Download or read book Parasites and Pathogens of Insects written by Nancy E. Beckage and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. - Presents the latest information on insect parasites and pathogens - Describes biochemical and molecular host-parasite and host-pathogen relationships - Covers mechanisms of insect pathogenicity and resistance - Provides exceptional breadth of coverage and authoritative reviews - Special topics - Transposable elements in insect pathogens - Co-evolution and gene transfer between hosts and invaders - Biological control

Download or read book Endocrine Interactions of Insect Parasites and Pathogens written by J. P. Edwards and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2001 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endocrine Interactions of Insect Parasites and Pathogens is one of the first books to concentrate specifically on the endocrine aspects of host/parasite and host/pathogen reactions. Written by well-known researchers in the field, the book is an up-to-date compendium and provides a thorough review of the current research.

Download or read book Parasites and Pathogens written by N.E. Beckage and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nancy Beckage and I first met in Lynn Riddiford's laboratory at the University of Washington in the mid 1970s, the fields of parasitology, behavior, and endocrinology were thriving and far-flung--disciplines in no serious danger of intersecting. There were rumors that they might have some common ground: Behavioural Aspects of Parasite Transmission (Canning and Wright, 1972) had just emerged, with exciting news not only of the way parasites themselves behave, but also of Machiavellian worms that caused intermediate hosts to shift fundamental responses to light and disturbance, becoming in the process more vulnerable to predation by the next host (Holmes and Bethel, 1972). Meanwhile, biologists such as Miriam Rothschild (see Dedication), G. B. Solomon (1969), and Lynn Riddiford herself (1975) had suggested that the endocrinological rami of parasitism might be subtle and pervasive. In general, however, para fications sites were viewed as aberrant organisms, perhaps good for a few just-so stories prior to turning our attention once again to real animals. In the decade that followed, Pauline Lawrence (1986a,b), Davy Jones (Jones et al. , 1986), Nancy Beckage (Beckage, 1985; Beckage and Templeton, 1986), and others, including many in this volume, left no doubt that the host-parasite combination in insect systems was physiologically distinct from its unparasitized counterpart in ways that went beyond gross pathology.

Download or read book New Directions for Biosciences Research in Agriculture written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by an integrated committee of plant and animal scientists, this review of newer molecular genetic techniques and traditional research methods is presented as a compilation of high-reward opportunities for agricultural research. Directed to the Agricultural Research Service and the agricultural research community at large, the volume discusses biosciences research in genetic engineering, animal science, plant science, and plant diseases and insect pests. An optimal climate for productive research is discussed.

Download or read book Insect Endocrinology written by Lawrence I. Gilbert and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of the extensive seven-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science provided a complete reference encompassing important developments and achievements in modern insect science. One of the most swiftly moving areas in entomological and comparative research is endocrinology, and this volume, Insect Endocrinology, is designed for those who desire a comprehensive yet concise work on important aspects of this topic. Because this area has moved quickly since the original publication, articles in this new volume are revised, highlighting developments in the related area since its original publication. Insect Endocrinology covers the mechanism of action of insect hormones during growth and metamorphosis as well as the role of insect hormones in reproduction, diapause and the regulation of metabolism. Contents include articles on the juvenile hormones, circadian organization of the endocrine system, ecdysteroid chemistry and biochemistry, as well as new chapters on insulin-like peptides and the peptide hormone Bursicon. This volume will be of great value to senior investigators, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and advanced undergraduate research students. It can also be used as a reference for graduate courses and seminars on the topic. Chapters will also be valuable to the applied biologist or entomologist, providing the requisite understanding necessary for probing the more applied research areas. - Articles selected by the known and respected editor-in-chief of the original major reference work, Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science - Newly revised contributions bring together the latest research in the quickly moving field of insect endocrinology - Review of the literature of the past five years is now included, as well as full use of data arising from the application of molecular technologies wherever appropriate

Download or read book Parasite Insect Interactions written by Hilary Hurd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Parasitology examines specifically parasite-insect Interaction.

