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Advanced text for postgraduate students and researchers in entomology covering the important primary site for digestion and parasite development.
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Structure and ultrastructure of the insect midgut. Midgut development. Midgut endocrine cells. The peritrophic membrane. Structural molecules in the insect midgut. Digestive enzyme control. Compartmentalization of digestion. Ion transport and fluid regulation in lepidoptera. Amino acid absorption in insect midgut. Absorption: lipids and sugars. Guts as an immunological target. Bacillus thuringiensis. Antinutritive plant defence mechanisms. Symbionts in the midgut. Insect transmitted pathogens in the insect midgut.
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