Advances in Insect Diet and Rearing Methodology (Volume II)
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Physiology, Reproduction and Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 11736
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insect nutrition; metabolomics; toxicology; insect artificial diet development; corn rootworm resistance management
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: improvement of artificial diet; nutriomics; insect nutrition; kairomone; banker media
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ability to produce insects has a broad impact on human lives in a wide array of areas including insect pest and weed management, human and veterinary medicine, insect production for food and nutrient supplements, as well as research and education. Ideal insect rearing technologies should allow to produce insects which are physically and behaviorally similar to those in Nature in simpler, highly controlled, cost-effective, and convenient ways. Newer multi-omics technologies (transcriptomics, nutrigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microbiomics, etc.) increased knowledge of microbiomes, and the manipulation of nutrigenomic analysis and statistical optimization modeling have enabled advances in insect diet formulation. These advances have resulted in a better understanding of the effects of food stream ingredients on insects’ physiological and biochemical functions, in addition to improving insect rearing systems and promoting the production of high-quality insects.
Considering the success of the earlier Special Issue "Focus on Insect Rearing Methodology to Promote Scientific Research and Mass Production", we are pleased to launch a Special Issue on Advances in Insect Diet and Rearing Methodology. Both original submissions and reviews will be considered for publication.
Dr. Man P. Huynh
Dr. Deyu Zou
Dr. Kent S. Shelby
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- insect rearing methodology
- artificial diet
- mass production
- transcriptomics
- nutrigenomics
- metabolomics
- microbiomes
- statistical optimization modeling
- proteomics
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