Insect Pathology

About this book

The first edition of Tanada and Kaya's "Insect Pathology" is the standard reference in the field for researchers and both undergraduate and graduate students and is well known worldwide among entomologists. However, the field has seen rapid advances in the 20 years since its original publication, and the new edition brings together an essential and updated resource for researchers with 13 chapters edited by Fernando E. Vega and Harry K. Kaya.

Many of these advances involve new insights on ecology as well as phylogenetics and molecular biology of viruses, bacteria, fungi, microsporidia, nematodes, and protists. All these aspects, as well as basic biology, diagnosis, infectious process and pathogenesis, host response, transmission and more, are covered by renowned experts in their respective fields. The second edition of Insect Pathology includes chapters on the history of this discipline, principles of microbial control and epizootiology, diseases of beneficial insects, host resistance, and Wolbachia. This thoroughly illustrated and up-to-date revision will provide insect pathologists, entomologists, microbiologists, mycologists, nematologists, protistologists, ecologists, and practitioners of biological control of insect pests with a solid and much-needed reference.

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1 - Scope and Basic Principles of Insect Pathology
Chapter 2 - History of Insect Pathology
Chapter 3 - Principles of Epizootiology and Microbial Control
Chapter 4 - Baculoviruses and Other Occluded Insect Viruses
Chapter 5 - RNA Viruses Infecting Pest Insects
Chapter 6 - Fungal Entomopathogens
Chapter 7 - Microsporidian Entomopathogens
Chapter 8 - Bacterial Entomopathogens
Chapter 9 - Wolbachia Infections in Arthropod Hosts
Chapter 10 - Protistan Entomopathogens
Chapter 11 - Nematode Parasites and Entomopathogens
Chapter 12 - From Silkworms to Bees: Diseases of Beneficial Insects
Chapter 13 - Physiology and Ecology of Host Defense Against Microbial Invaders

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