Insect Diets: Science and Technology - Hardcover

Cohen, Allen Carson

9780849315770: Insect Diets: Science and Technology

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849315778 ISBN 13: 9780849315770

Publisher: CRC Press, 2003

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 aspect of entomology.

This text discusses the various ingredients and processing steps of successful diets. It details various nutrient classes and explains how the constituent parts of diets meet insect nutritional and feeding needs. The author examines diets in terms of overall insect biology, and explores the physical and chemical interactions of food components. This book offers an expert perspective on diet development and how a program of food quality assessment can be applied to rearing systems.

Drawing heavily on the field of food science, the book applies the vast resources, information, and methods of this discipline toward a full analysis of the preparation of insect diets, an analysis that serves as a valuable resource in the advancement of entomology.

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Review:

This book represents a major advance toward a modern synthesis of insect artificial diets. I would recommend it to anyone new to artificial diet development, but even seasoned practitioners would likely learn something.
- Daniel A. Hahn, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 82, No. 1, March 2007

The author has included a lot of useful and important information on insect diets in this book. ... undoubtedly ... a very useful manual for laboratories working with insects.
- European Journal of Entomology

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