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By
Yoshinori Tanada, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Harry Kaya, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
Description
Insect Pathology is designed for a broad spectrum of readers. Is should be useful to students, lecturers, and researchers
requiring information about the principles in insect pathology and the biology of pathogens. It should serve as a resource for specialists
to learn about other insect pathogen systems, for generalists to become aware of advances in insect pathology, and for scientists and
students, beginning or otherwise, interested in learning about insect pathology.
This book was originally intended to update the 1949
test by E. A. Steinhaus entitled Principles of Insect Pathology. The purpose for this book was twofold: To serve (1)
as a text for an insect pathology and/or biological control class and (2) as a comprehensive reference source. Because this book summarizes
much of the available information, its usefulness as a textbook for an insect pathology class is apparent. Although the literature citations
are extensive, they are far from complete. The literature in insect pathology is voluminous and for the past decade has been expanding
at an almost exponential rate. A complete review of the literature is beyond the scope of the book, and an omission of a reference does
not preclude its importance. Our citations, however, should serve as a good starting point for those who wish to obtain further information.
We have attempted to cover equally all subdisciplines, but shortcomings are unavoidable. For these, we take full responsibility.
Audience
Students, lecturers, and researchers requiring information about the principles in insect pathology and the biology of pathogens. It should
serve as a resource for specialists to learn about other insect pathogen systems, for generalists to become aware of advances in insect
pathology, and for scientists and students, beginning or otherwise, interested in learning about insect pathology.
Contents
The main purpose of this book is to address the statistical issues for integrating independent studies. There exist a number of papers
and books that discuss the mechanics of collecting, coding, and preparing data for a meta-analysis, and we do not deal with these.
Because
this book concerns methodology, the content necessarily is statistical, and at times mathematical. In order to make the material accessible
to a wider audience, we have not provided proofs in the text. Where proofs are given, they are placed as commentary at the end of a chapter.
These can be omitted at the discretion of the reader.
Throughout the book we describe computational procedures whenever required. Many
computations can be completed on a hand calculator, whereas some require the use of a standard statistical package such as SAS, SPSS,
or BMD. Readers with experience using a statistical package or who conduct analyses such as multiple regression or analysis of variance
should be able to carry out the analyses described with the aid of a statistical package.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 666 pages, publication date: OCT-1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-683255-6
ISBN-10: 0-12-683255-2
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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