Insect Pathology
Description
Key Features
- Covers all major groups of insect pathogens
- Includes chapters on the history of insect pathology, principles of microbial control and epizootiology, host resistance, Wolbachia and diseases of beneficial insects
- Includes contributions from the leading researchers and emerging leaders in their fields
Readership
Entomologists, microbiologists, mycologists, nematologists, protistologists, ecologists, and practitioners of biological control of insect pests; academic faculty and graduate/upper undergraduate students studying in these areas; research directors and laboratory scientists in basic and applied sciences
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Scope and Basic Principles of Insect Pathology
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Categories of Disease
1.3 Basic Principles in Insect Pathology
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Chapter 2. History of Insect Pathology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Early History of the Discovery of Insect Pathogens
2.3 Early Discoveries of Other Pathogens
2.4 Development of Insect Pathogens for Biological Control
2.5 Events that Brought Scientists Together and Advanced the Field
2.6 Unexpected Products of Research on Insect Pathogens
2.7 Conclusions
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Chapter 3. Principles of Epizootiology and Microbial Control
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Epizootiology: Basic Principles
3.3 Microbial Control (Applied Epizootiology)
3.4 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 4. Baculoviruses and Other Occluded Insect Viruses
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Classification and Phylogeny
4.3 Baculovirus Infection, Replication, Pathology, and Transmission
4.4 Use of Baculoviruses for Insect Pest Control
4.5 Future Research Directions
Acknowledgments
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Chapter 5. RNA Viruses Infecting Pest Insects
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Classification, Phylogeny, Structure, and Genome Organization
5.3 Infection, Replication, Pathology, Transmission, and Host Range
5.4 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 6. Fungal Entomopathogens
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Classification and Phylogeny
6.3 Biology
6.4 Ecology
6.5 Use of Fungal Entomopathogens as Biological Control Agents
6.6 Future Research Directions
Acknowledgments
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Chapter 7. Microsporidian Entomopathogens
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Classification and Phylogeny
7.3 Life History
7.4 Biological Control Programs: Case Histories
7.5 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 8. Bacterial Entomopathogens
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Classification and Phylogeny
8.3 Infection, Replication, Pathology, and Transmission
8.4 Gram-Positive Entomopathogens: Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales
8.5 Gram-Negative Bacteria
8.6 Other Potentially Pathogenic Bacteria: Infection by Mollicutes
8.7 Field use: Examples, Success, and Constraints
8.8 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 9. Infections in Arthropod Hosts
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Classification and Phylogeny
9.3 Pathogen Versus Mutualist
9.4 Historical Overview of Wolbachia and Vector Control
9.5 Reproductive Manipulations
9.6 Pathogen Interference and Pathogen Protection
9.7 Applied Use of Wolbachia
9.8 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 10. Protistan Entomopathogens
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Classification and Phylogeny
10.3 Associations, Signs, and Symptoms
10.4 Amoebozoa
10.5 Apicomplexa
10.6 Ciliophora
10.7 Euglenozoa
10.8 Helicosporidia
10.9 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 11. Nematode Parasites and Entomopathogens
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Classification and Phylogeny
11.3 Insect-Parasitic Nematodes
11.4 Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Monoxenous, Lethal Parasites with Symbionts
11.5 Biodiversity
11.6 Infective Stage Juvenile and Bacterial Storage
11.7 Infection
11.8 Nutrition Within the Insect
11.9 Natural Populations and Host Associations
11.10 Aging and Lifespan
11.11 Survival Mechanisms
11.12 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 12. From Silkworms to Bees
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Diseases of Silkworms
12.3 Diseases of Bees
12.4 Future Research Directions
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Chapter 13. Physiology and Ecology of Host Defense Against Microbial Invaders
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Behavioral and Physical Barriers to Infection
13.3 Physiological Response to Infections
13.4 Managing Resistance to Entomopathogens
13.5 Future Research Directions
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Product details
- No. of pages: 508
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2012
- Published: December 14, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780123849854
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123849847