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Principles of Insect Pathology, a text written from a pathological viewpoint, is intended for graduate-level students and researchers with a limited background in microbiology and in insect diseases. The book explains the importance of insect diseases and illuminates the complexity and diversity of insect-microbe relationships. Separate sections are devoted to the major insect pathogens, their characteristics, and their life cycles the homology that exists among invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant pathogens the humoral and cellular defense systems of the host insect as well as the evasive and suppressive activities of insect disease agents the structure and function of passive barriers the heterogeneity in host susceptibility to insect diseases and associated toxins the mechanisms regulating the spread and persistence of diseases in insects. Principles of Insect Pathology combines the disciplines of microbiology (virology, bacteriology, mycology, protozoology), pathology, and immunology within the context of the insect host, providing a format which is understandable to entomologists, microbiologists, and comparative pathologists.

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Author:   Drion G. Boucias ,  Jacquelyn C. Pendland
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.866kg
ISBN:  

9781461372295

ISBN 10:   1461372291
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   25 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Insect-Pathogen Relationships.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Sites of Pathogen Entry.- 3. Insect Integument.- 4. Insect Alimentary Tract.- 5. Spread of Pathogens in the Host Insect.- 6. Survival and Replication of Pathogens in the Insect.- 7. Mechanisms of Cell and Tissue Damage.- 8. Pathogen Egress and Transmission.- 2. General Features of Viral Disease Agents.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Morphology of Insect Viruses.- 3. Composition of Insect Viruses.- 4. Insect Viruses as Etiological Agents of Disease.- 5. Viral Pathogenesis.- 3. Major Groups of Insect Viruses.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Group I (dsDNA viruses).- 3. Group II (ssDNA Viruses).- 4. Group III (dsRNA Viruses).- 5. Group IV (+ ssRNA Viruses).- 6. GroupV (- ssRNA Viruses).- 7. Group VI: Retrovirus-like Particles (Insect Transposable Elements).- 4. Baculoviruses.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Structural Components of Baculoviruses.- 3. Gene Organization.- 4. Baculovirus Cell Cycle.- 5. Baculovirus-Insect Associations.- 5. Characteristics of the Pathogenic Prokaryotes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Bacterial Characteristics.- 3. Bacterial Growth and Metabolism.- 4. Bacterial Genetics.- 5. Detection of Bacterial Pathogens.- 6. Bacterial Pathogenicity.- 6. Insect Pathogenic Bacteria.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Entomopathogenic Gracilicutes.- 3. Entomopathogenic Firmicutes: Gram Positive, Walled Eubacteria.- 4. Tenericutes: The Cell Wall-less Eubacteria.- 7. Bacillus Thuringiensis: Producer of Potent Insecticidal Toxins.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Isolation and Detection of Bacillus thuringiensis.- 3. Exoenzymes and Exotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis.- 4. Structure and Diversity of the Delta (?) Endotoxins.- 5. Genetics of Delta Endotoxin Synthesis.- 6. Biosynthesis of Delta Endotoxins.- 7. Mode of Action of the Delta Endotoxins.- 8. Genetic Engineering of Bacillus thuringiensis.- 8. General Properties of Fungal Pathogens.- 1. Introduction to the Fungal Kingdom.- 2. Fungal Characteristics.- 3. Structure and Formation of the Fungal Cell Wall.- 4. The Entomogenous Fungi.- 5. History.- 6. Fungal Disease Symptoms.- 7. The Non-Pathogenic Entomogenous Fungi.- 8. Fungal Pathogenicity.- 9. Pathogenicity and the Infection Pathway.- 9. Entomopathogenic Fungi: “Perfect” Phyla.- 1. The Entomopathogenic Water Molds and Chytrids.- 2. The True Fungi.- 10. Entomopathogenic Fungi: Fungi Imperfecti.- 1. Hyphomycetes.- 2. Nomuraea rileyi: A Dimorphic Hyphomycete.- 3. Beauveria bassiana: A Toxin-Producing Biocontrol Agent.- 4. Metarhizium anisopliae: Cuticle-Degrading Enzymes.- 5. Genus Paecilomyces.- 6. Verticillium lecanii: A Mycopathogen of Homopterans.- 7. Culicinomyces clavisporus: A Hyphomycete of Vector Mosquitos.- 8. Sorosporella-Syngliocladium: Alternate States of a Hyphomycete.- 9. Hirsutella thompsonii, Tolypocladium, and Aspergillus: Production of Secondary Metabolites.- 10. Coelomycetes.- 11. The Entomopathogenic Fungi: Conclusions.- 11. Insect Pathogenic Protozoa.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Phylum Apicomplexa.- 3. Phylum Ciliophora.- 4. Phylum Rhizopoda.- 5. Phylum Zoomastigina.- 12. Phylum Microsporidia.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Structure and Biology.- 3. The Identification and Systematics of Microsporidia.- 4. Representative Genera of Insect Microsporidia.- 13. Insect Immune Defense System, Part I: Innate Defense Reactions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Invertebrate Members of the Ig Supergene Family.- 3. Innate Immunity.- 14. Insect Immune Defense System, Part II: the Recognition of Nonself.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Phagocytic Cells.- 3. The Phagocytic Process.- 15. Insect Immune Defense System, Part III: Prophenoloxidase Cascade and Post-Attachment Processes of Phagocytosis.- 1. Insect Phenoloxidase.- 2. Phenoloxidase-Related Specific Immune Defense Activities.- 3. Post-Attachment Processes of Phagocytosis.- 4. Microbial Evasion of Cellular Immune Response.- 5. Summary.

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`...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)

'...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)

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