Parasitoid viruses : symbionts and pathogens / edited by Nancy E. Beckage, Jean-Michel Drezen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckage, N. E. (Nancy E.)

Drezen, Jean-Michel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitoids--Viruses.

Parasitoids.

DNA viruses.

Viruses.

Physical Description:

xx, 292 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Academic, 2011.

Summary:

To avoid over use of pesticides, biological control programs employ the more environmentally safe alternative of parasitoids, which are insects that kill their insect hosts in pre-reproductive stages. At work are viruses that have evolved intimate associations with parasitoids--symbiotic viruses integrated into the wasp chromosomal DNA (polydnaviruses), and parasitoid venoms, which are of interest to the pharmaceutical and medical communities. The subject has been addressed in journals, but the editors perceived that this field was ripe for a book-length publication. Beckage (emerita; entomology, cell biology, neuroscience, U. of California-Riverside) and Drezen (insect biology, Université Francois Rabelais, France) enlisted 22 contributed chapters and arranged material in sections on parasitoid polydnaviruses--evolution, genomics, and systematics; unique attributes of viruses and virus-like particles associated with parasitoids; venoms; and the future--applications in agriculture. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

ISBN:

9780123848581

012384858X

OCLC:

751731958