University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preference to oviposition and antibiosis mechanism to jassids (Amrasca devastans Dist.) in cotton (Gossypium sp.) / R.A. Agarwal and N. Krishnananda -- Studies on the induction of food preference in alfalfa ladybird, Subcoccinella 24-punctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) / M. Ali -- Feeding and nutrition of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), with special reference to amino acids / J.L. Auclair -- The ability of Locusta migratoria L. to perceive plant surface waxes / E.A. Bernays ... [et al.] -- Antifeedant properties of seedling grasses / E.A. Bernays and R.F. Chapman -- A critical review of the methodology and interpretation of experiments designed to assay the phagostimulatory activity of chemicals to phytophagous insects / A.G. Cook -- Some new aspects of host-plant relation to behaviour and reproduction of spider mites (Acarina: Tetranychidae) / Z.T. Dabrowski -- The oviposition of the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella Hbn., Lep., Phyticidae) influenced by olfactory stimuli and antennectomy / K.V. Dese�o -- The importance of stimulus patterns for host-plant recognition and acceptance / V.G. Dethier -- Comparative studies on induction of food choice preferences in lepidopterous larvae / F.E. Hanson -- Host-plant factors regulating wing production in Myzus persicae -- P. Harrewijn -- Behavioural responses to host-plant odours in adult cabbage root fly (Erioischia brassicae (Bouch�e)) / C. Hawkes and T.H. Coaker -- Small ermine moths of the genus Yponomeuta and their host relationships (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) / W.M. Herrebout, P.J. Kuijten and J.T. Wiebes -- Chemical and behavioral factors influencing food selection of Leptinotarsa beetle / T.H. Hsiao --

Interactions between the host-plant and mating upon the reproductive activity of Acanthoscelides obtectus females (Coleoptera, Bruchidae) / J. Huignard -- Insect-host-plant relationship - co-evolution or sequential evolution? / T. Jermy -- The role of volatile oil composition for trunk pest resistance in coniferous plants. Experiments on lumber / V.S. Karasev -- Host-plant finding by flying aphids / J.S. Kennedy -- Colonization sites of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) on different plant species and varieties / F. Koz�ar -- The influence of linoleic and linolenic acids on the development and on the lipid metabolism of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) / J. Krzyma�nska -- The importance of the co-evolutive point of view in the investigation of the reproductive relations between insects and host-plants / V. Labeyrie -- Finding of feeding and egg-laying sites by the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria L. / J.R. Le Berre and H. Launois-Luong -- Mouth parts and receptors involved in feeding behaviour and sugar perception in the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) / Ma Wei-Chun -- Systemic damage caused by Trioza apicalis on carrot / M. Markkula, S. Laurema and K. Tiittanen -- Influence of the nectariless character in cotton on harmful and beneficial insects / F.G. Maxwell ... [et al.] -- The effects of qualitative and quantitative changes of diet on egg production in Locusta migratoria migratorioides / A.R. McCaffery -- The value of artificial feeding techniques in aphid-host-plant studies / T.E. Mittler -- Distribution of adult insects in relation to the host-plants / J.-P. Moreau -- Hosts and non-hosts in subspecies of Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach) and intraspecific hybridizations (Homoptera: Aphididae) / F.P. M�uller --

Host selection of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn.) populations in Hungary / B. Nagy -- Physico-chemical aspects of the effects of certain phytochemicals on insect gustation / D.M. Norris -- Ethology of Dasyneura brassicae Winn. (Dipt., Cecidomyidae). 1, Laboratory studies of olfactory reactions to the host-plant / J. Pettersson -- Host detection by wild and lab-cultured olive flies / R.J. Prokopy and E.G. Haniotakis -- The role of the host-plant in the reproduction of Eurygaster maura L. and E. austriaca Schrk. / V. R�acz -- Effects of certain allelochemics on the growth and development of the black cutworm / J.C. Reese and S.D. Beck -- Inhibitory action of chestnut-leaf extracts (Castanea sativa Mill.) on oviposition and oogenesis of the sugar beet moth (Scrobipalpa ocellatella Boyd.; Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) / P. Ch. Robert -- Various host-insect interrelations in host-finding and colonization behavior of bark beetles on coniferous trees / J.A. Rudinsky -- Investigations on the influence of fruit odour on the orientation of codling moth (Laspeyresia pomonella L.) / K. Russ -- Oviposition behaviour of Ceutorrhynchus maculaalba Herbst. (Col.: Curculionidae) / Gy. S�aringer -- The role of graminaceous host-plants in the induction of aestivation-diapause in the larvae of Chilo zonellus Swinhoe and Chilo argyrolepia Hamps. / P. Scheltes -- The influence of phytohormones and growth regulating substances on insect development processes / S. Scheurer -- On the variability of chemosensory information / L.M. Schoonhoven -- Influence of induction of host preference on chemoreception of Manduca sexta : behavioral and electrophysiological studies / E. St�adler and F.E. Hanson --

The effect of the amputation of head appendages on the oviposition of the bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) / �A. Szentesi -- A preliminary study of host selection and acceptance behaviour in the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae L. / W.P. Tjallingii -- Host selection and colonization by some spruce bark beetles / G.I. Vasetschko -- The olfactory component in host-plant selection in the adult Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) / J. de Wilde -- Host selection by bark beetles in the mixed-conifer forests of California / D.L. Wood -- Research on the effect of alpha-tocopherol (vit. E) on the growth and reproduction of the Colorado potato beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata Say) / Z. Zwoli�nska-�Sniatalowa -- General conclusions / R.F. Chapman and J.S. Kennedy.