Front Cover; Pheromone Biochemistry; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Pheromone Biosynthesis and Its Regulation; Chapter 1. Relationship of Structure and Function to Biochemistry in Insect Pheromone Systems; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF INSECT PHEROMONE SYSTEMS; III. BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF INSECTS TO PHEROMONES; IV. BIOCHEMISTRY OF PHEROMONE SYSTEMS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Biology and Ultrastructure of SexPheromone-Producing Glands; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ELUCIDATION OF STRUCTURAL DETAILS

III. DISTRIBUTION OF GLANDSIV. GLANDS OF FEMALE LEPIDOPTERA; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Pheromone Biosynthesis in Lepidopterans: Desaturation and Chain Shortening; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODOLOGY; III. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES; REFERENCES; Chapter 4.Pheromone Biosynthesis: Enzymatic Studies in Lepidoptera; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BIOSYNTHESIS O F L O N G CHAIN ACETATE ESTER,ALCOHOL, AND ALDEHYDE PHEROMONES; III. CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ENZYMES IN PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS; IV. PATHWAY FOR PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE SPRUCE BUDWORM MOTH; V. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Chapter 5. Endocrine Regulation of Pheromone Production in Lepidoptera; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PREVIOUS RESEARCH FINDINGS; III. CURRENT RESEARCH; IV. FUTURE RESEARCH; V. PROSPECTS A N D STRATEGIES FOR EXPLOITING NEUROHORMONAL REGULATION IN INSECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Biosynthesis of Pheromones and Endocrine Regulation of Pheromone Productionin Coleoptera; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MECHANISMS OF PRODUCTION; III. MANIPULATION OF PHEROMONE CHIRALITY; IV. ENDOCRINE REGULATION OF PHEROMONE PRODUCTION; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 7. Biosynthesis and Endocrine Regulation of Sex Pheromone Production in DipteraI. INTRODUCTION: DIPTERAN PHEROMONES-AN OVERVIEW; II. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE HOUSEFLY; III. HOUSEFLY SEX PHEROMONE; IV. ENDOCRINE REGULATION OF PHEROMONE PRODUCTION; V. BIOSYNTHESIS O F SEX PHEROMONES IN DIPTERA; VI. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Alkaloid-Derived Pheromones andSexual Selection in Lepidoptera; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DANAIDONE: FIRST CHARACTERIZATION OF A HAIRPENCIL SECRETION(Lycorea ceres); III. DANAIDONE: PROVEN PHEROMONAL FUNCTION(Danaus gilippus)