Download or read book Host Parasite Interactions written by Gert Flik and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes current research into the physiology and molecular biology of host-parasite interactions. Brought together by leading international experts in the field, the first section outlines fundamental processes, followed by specific examples in the concluding section. Covering a wide range of organisms, Host-Parasite Interactions is essential reading for researchers in the field.

Download or read book Parasitoid Viruses written by Nancy E. Beckage and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides continues to escalate in many pest populations, attention is now refocusing on biologically-based strategies to control pest species in agriculture and forestry as well as insect vector populations that transmit human and animal diseases. Parasitoids are an economically critical element in this equation and 'integrated pest management.' Viruses have evolved intimate associations with parasitoids, and this book features sections on both symbiotic viruses that are integrated into the wasp's chromosomal DNA (polydnaviruses) that play critical roles in suppressing host immunity during parasitism. A separate section with additional chapters on viral pathogens that infect parasitoids to cause disease and act as detrimental agents that limit effectiveness of wasp species employed in biological control of pests is also featured. A third component is a section on parasitoid venoms, which are of interest to the pharmaceutical and medical communities as well as insect-oriented biologists. - Sections focus on both virus evolution and genomics as well as proteomics and functional roles of polydnavirus-encoded gene products - International researchers and emerging leaders in their fields provide readers with syntheses of the latest research - Includes content on both symbiotic viruses and pathogenic viruses, plus new research on parasitoid venoms - Cutting-edge section on future directions in the field covers the impacts of polydnavirus research on medicine, human health, bioengineering and the economy, increasing the value for researchers and practitioners who need to stay on top of the research in this swiftly moving field

Download or read book Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management written by Antônio Ricardo Panizzi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of insect nutritional ecology has been defined by how insects deal with nutritional and non-nutritional compounds, and how these compounds influence their biology in evolutionary time. In contrast, Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management presents these entomological concepts within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM). It specifically addresses bioecology and insect nutrition in modern agriculture. Written for graduate students and professionals in entomology, this book covers neotropical information in three sections: General Aspects: Basic bioecology and insect nutrition; artificial diets; insect/plant interactions; insect symbionts; the interface of chemical ecology with the food; and insect cannibalism Specific Aspects: Specific feeding guilds of insects including ants, social bees, leaf chewers, seed suckers, seed chewers, root feeders, gall makers, detritivorous feeders, pests of storage grains, fruit flies, aphids, endo- and ectoparasitoids, predators, crisopids, and hematophagous insects Applied Aspects: Host plant resistance and the design of IPM programs in the context of insect bioecology and nutrition Much of the research on which these chapters were written was done in Brazil and based on its neotropical fauna. The complexity and diversity of the neotropics provides enough data that readers from all zoogeographical regions can readily translate the information in this book to their specific conditions. The book’s value as an entry point for further research is enhanced by the inclusion of approximately 4,000 references.

Download or read book Parasites and the Behavior of Animals written by Janice Moore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a parasite invades an ant, does the ant behave like other ants? Maybe not-and if it doesn't, who, if anyone, benefits from the altered behaviors? The parasite? The ant? Parasites and the Behavior of Animals shows that parasite-induced behavioral alterations are more common than we might realize, and it places these alterations in an evolutionary and ecological context. Emphasizing eukaryotic parasites, the book examines the adaptive nature of behavioral changes associated with parasitism, exploring the effects of these changes on parasite transmission, parasite avoidance, and the fitness of both host and parasite. The behavioral changes and their effects are not always straightforward. To the extent that virulence, for instance, is linked to parasite transmission, the evolutionary interests of parasite and host will diverge, and the current winner of the contest to maximize reproductive rates may not be clear, or, for that matter, inevitable. Nonetheless, by affecting susceptibility, host/parasite lifespan and fecundity, and transmission itself, host behavior influences parameters that are basic to our comprehension of how parasites invade host populations, and fundamentally, how parasites evolve. Such an understanding is important for a wide range of scientists, from ecologists and parasitologists to evolutionary, conservation and behavioral biologists: The behavioral alterations that parasites induce can subtly and profoundly affect the distribution and abundance of animals.

