This book covers a broad range of topics about the cricket from its development regeneration
physiology nervous system and behavior with remarkable recent updates by adapting the new
sophisticated molecular techniques including RNAi and other genome editing methods. It also
provides detailed protocols on an array of topics and for basic experiments on the
cricket.While the cricket has been one of the best models for neuroethological studies over the
past 60 years it has now become the most important system for studying basal hemimetabolous
insects. The studies of Gryllus and related species of cricket will yield insight into
evolutionary features that are not evident in other insect model systems which mainly focus on
holometabolous insects such as Drosophila Tribolium and Bombyx. Research on crickets and
grasshoppers will be important for the development of pest-control strategies given that some
of the most notorious pests also belong to the order Orthoptera. At the same time crickets
possess an enormously high ¿food conversion efficiency¿ making them a potentially important
food source for an ever-expanding human population.This volume provides a comprehensive source
of information as well as potential new applications in pest management and food production of
the cricket. It will inspire scientists in various disciplines to use the cricket model system
to investigate interesting and innovative questions.
