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The book provides a fascinating overview about current and sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology and that can be summarized under a novel term: insect biotechnology.By analogy with the application of powerful molecular biological tools in medicine (red biotechnology), plant protection (green biotechnology) and industrial processing (white biotechnology), insect biotechnology (yellow biotechnology) provides novel tools and strategies for human welfare and nutrition. Insect Biotechnology has emerged as a prospering discipline with considerable economic potential, and encompasses the use of insect model organisms and insect-derived molecules in medical research as well as in modern plant protection measures.
List of contents
Part 1: Insect Biotechnology in Medicine1: The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella as an alternative model host for human pathogens; Krishnendu Mukherjee, Eugen, Domann, Torsten Hain2: Fruit flies as models in biomedical research - a Drosophila asthma model; Thomas, Roeder, Kerstin Isermann, Christina Wagner, Christine Warmbold3: Therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects; Jochen Wiesner, Andreas Vilcinskas4: From traditional maggot therapy to modern biosurgery ; Andreas Vilcinskas5: Insect-associated microorganisms as source for novel secondary metabolites with therapeutic potential; Helge Bode,6: Potential pharmaceuticals from insects and their co-occurring microorganisms; Konrad DettnerPart 2: Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection7: Insect antimicrobial peptides as new weapons against plant pathogens; Carin Jansen, Karl-Heinz Kogel8: Protection of Crops against Insect Pests using RNA Interference; John Gatehouse, Daniel Price9: Insect Transgenesis and the Sterile insect technique; Marc Schetelig, Ernst Wimmer,Part 3: Industrial applications of Insect Biotechnology10: Insect cells for heterologous protein expression; Christoph Becker-Pauly, Walter Stöcker11: Biotechnologies based on silk; Frantisek Sehnal12: Biosensors on the basis of insect olfaction; Sebastian, Paczkowski, Bernd Weißbecker, Michael Schöning, Stefan Schütz13: Insect-Inspired technologies: Insects as a source for biomimetics; Stanislas Gorb
About the author
Dr. Andreas Vilcinskas, Biologe, ist seit seiner Kindheit ein begeisterter Taucher und hat bereits zahlreiche Bestimmungsbücher und Tauchführer zur Meereswelt veröffentlicht.
Summary
The book provides a fascinating overview about current and sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology and that can be summarized under a novel term: insect biotechnology.
By analogy with the application of powerful molecular biological tools in medicine (red biotechnology), plant protection (green biotechnology) and industrial processing (white biotechnology), insect biotechnology (yellow biotechnology) provides novel tools and strategies for human welfare and nutrition. Insect Biotechnology has emerged as a prospering discipline with considerable economic potential, and encompasses the use of insect model organisms and insect-derived molecules in medical research as well as in modern plant protection measures.