Download or read book Journal of Experimental Biology written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Predators and Parasitoids written by Opender Koul and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their natural enemies largely determine the population size and dynamic behavior of many plant-eating insects. Any reduction in enemy number can result in an insect outbreak. Applied biological control is thus one strategy for restoring functional biodiversity in many agroecosystems. Predators and Parasitoids addresses the role of natural enemies i

Download or read book Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids written by Eric Wajnberg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team of leading international specialists, Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids examines the optimal behaviors that parasitoids exhibit in order to maximize long term offspring production. It is an essential reference for research scientists and students studying these fascinating insects or for anyone involved in using parasitoids in biological control programs. Reviews topical issues, including cutting edge research on parasitoid decision making and the implications for biological control Explores applications in other fields, provides information on the latest research methods, and includes helpful case studies and statistical tools Creates a deeper understanding of the link between behavioural strategies and host mortality, resulting in more efficient selective pest management programs “Overall, this is a fascinating volume that provides a significant contribution to the literature on parasitoid insects. It goes a long way toward providing insights into numerous aspects of parasitoid behavior and will stimulate a diversity of future projects, something that should be the goal of any such text. I highly recommend Wajnberg et al. for all of those working on the biology or evolution of parasitoids.” Palaios 2009

Download or read book Insects at the Center of Interactions with Other Organisms written by Patrizia Falabella and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (A) Figure from "Chami Kim-Jo, Jean-Luc Gatti and Marylène Poirié (2019). Drosophila Cellular Immunity Against Parasitoid Wasps: A Complex and Time-Dependent Process. Front. Physiol. 10:603. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00603" (B) Figure from “Giuseppe Bari, Andrea Scala, Vita Garzone, Rosanna Salvia, Cem Yalcin, Pasqua Vernile, Antonella Maria Aresta, Osvaldo Facini, Rita Baraldi, Sabino A. Bufo, Heiko Vogel, Enrico de Lillo, Francesca Rapparini and Patrizia Falabella (2019). Chemical Ecology of Capnodis tenebrionis (L.) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Behavioral and Biochemical Strategies for Intraspecific and Host Interactions. Front. Physiol. 10:604. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00604" (C) Figure from “Rosanna Salvia, Annalisa Grimaldi, Rossana Girardello, Carmen Scieuzo, Andrea Scala, Sabino A. Bufo, Heiko Vogel and Patrizia Falabella (2019). Aphidius ervi Teratocytes Release Enolase and Fatty Acid Binding Protein Through Exosomal Vesicles. Front. Physiol. 10:715. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00715" (D) Figure from “Mariangela Coppola, Gianfranco Diretto, Maria Cristina Digilio, Sheridan Lois Woo, Giovanni Giuliano, Donata Molisso, Francesco Pennacchio, Matteo Lorito and Rosa Rao (2019). Transcriptome and Metabolome Reprogramming in Tomato Plants by Trichoderma harzianum strain T22 Primes and Enhances Defense Responses Against Aphids. Front. Physiol. 10:745. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00745" (E) Figure from “Rosanna Salvia, Marisa Nardiello, Carmen Scieuzo, Andrea Scala, Sabino A. Bufo, Asha Rao, Heiko Vogel and Patrizia Falabella (2018). Novel Factors of Viral Origin Inhibit TOR Pathway Gene Expression X. Front. Physiol. 9:1678. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01678" (F) Figure from “Sébastien Cambier, Olivia Ginis, Sébastien J. M. Moreau, Philippe Gayral, Jack Hearn, Graham N. Stone, David Giron, Elisabeth Huguet and Jean-Michel Drezen (2019). Gall Wasp Transcriptomes Unravel Potential Effectors Involved in Molecular Dialogues With Oak and Rose. Front. Physiol. 10:926. