This textbook is designed to compile general microbiology, insect pathology, microbial control, and epizootiology of insect diseases into a format which is understandable to the graduate entomology student, who typically has little or no background in microbiology. It is a teaching textbook providing introductory material, extensive presentation of the microbe-insect interaction, and details on the identification, symptomatology, and isolation of insect diseases. This book should be of interest to graduate entomologists and students taking courses in insect pathology.
By:
Drion G. Boucias,
Jacquelyn C. Pendland
Imprint: Chapman and Hall
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1998 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 2.150kg
ISBN: 9780412035913
ISBN 10: 041203591X
Pages: 550
Publication Date: 30 November 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface. 1. Insect-Pathogen Relationships. 2. General Features of Viral Disease Agents. 3. Major Groups of Insect Viruses. 4. Baculoviruses. 5. Characteristics of the Pathogenic Prokaryotes. 6. Insect Pathogenic Bacteria. 7. Bacillus Thuringiensis: Producer of Potent Insecticidal Toxins. 8. General Properties of Fungal Pathogens. 9. Entomopathogenic Fungi: `Perfect' Phyla. 10. Entomopathogenic Fungi: Fungi Imperfecti. 11. Insect Pathogenic Protozoa. 12. Phylum Microsporidia. 13. Insect Immune Defense System, Part I: Innate Defense Reactions. 14. Insect Immune Defense System, Part II: The Recognition of Nonself. 15. Insect Immune Defense System, Part III: Prophenoloxidase Cascade and Post-Attachment Processes of Phagocytosis.
Reviews for Principles of Insect Pathology
`...the treatment is modern and mainly uses computerized information. The rich compilation of actually used terminology...will help molecular biologists and biochemists understand insect pathology- et vice versa. ...recommend the book as a door opener to modern insect pathology provided that it is used in conjunction with a classical text book on insect pathology.' European Journal of Entomology, 97 (2000)
