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Title
Insects as service providers / Omkar, editor.
ISBN
9789811934063 (electronic bk.)
9811934061 (electronic bk.)
9789811934056
9811934053
9811934061 (electronic bk.)
9789811934056
9811934053
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 340 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-3406-3 doi
Call Number
SF517
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.7/163
Summary
This book overviews the role of insects in providing various human, environmental, recreational, aesthetic, and cultural services. It presents a comprehensive account of insect service providers to show different aspects of insects and cultivate the appreciation of insects. Insects are beneficial to humans as ecofriendly tools, as parasitoids and predators in the biological control of insect pests and vectors, reducing the use of agrochemicals in modern agriculture and protecting the environment. Insects facilitate crop pollination and increase the agricultural yield. They are farmers friends, and serve as food for the human population worldwide, provide pharmaceuticals, take part in ecosystem services, and work as scavengers. Insects are used in disease therapy and wound healing. They are also helpful in criminal investigations and are the best models for research and technology innovations. Insects also yield various silks, lac, honey, propolis, wax, etc., promoting insect tourism, recreations, and culture. This contributed volume focuses on these different beneficial aspects of insects in human life. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of entomology, agricultural zoology, researchers, and anyone interested in insects, including policy planners.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 29, 2022).
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Omkar, Omkar, editor.
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Table of Contents
1. Insect as Service providers: need for recognition
2. Insects in Environmental Engineering & Ecosystem Services
3. Insect Pollinators
4. Insects as Human Food
5. Insect Therapists
6. Insect Toxins & Their Bioprospecting
7. Insects in Forensic Investigations
8. Insects in Research & Innovation
9. Insects in Scientific Advancements
10. Insect Tourism
11. Insects in Culture
12. Insects in Recreation.
2. Insects in Environmental Engineering & Ecosystem Services
3. Insect Pollinators
4. Insects as Human Food
5. Insect Therapists
6. Insect Toxins & Their Bioprospecting
7. Insects in Forensic Investigations
8. Insects in Research & Innovation
9. Insects in Scientific Advancements
10. Insect Tourism
11. Insects in Culture
12. Insects in Recreation.