Overview

Both volumes of Parasites and Pathogens of Insects provide in-depth coverage of the interface between insect parasites and pathogens and hosts, and explore the relationships between these partners. They emphasize biochemical and molecular interactions, basic biology, and the roles of hormones, receptors, and other cellular components in modulating interactions between host insects and attacking agents. These topics also are assessed in relation to biotechnology and biological control. In the short term, these volumes fill a void in current literature by emphasizing basic interactions at the biochemical and molecular levels. In the long term, these interactions may provide avenues for exploitation to enhance the rate of beneficial parasitism or to reduce the rates of disease transmission and infection of vertebrate hosts.

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Author:   Nancy E. Beckage (University of California, Department of Entomology, Riverside, USA) ,  Stephen A. Thompson (Medical Director, EMMC Sports Health<br>Eastern Maine Medical Center) ,  B. A. Federici (University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780120844425

ISBN 10:   0120844427
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   05 October 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

R.J. Akhurst and G.B. Dunphy, Tripartite Interactions between Symbiotically Associated Entomopathogenic Bacteria, Nematodes, and Their Insect Hosts. I. Faye and D. Hultmark, The Insect Immune Proteins and the Regulation of Their Genes. P.V. Pietrantonio, B.A. Federici, and S.S. Gill, Interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxins with the Insect Midgut Epithelium. B.A. Federici, Viral Pathobiology in Relation to Insect Control. C.A. Charlton and L.E. Volkman, Baculoviruses, Vertebrate Viruses, and Cytoskeletons. B.G. Corsaro, M. Gijzen, P. Wang, and R.R. Granados, Baculovirus Enhancing Proteins as Determinants of Viral Pathogenesis. P.D. Friesen, Invertebrate Transposable Elements in the Baculovirus Genome: Characterization and Significance. R.E. Hawtin and R.D. Possee, Genetic Manipulation of the Baculovirus Genome for Insect Pest Control. J.R. Fuxa, Insect Resistance to Viruses. R. St. Leger, Biology and Mechanismsof Insect-Cuticle Invasion of Deuteromycete Fungal Pathogens. W.M. Brooks, Host-Parasitoid-Pathogen Interactions.

Reviews

The collection of reviews contained in this two-volume book is wide ranging and provides fresh information written by those who have first-hand knowledge. The references cited are current up to 1993, and there is a detailed index in both volumes. This book represents an invaluable collection of disparate phenomena concerning both insects and their guests in a single source. --PARASITOLOGY TODAY All the chapters in this book are well referenced. It will serve as a useful reference book for undergraduates and graduates interested in host-parasite/pathogen interactions. --BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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