critical Review of the Methodology and Interpretation of Experiments Designed to Assay the Phagostimulatory Activity of Chemicals to Phytophagous Insects....Pages 47-54 Some New Aspects of Host-Plant Relation to Behaviour and Reproduction of Spider Mites (Acarina: Tetranychidae)....Pages 55-60 The Oviposition of the Indian Meal Moth ( Plodia Interpunctella Hbn., Lep., Phyticidae) Influenced by Olfactory Stimuli and Antennectomy....Pages 61-65 The Importance of Stimulus Patterns for Host-Plant Recognition and Acceptance....Pages 67-70 Comparative Studies on Induction of Food Choice Preferences in Lepidopterous Larvae....Pages 71-77 Host-Plant Factors Regulating Wing Production in Myzus Persicae ....Pages 79-83 Behavioural Responses to Host-Plant Odours in Adult Cabbage Root Fly [ Erioischia Brassicae (Bouché)]....Pages 85-89 Small Ermine Moths of the Genus Yponomeuta and their Host Relationships (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae)....Pages 91-94 Chemical and Behavioral Factors Influencing Food Selection of Leptinotarsa Beetle....Pages 95-99 Interactions Between the Host-Plant and Mating upon the Reproductive Activity of Acanthoscelides Obtectus Females (Coleoptera, Bruchidae)....Pages 101-108 Insect—Host-plant Relationship — Co-evolution or Sequential Evolution?....Pages 109-113 The Role of Volatile Oil Composition for Trunk Pest Resistance in Coniferous Plants. Experiments on Lumber....Pages 115-119 Host-Plant Finding by Flying Aphids....Pages 121-123 Colonization Sites of Scale Insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) on Different Plant Species and Varieties....Pages 125-127 The Influence of Linoleic and Linolenic Acids on the Development and on the Lipid Metabolism of the Colorado Potato Beetle ( Leptinotarsa Decemlineata Say)....Pages 129-132 The Importance of the Co-evolutive Point of View in the Investigation of the Reproductive Relations Between Insects and Host-Plants....Pages 133-136 Finding of Feeding and Egg-Laying Sites by the Migratory Locust, Locusta Migratobia L....Pages 137-137 Mouth Parts and Receptors Involved in Feeding Behaviour and Sugar Perception in the African Armyworm, Spodoptera Exempta (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)....Pages 139-151 Systemic Damage Caused by Trioza Apicalis on Carrot....Pages 153-155 Influence of the Nectariless Character in Cotton on Harmful and Beneficial Insects....Pages 157-161 The Effects of Qualitative and Quantitative Changes of Diet on Egg Production in Locusta Migratoria Migratorioides ....Pages 163-172 The Value of Artificial Feeding Techniques in Aphid-Host-Plant Studies....Pages 173-180 Distribution of Adult Insects in Relation to the Host-Plants....Pages 181-185 Hosts and Non-Hosts in Subspecies of Aulacorthum Solani (Kaltenbach) and Intraspecific Hybridizations (Homoptera: Aphididae)....Pages 187-190 Host Selection of the European Corn Borer ( Ostrinia Nubilalis Hbn.) Populations in Hungary....Pages 191-195 Physico-Chemical Aspects of the Effects of Certain Phytochemicals on Insect Gustation....Pages 197-201 Ethology of Dasyneura Brassicae Winn. (Dipt., Cecidomyidae). I. Laboratory Studies of Olfactory Reactions to the Host-Plant....Pages 203-208 Host Detection by Wild and Lab-Cultured Olive Flies....Pages 209-214 The Role of the Host-Plant in the Reproduction of Eurygaster Maura L. and E. Austriaca Schrk....Pages 215-216 Effects of Certain Allelochemics on the Growth and Development of the Black Cutworm....Pages 217-221 Inhibitory Action of Chestnut-Leaf Extracts ( Castanea Sativa Mill.) on Oviposition and Oogenesis of the Sugar Beet Moth ( Scrobipalpa Ocellatella Boyd.; Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)....Pages 223-227 Various Host-Insect Interrelations in Host-Finding and Colonization Behavior of Bark Beetles on Coniferous Trees....Pages 229-235 Investigations on the Influence of Fruit Odour on the Orientation of Codling Moth (Laspeyresia Pomonella L.)....Pages 237-240 Oviposition Behaviour of Ceutorrhynchus Maculaalba Herbst. (Col.: Curculionidae)....Pages 241-245 The Role of Graminaceous Host-Plants in the Induction of Aestivation-Diapause in the Larvae of Chilo Zonellus Swinhoe and Chilo Argyrolepia Hamps....Pages 247-253 The Influence of Phytohormones and Growth Regulating Substances on Insect Development Processes....Pages 255-259 On the Variability of Chemosensory Information....Pages 261-266 Influence of Induction of Host Preference on Chemoreception of Manduca Sexta : Behavioral and Electrophysiological Studies....Pages 267-273 The Effect of the Amputation of Head Appendages on the Oviposition of the Bean Weevil, Acanthoscelides 0btectus Say (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)....Pages 275-281 A Preliminary Study of Host Selection and Acceptance Behaviour in the Cabbage Aphid, Brevicoryne Brassicae L....Pages 283-285 Host Selection and Colonization by Some Spruce Bark Beetles....Pages 287-290 The Olfactory Component in Host-Plant Selection in the Adult Colorado Beetle ( Leptinotarsa Decemlineata Say)....Pages 291-300 Host Selection by Bark Beetles in the Mixed-Conifer Forests of California....Pages 301-301 Research on the Effect of Alpha-Tocopherol (vit. E) on the Growth and Reproduction of the Colorado Potato Beetle ( Leptinotarsa Decemlineata Say)....Pages 303-306 General Conclusions....Pages 307-309 Back Matter....Pages 311-322