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00926" (G) Figure from “Mariangela Coppola, Gianfranco Diretto, Maria Cristina Digilio, Sheridan Lois Woo, Giovanni Giuliano, Donata Molisso, Francesco Pennacchio, Matteo Lorito and Rosa Rao (2019). Transcriptome and Metabolome Reprogramming in Tomato Plants by Trichoderma harzianum strain T22 Primes and Enhances Defense Responses Against Aphids. Front. Physiol. 10:745. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00745" (H) Figure from “Zbigniew Adamski, Sabino A. Bufo, Szymon Chowański, Patrizia Falabella, Jan Lubawy, Paweł Marciniak, Joanna Pacholska-Bogalska, Rosanna Salvia, Laura Scrano, Małgorzata Słocińska, Marta Spochacz, Monika Szymczak, Arkadiusz Urbański, Karolina Walkowiak-Nowicka and Grzegorz Rosiński (2019). Beetles as Model Organisms in Physiological, Biomedical and Environmental Studies – A Review. Front. Physiol. 10:319. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00319" (I) Figure from “Surapathrudu Kanakala, Svetlana Kontsedalov, Galina Lebedev and Murad Ghanim (2019). Plant-Mediated Silencing of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Cyclophilin B and Heat Shock Protein 70 Impairs Insect Development and Virus Transmission. Front. Physiol. 10:557. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00557" (J) Figure from “Rosanna Salvia, Annalisa Grimaldi, Rossana Girardello, Carmen Scieuzo, Andrea Scala, Sabino A. Bufo, Heiko Vogel and Patrizia Falabella (2019). Aphidius ervi Teratocytes Release Enolase and Fatty Acid Binding Protein Through Exosomal Vesicles. Front. Physiol. 10:715. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00715" (K) Figure from “Lin Quan Ge, Sui Zheng, Hao Tian Gu, Yong Kai Zhou, Ze Zhou, Qi Sheng Song and David Stanley (2019). Jinggangmycin-Induced UDP-Glycosyltransferase 1-2-Like is a Positive Modulator of Fecundity and Population Growth in Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Front. Physiol. 10:747. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00747 " (L) Figure from “Zbigniew Adamski, Sabino A. Bufo, Szymon Chowański, Patrizia Falabella, Jan Lubawy, Paweł Marciniak, Joanna Pacholska-Bogalska, Rosanna Salvia, Laura Scrano, Małgorzata Słocińska, Marta Spochacz, Monika Szymczak, Arkadiusz Urbański, Karolina Walkowiak-Nowicka and Grzegorz Rosiński (2019). Beetles as Model Organisms in Physiological, Biomedical and Environmental Studies – A Review. Front. Physiol. 10:319. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00319" (M) Figure from “Sébastien Cambier, Olivia Ginis, Sébastien J. M. Moreau, Philippe Gayral, Jack Hearn, Graham N. Stone, David Giron, Elisabeth Huguet and Jean-Michel Drezen (2019). Gall Wasp Transcriptomes Unravel Potential Effectors Involved in Molecular Dialogues With Oak and Rose. Front. Physiol. 10:926. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00926" (N) Figure from “Gianandrea Salerno, Francesca Frati, Eric Conti, Ezio Peri, Stefano Colazza and Antonino Cusumano (2019). Mating Status of an Herbivorous Stink Bug Female Affects the Emission of Oviposition-Induced Plant Volatiles Exploited by an Egg Parasitoid. Front. Physiol. 10:398. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00398" (O) Figure from “Marisa Skaljac, Heiko Vogel, Natalie Wielsch, Sanja Mihajlovic and Andreas Vilcinskas (2019). Transmission of a Protease-Secreting Bacterial Symbiont Among Pea Aphids via Host Plants. Front. Physiol. 10:438. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00438" (P) Figure from “Alberto Santini and Andrea Battisti (2019). Complex Insect–Pathogen Interactions in Tree Pandemics. Front. Physiol. 10:550. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00550" (Q) Figure from “Surapathrudu Kanakala, Svetlana Kontsedalov, Galina Lebedev and Murad Ghanim (2019). Plant-Mediated Silencing of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Cyclophilin B and Heat Shock Protein 70 Impairs Insect Development and Virus Transmission. Front. Physiol. 10:557. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00557" (R) Figure from “Rosanna Salvia, Marisa Nardiello, Carmen Scieuzo, Andrea Scala, Sabino A. Bufo, Asha Rao, Heiko Vogel and Patrizia Falabella (2018). Novel Factors of Viral Origin Inhibit TOR Pathway Gene Expression X. Front. Physiol. 