This book surveys and analyzes insect rearing from a scientific and technology-based approach. At its foundation, this approach assumes that rearing systems are complex interactions of components that can be understood and controlled by using a mechanistic approach.

Approaches to Developing Rearing Systems, Creating an Algorithm for Developing or Problem-Solving Rearing Systems, Heuristics, and Reliable, Reproduceable Insect Production. Who Is Who in Insect Rearing?. Design and Operation of Insect Rearing Systems: Science, Technology, and InfrastructureSilkworm Rearing Systems. "Case Study of the USDA, ARS R. T. Gast BCMRRU:Boll Weevil and Lepidoptera Mass-Rearing". Rearing Systems as Ecological Niches or N-Dimensional Hypervolumes. Designing Error (Variability) Reduction in Rearing Systems: Reducing Uncertainty. Building a Process Control System. Tutorials on Using Design of Experiments with SAS, JMP Protocols. Relationships between Fitness, Quality Control, Health, Homeostasis, and Stress. Publishing Rearing Papers. Rearing Education: The Pathway to Improving Rearing Science and Technology. Future of Insect Rearing. Research Integrity in Insect Rearing Studies. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Appendix 3. Appendix 4