This book compiles for the first time all the current information on the
electronic monitoring of the feeding behavior of phytophagous true bugs.
It includes state-of-the-art illustrations of feeding sites on the
various plant structures, and examines how the different feeding
strategies are related to the variable waveforms generated using the
electropenetrography (EPG) technique. Further, the book describes the
mouthparts and modes of feeding and discusses the physical and chemical
damage resulting from feeding activities. Covering in detail all EPG
studies developed and conducted using true bugs published to date, it
explores the use of electronic monitoring of feeding coupled with
histological analyses to improve strategies to control true bugs, from
traditional chemical methods to gene silencing (RNAi).