9:1678. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01678" (S) Figure from “Sébastien Cambier, Olivia Ginis, Sébastien J. M. Moreau, Philippe Gayral, Jack Hearn, Graham N. Stone, David Giron, Elisabeth Huguet and Jean-Michel Drezen (2019). Gall Wasp Transcriptomes Unravel Potential Effectors Involved in Molecular Dialogues With Oak and Rose. Front. Physiol. 10:926. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00926" (T) Figure from “Gong Chen, Qi Su, Xiaobin Shi, Huipeng Pan, Xiaoguo Jiao and Youjun Zhang (2018). Persistently Transmitted Viruses Restrict the Transmission of Other Viruses by Affecting Their Vectors. Front. Physiol. 9:1348. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01348" (U) Figure from “Giuseppe Bari, Andrea Scala, Vita Garzone, Rosanna Salvia, Cem Yalcin, Pasqua Vernile, Antonella Maria Aresta, Osvaldo Facini, Rita Baraldi, Sabino A. Bufo, Heiko Vogel, Enrico de Lillo, Francesca Rapparini and Patrizia Falabella (2019). Chemical Ecology of Capnodis tenebrionis (L.) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Behavioral and Biochemical Strategies for Intraspecific and Host Interactions. Front. Physiol. 10:604. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00604" (V) Figure from “Giuseppe Bari, Andrea Scala, Vita Garzone, Rosanna Salvia, Cem Yalcin, Pasqua Vernile, Antonella Maria Aresta, Osvaldo Facini, Rita Baraldi, Sabino A. Bufo, Heiko Vogel, Enrico de Lillo, Francesca Rapparini and Patrizia Falabella (2019). Chemical Ecology of Capnodis tenebrionis (L.) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Behavioral and Biochemical Strategies for Intraspecific and Host Interactions. Front. Physiol. 10:604. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00604" (W) Figure from “Surapathrudu Kanakala, Svetlana Kontsedalov, Galina Lebedev and Murad Ghanim (2019). Plant-Mediated Silencing of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Cyclophilin B and Heat Shock Protein 70 Impairs Insect Development and Virus Transmission. Front. Physiol. 10:557. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00557" (X) Figure from “Gianandrea Salerno, Francesca Frati, Eric Conti, Ezio Peri, Stefano Colazza and Antonino Cusumano (2019). Mating Status of an Herbivorous Stink Bug Female Affects the Emission of Oviposition-Induced Plant Volatiles Exploited by an Egg Parasitoid. Front. Physiol. 10:398. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00398"

Download or read book The Behavioural Ecology of Parasites written by E. E. Lewis and published by CABI. This book was released on 2002-07-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasites have evolved numerous complex and fascinating ways of interacting with their hosts. The subject attracts the interest of numerous biologists from the perspective of ecology and behavioural biology, as well as from those concerned with more applied aspects of parasitology. However, until now there has been no recent book to synthesize this field.This book, written by leading authorities from the USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, provides the most comprehensive coverage of this important topic on the market.

Download or read book Host Manipulation by Parasites written by Richard Dawkins and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more exciting areas where the processes and patterns of such dramatic adaptations can be better understood. This innovative text provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and challenging review of host manipulation by parasites that assesses the current state of developments in the field and lays out a framework for future research. It also promotes a greater integration of behavioral ecology with studies of host manipulation (behavioral ecology has tended to concentrate mainly on behaviour expressed by free living organisms and is far less focused on the role of parasites in shaping behaviour). To help achieve this, the editors adopt a novel approach of having a prominent expert on behavioral ecology (but who does not work directly on parasites) to provide an afterword to each chapter.

Download or read book Index of Conference Proceedings written by British Library. Document Supply Centre and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: