Professor Dr. Sérgio Antonio De Bortoli

Description
Nutrition: transformations in the study of insect nutrition; the logic of nutritional ecology; scope and implications of the study of nutritional ecology; general principles of insect nutrition; nutritional requirements of insects (amino acids, proteins, vitamins, mineral salts, carbohydrates, sterols, lipids, nucleic acids); artificial diets and mass rearing of insects (importance, history, terminology, types of artificial diets, physical, chemical, and biological requirements for feeding, role of symbionts, examples); quality control in mass rearing. Consumption and utilization of food by insects; nutritional indices to measure food consumption and utilization; experimental techniques; quantity of food consumed; significance of the different nutritional indices; methods for measuring food consumption and utilization by insects; interpretation of nutritional index values; consumption and utilization of food for larval growth and for reproduction and dispersal of adults. Metabolism in insects: carbohydrates, lipids, sterols, vitamins, amino acids, and proteins. Evolution of phytophagous insects and their feeding mechanisms and regulation of feeding behavior; feeding habits of insects. Insect rearing techniques: lepidopterans, aphids, stored product pests, chrysomelids (Diabrotica), predators, and parasitoids. Installation of laboratories for biological studies with insects; macro- and microclimatic requirements for insect development.

References

• ALVES, S.B. Controle microbiano de insetos. Ed. Manole, São Paulo, SP, 1986. 407p.
• BELL, W.J. & CARDÉ, R.T. Chemical Ecology of Insects. Chapman & Hall, New York, 1984. 524p.
• GALLO, D.; NAKANO, O.; SILVEIRA NETO, S.; CARVALHO, R. P. L.; BAPTISTA, G. C.; BERTI FILHO, E.; PARRA, J. R. P.; ZUCCHI, R. A.; ALVES, S. B.; VENDRAMIM, J. D.; MARCHINI, L. C.; LOPES, J. R. S.; OMOTO, C. Entomologia Agrícola. Piracicaba, SP, Ed. FEALQ/ESALQ/USP, 2002. 920p.
• KERKUT, G.A. & GILBERT, L.I. Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. Pergamon Press, Oxford, vol. 4, 1985. 639p.
• KERKUT, G.A. & GILBERT, L.I. Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. Pergamon Press, Oxford, vol. 10, 1985. 715p.
• PANIZZI, A.R. & PARRA, J.R.P. Ecologia nutricional de insetos e suas implicações no manejo de pragas. Ed. Manole, São Paulo, SP, 1990. 359p.
• PARRA, J.R.P. Biologia dos insetos. ESALQ-USP, Piracicaba, SP, 1979. 383p. (apostila).
• PARRA, J. R. P.; BOTELHO, P. S. M.; CORRÊA-FERREIRA, B. S.; BENTO, J. M. S. Controle Biológico no Brasil – Parasitóides e Predadores. São Paulo, SP, Ed. Manole, 2002. 635p.
• SINGH, P. & MOORE, R.F. Handbook of insect rearing. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, USA, vol. 1, 1985. 474 p.
• SINGH, P. & MOORE, R.F. Handbook of insect rearing. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, USA, vol. 2, 1985.
• SLANSKY JR., F. & RODRIGUEZ, J.G. Nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1987. 1916 p.
• SMITH, C.N. Insect colonization and mass production. Academic Press, New York, USA, 1966. 618 p.

Credits: 8 

Workload: 120h

Evaluation Criteria: Written exams, practical work reports, seminars, and review papers.