Insects at Low Temperature

Abstract

Physiology of Insect Cold Hardiness.- 1. A Tribute to R. W. Salt.- 2. Principles of Insect Low Temperature Tolerance.- 3. The Water Relations of Overwintering Insects.- 4. Biochemistry of Cryoprotectants.- 5. Hemolymph Proteins Involved in Insect Subzero-Temperature Tolerance: Ice Nucleators and Antifreeze Proteins.- Impact on Development and Survival.- 6. Cold Shock and Heat Shock.- 7. Effects of Cold on Morphogenesis.- 8. Relationship between Cold Hardiness and Diapause.- 9. Thermoperiodism.- Species Adaptations.- 10. Winter Habitats and Ecological Adaptations for Winter Survival.- 11. Freezing Tolerance in the Goldenrod Gall Fly (Eurosta solidaginis).- 12. Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations to Cold in a Freeze-Tolerant Arctic Insect.- 13. Comparative Invertebrate Cold Hardiness.- 14. Adaptations to Alpine and Polar Environments in Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods.- 15. Overwintering of Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates.- Practical Applications.- 16. Cryopreservation of Insect Germplasm: Cells, Tissues, and Organisms.- 17. Cryobiology of Drosophila melanogaster Embryos.- 18. Silkworm Eggs at Low Temperatures: Implications for Sericulture.- 19. Overwintering in Honey Bees: Implications for Apiculture.- 20. Implications of Cold Hardiness for Pest Management.- Taxonomic Index.- Contributors.